Americans’ Confidence in Congress Falls to Lowest on Record
Americans’ confidence in Congress as an institution is down to 10%, ranking the legislative body last on a list of 16 societal institutions for the fourth straight year.
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FBI Director Dropping the Ball on IRS Investigation, Defends NSA (+video)
The country’s top investigator seemed to be in the dark Thursday when pressed hard by Rep. Jim Jordan to provide details of the IRS investigation into the tax agency’s targeting of Tea Party and conservative groups. Watch Rep. Jordan’s unrelenting attack here.
Troubling News for the Surveillance State: Younger Generations Surprisingly Want Privacy
The generation that’s grown up posting their lives online wants a little privacy. That’s not what we might expect as we debate just how much access the government should have to our mobile and online lives.
Supreme Court Rules Human Genes Cannot be Patented
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that companies cannot patent parts of naturally-occurring human genes, a decision with the potential to profoundly affect the emerging and lucrative medical and biotechnology industries.
President Obama Got By With a Little Help From His Friends at DOJ, IRS, MSM and Now Even the NSA?
As America gets assaulted with one scandal after another surrounding the Obama administration, there is speculation more is to come….And that speculation adds fuel to a bonfire of suspicion that this administration would stop at nothing to win its’ re-election.
Sarah Palin Returning to Fox News as Contributor
Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin is rejoining Fox News as a contributor, network Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes told the Wall Street Journal.
FOIA: 201 IRS Agents Working Full Time on Union Work, Not Government Business
In a response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from Americans for Limited Government, the Internal Revenue Service revealed this month that 201 of its employees work full-time on union activities.
Geography Fail: Sen. Landrieu Says South Dakota Borders Canada in Anti-Border Fence Speech
On Thursday, South Dakota Republican Sen. John Thune proposed an amendment that would require 350 miles of double-layer fencing before any legalization illegal immigrants can begin.
Part IV: Why are Justices Scalia and Thomas Lavishing Praise on their Extremist Liberal Colleagues?
IV. SPECIFIC VALUE and POLICY JUDGMENTS: Hypocrisy and Perversity Hypocrisy Without using the word, Justices Thomas and Scalia repeatedly portray fellow justices as hypocrites pretending to do and be the opposite of what they really do and are. In deciding cases, “self-righteous” justices impose their professed personal values on everyone else when it suits them, […]
Part II: Why are Justices Scalia and Thomas Lavishing Praise on their Extremist Liberal Colleagues?
II. WRITTEN OPINIONS vs. OFF-THE-CUFF TELEVISION INTERVIEWS Chief Justice Roberts has boasted that his Court is unique because “[w]e give a reasoned explanation …We have to spell out in our opinions exactly why we’re doing what we’re doing…. Everybody else can look at it [sic].” On February 5, Justice Sotomayor chimed in, claiming that justices […]