A clear majority of independents, and even a plurality of Democrats, believe high-ranking IRS officials were aware of the agency’s harassment of conservatives’ political organizing, according to a new Gallup poll.
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) on Friday disputed a claim President Obama made at a press conference only moments earlier, when the president said that every member of Congress had been briefed on the National Security Agency’s (NSA) domestic phone surveillance program.
Campaigning for the chance at mayor of Cincinnati, Jim Berns doled out supposed free “marijuana plants” to potential constituents near the University of Cincinnati to receive dozens of people in line hoping to snag some dope.
China has been quietly taking steps to encircle the United States by arming western hemisphere states, seeking closer military, economic, and diplomatic ties to U.S. neighbors, and sailing warships into U.S. maritime zones.
Nicaragua has awarded a Chinese company a 100-year concession to build an alternative to the Panama Canal, in a step that looks set to have profound geopolitical ramifications.
In the new Ethan Hawke thriller ‘The Purge,’ the year is 2022, and the United States is run by a bunch of multinational corporations called the “New Founding Fathers of America.” Read more here.
Republicans, long criticized for pushing for the elimination of the health care reform law without a way to replace it, have come up with their own plan.
Jay Leon kept up his hits on the White House last night, poking fun at Obama and his surveillance state.
Yes, it’s true: our federal government has little respect for the Constitution. We now know NSA is tapping into our email, most of our phone accounts, and likely recording all our calls. Orwell would be proud.
“We’re in for a helluva’ ride, America. Obama just named Susan Rice as his National Security Adviser and nominated Samantha Power to replace Rice as our U.N. ambassador…”