Amnesty Bill Opens US to Afghans
The text of the Senate’s immigration-reform bill contains a small section that increases by more than threefold the number of Afghans eligible for immigration to the U.S. under a special asylum program.
Entries by Joe Miller
Gallup: Americans More Pro-Life than Pro-Choice
Gallup’s most recent polling on the issue indicates that more Americans actually regard themselves as “pro-life” than “pro-choice.” See the numbers here.
Citing Abuses, House GOP Wants to Gut IRS’s Budget by One-Quarter (+video)
House Republicans want the IRS to pay for targeting political groups and are pushing legislation that would cut the tax collecting agency’s budget by $3 billion — nearly a quarter of what it received last fiscal year.
Illinois Becomes Last State in Nation to Allow Concealed-Carry
Illinois on Tuesday became the last state in the nation to allow gun owners to carry concealed weapons, as lawmakers overcame a last-minute attempt by Gov. Pat Quinn to change the legislation.
Director of National Intelligence Clapper Won’t Resign Over Lying to Congress
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has no plans to resign following disclosures to the Senate Intelligence Committee that he did not tell Congress the truth about widespread National Security Agency electronic surveillance of Americans.
After Eating Burgers, Ribs Throughout America, Obama Claims to Child that Broccoli is his Favorite Food
President Barack Obama likes burgers, hot dogs and such, but when it came time to answer a kid journalist’s question about his favorite food, broccoli was the first word that sprang from his lips.
The Castle Under Siege
The First, Second and Fourth Amendments to the Constitution aren’t much admired by liberals, or “progressives,” or whatever they’re calling themselves this month. Free speech is restrained by speech codes, President Obama’s disdain for the right to bear arms is well known, and the government’s electronic snooping has shredded the guarantees against self-incrimination.
Judge Rules Defense Can Show Trayvon Martin Died With Marijuana in His System; Sheriff Prepares for Riots (+video)
Defense lawyers will be permitted to show that Trayvon Martin had marijuana in his system when he and George Zimmerman had their fateful encounter in a gated community in Florida last year, the judge in Zimmerman’s murder trial ruled Monday.
Disabled Marine Hero IN UNIFORM Forced to Undergo Humiliating Screening by TSA, Capitol Guards
Wearing the uniform of the Few and Proud doesn’t rate preferential treatment from the Transportation Security Administration or California capitol security officers, retired Marine Cpl. Nathan Kemnitz recently found.
Worse than Watergate? Cameras Catch Break-In at Law Firm Representing Whistleblower in Explosive State Department Sex, Molestation, Drug Scandal (+video)
The offices of a Dallas law firm representing a high-profile State Department whistleblower were broken into last weekend. Burglars stole three computers and broke into the firm’s file cabinets.