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FOOD STAMPS:: Governor of “Food Stamp Town” Fights Back | Human Events
By MB Snow at May 16, 2013 | 9:13 am
By: John Bennett 5/16/2013 10:24 AM -- Many of you will remember the Washington Post story about the food stamp “boom-and-bust cycle” of the troubled town of Woonsocket, RI. How did this town become so dependent, and what that means for other communities around the country? One thing you’ll notice is that the mayor’s voice was completely absent from the ... Go To Article
PAT CADDELL: Obamagate: The Focus Is Barack Obama
By MB Snow at May 15, 2013 | 6:47 pm
by PATRICK CADDELL 15 May 2013 In Part One of this series, published on Monday, I used the word “Watergate” seven times, openly comparing the scandalous Obama administration to the scandalous Nixon administration. I didn’t know the half of it. Just hours after Part One ran, we all learned the disturbing news of the rogue Justice Department wiretaps on the ... Go To Article
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REVIEW & OUTLOOK: Democrats and the IRS – WSJ
By MB Snow at May 15, 2013 | 5:40 pm
REVIEW & OUTLOOKMay 15, 2013, 7:24 p.m. ET Chuck Schumer wanted the agency to probe tax-exempt political groups. President Obama fired acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller on Wednesday, two days after claiming it was an "independent" agency. That was certainly a rapid re-education. But Mr. Miller shouldn't be the only fall guy, because the 54-page report ... Go To Article
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ERIC HOLDER: Know Nothing | Washington Free Beacon
By MB Snow at May 15, 2013 | 5:38 pm
BY: Alana Goodman, May 15, 2013 - 6:15ET Attorney General Eric Holder used the phrase “I don’t know” or some variation, at least 57 times during a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee today as House Republicans grilled him over controversies including the IRS’ targeting of Tea Partiers, the Justice Department’s seizure of journalist phone records, ... Go To Article
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IG REPORT Unloads on IRS – Carol Platt Liebau – Townhall
By MB Snow at May 15, 2013 | 3:51 pm
Carol Platt Liebau | May 14, 2013 UPDATE: I have just viewed a copy of the report the Inspector General is releasing about the IRS. On page 18, it notes that more than half (58%) of the organizations that received letters from the IRS requesting more information sought information that was unnecessary. In addition, the report says that specialists in the unit ... Go To Article
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BENGHAZI EMAILS show State Department had heavy hand in watering down account of attack | Fox News
By MB Snow at May 15, 2013 | 3:44 pm
WASHINGTON – State Department officials repeatedly objected to -- and tried to water down -- references to Al Qaeda and prior security warnings in Libya in the Obama administration's initial internal story-line on the Benghazi terror attack, according to dozens of emails and notes released by the White House late Wednesday. The documents were released under ... Go To Article
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IRS EMPLOYEES Disproportionately Donate to Obama | National Review Online
By MB Snow at May 15, 2013 | 3:40 pm
By Andrew Stiles, MAY 15, 2013 Statistics reveal an imbalance in a nominally nonpartisan agency. President Barack Obama received more than twice as much in campaign donations from IRS employees in 2012 as did his opponent, Mitt Romney, records show. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, which maintains an online database of political contributions, ... Go To Article
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BUSH ADMIN:: Bush AG Alberto Gonzales: I didn’t subpoena on leak – POLITICO
By MB Snow at May 15, 2013 | 11:23 am
By KEVIN ROBILLARD | 5/15/13 10:46 AM EDT -- Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Wednesday that the Bush administration once considered issuing the type of subpoena that the Justice Department issued against the Associated Press, but ultimately opted against it. “There was at least one occasion in which we were engaged in a very serious leak ... Go To Article
ASSOCIATED PRESS left to fight alone by major media | Washington Times
By MB Snow at May 15, 2013 | 11:01 am
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - Middle Class Guy by Peter Bella -- CHICAGO, May 15, 2013 — Enough time has gone by in the news cycle for the country to know that the Department of Justice secretly collected and seized phone records from Associated Press and possibly its reporters. The news media should be outraged. Instead, they are silent. There are no screaming ... Go To Article
MEDIA DEMANDS EMAILS:: ABC, CNN Call for White House to Release Benghazi Emails
By MB Snow at May 15, 2013 | 10:31 am
by JOHN NOLTE 15 May 2013, 4:34 AM PDT -- ***UPDATE: NBC's senior White House correspondent joined the chorus Wednesday. On his MSNBC show, "The Daily Rundown," Chuck Todd looked into the camera and said, "Attention White House: Release all the emails." The headline has been updated to add NBC. Assuming they are the ones who leaked to CNN an email written by Ben ... Go To Article
