Audio Shows Katie Couric Documentary Deceptively Edited Interview With Pro-Gun Activists

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The makers of a new Katie Couric documentary on gun violence deceptively edited an interview between Couric and a group of gun rights activists in an apparent attempt to embarrass the activists, an audio recording of the full interview shows.

At the 21:48 mark of Under the Gun a scene of Katie Couric interviewing members of the Virginia Citizens Defense League, a gun rights organization, is shown.

Couric can be heard in the interview asking activists from the group, “If there are no background checks for gun purchasers, how do you prevent felons or terrorists from purchasing a gun?”

The documentary then shows the activists sitting silently for nine awkward seconds, unable to provide an answer. It then cuts to the next scene. The moment can be watched here:

However, raw audio of the interview between Katie Couric and the activists provided to the Washington Free Beacon shows the scene was deceptively edited. Instead of silence, Couric’s question is met immediately with answers from the activists. A back and forth between a number of the league’s members and Couric over the issue of background checks proceeds for more than four minutes after the original question is asked.

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Watch: Tom Cotton Eviscerates Harry Reid on Senate Floor for ‘Cancerous’ Leadership

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Senator Tom Cotton (B, 80%) took to the floor of the Senate today and ripped apart the “bitter, vulgar, incoherent ramblings” of Senate Democrat Minority Leader Harry Reid (F, 2%).

Reid (D-NV) has been saying the bill, sponsored by Sen. John McCain, was “written in the dark of night” and has been “grinding the Senate to a halt all week long” saying there hasn’t been time to read the bill. Cotton accused Reid of slandering the National Defense Authorization Act in his speeches on the Senate Floor.

“It’s been public for weeks! And this coming from a man who drafted Obamacare in his office and rammed it through this Senate at midnight on Christmas Eve on straight party-line vote…that is an outrageous slander!”

Cotton noted that all the Democrats on the Armed Services Committee voted for the bill in committee and that the bill could have passed “unanimously” two days ago.

Further, Cotton blasted Reid for complaining that the Senate is not in session enough.

“Whatever you think about that, the happy by-product of fewer days in session in the Senate is that this institution will be cursed less with his cancerous leadership.”

Senator Reid dismissed Cotton’s comments on the floor later that day.

“I think it would distract from what we’re doing here today to go into the statements by the very junior senator from Arkansas,” Reid said. (For more from the author of “Tom Cotton Eviscerates Harry Reid on Senate Floor for ‘Cancerous’ Leadership” please click HERE)

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Thanks to GOP, Washington’s Summer Spending Spree Has Started

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Washington’s summer spending spree is off to a very bad start for taxpayers.

Congress couldn’t agree on a budget deal earlier this spring, but that isn’t stopping them from passing spending bills at historic levels. And President Barack Obama is fully engaged in budget gimmickry as well.

The good news is that the majority of voters across the political spectrum are opposed. The bad news is that Washington doesn’t appear to be listening. (For more from the author of “Thanks to GOP, Washington’s Summer Spending Spree Has Started” please click HERE)

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Sheriff: ‘Picking Apart Constitution to Fit’ Leftist Agenda Leads to Tyranny [+video]

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Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke told an audience at the National Rifle Association-Institute for Legislative Action’s (NRA-ILA) Leadership Forum in Louisville, Ky., on Friday that when the Constitution is picked apart to fit a “leftist political agenda,” we are headed toward “government tyranny.”

“The Constitution does not come a la carte. It is all inclusive. When we start down that road of picking apart the Constitution to fit a certain leftist political agenda, we are headed toward a very dark place called government tyranny,” Clarke said.

“Why is the second amendment treated like the bastard of the Bill of Rights by academia, the liberal mainstream media, and liberals in the political establishment? It’s not about reducing mass murders, suicides, or street-level violence. Heck, it isn’t really even about gun control. Folks, it’s about power, political power. It’s all about government control over our lives,” Clarke said.

“These anti-gun bigots on the left realize that in order to grow a more centralized government, they have to defeat several powerful citizen-based organizations. These anti-gun zealots realize that to win a political argument, you need two things: You need a common enemy and a common language,” he added.

“To the anti-gun left, the common enemy is the National Rifle Association and you, its freedom loving members,” he said. ““Well the common language of the AGI – you know who the AGI is, right? The anti-gun idiots. (Read more from “Sheriff: ‘Picking Apart Constitution to Fit’ Leftist Agenda Leads to Tyranny” HERE)

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Watch: Mysterious Roar and Light in the Sky Wake Mexican City

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Residents in a Mexican city woke in fright before dawn on Saturday to bright light in the sky and then a thunderous noise, fearing a nearby volcano had suddenly erupted.

But officials said Popocatepetl volcano had not stirred and no earthquake had registered.

Instead, the phenomena witnessed by the inhabitants of Puebla de Zaragoza, a city of three million people 50 kilometers (30 miles) from Mexico City, was “most likely a meteor,” the local Astronomic Society tweeted.

The rock from space probably burned up in the atmosphere and no impact was detected, it explained.

“It was horrible, we thought it was the volcano, but it wasn’t,” said one resident, Emma Chavez. (Read more from “Mysterious Roar and Light in the Sky Wake Mexican City” HERE)

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Hillary Clinton’s Viral Nightmare: A Video of Her ‘Lying for 13 Minutes’

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You could say that it all depends on how you define “lie.” Or, perhaps, that it’s hell to have a public record.

Either way, Hillary Clinton’s vast resume of, shall we say, inconsistencies, is the dog that caught the car and won’t let go. A viral video collection of her comments on various subjects through the years is bestirring Republican hearts.

To those who’d rather vote for a reality show host than a Clinton, the video merely confirms what they’ve believed all along. For independents and even Democrats, it’s a reminder of how often Clinton has morphed into a fresh incarnation as required by the political moment.

Most of the highlights will be familiar to anyone who follows politics — her varying takes on Bosnia, health care, Wall Street, NAFTA — but the juxtaposition of these ever-shifting views is more jarring than one might expect. Politicians count on Americans’ short attention spans (and memories) as much as they do their own policies and/or charms. This video , inartfully titled “Hillary Clinton lying for 13 minutes straight,” clarifies blurred recollections and recasts them in an order that, among other things, reminds us how long the Clintons have been around. (Read more from “Hillary Clinton’s Viral Nightmare: A Video of Her ‘Lying for 13 Minutes'” HERE)

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Wow. Just Wow. Watch the Senate GOP Video That Launched a Thousand WTFs

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So, it seems the Republicans in the Senate have decided to launch a new PR campaign. Which makes total sense, since the only thing lower than Congress’ approval rating is the bottom of the Mariana Trench.

But is this the best way to get people to start liking Senate Republicans?

Initial reaction: Jeez, what a bunch of dorks.

Second reaction: Wait a minute. Ok. So we have Mitch McConnell (F, 42%) and his Senate lackeys bragging about all the great “accomplishments” they’ve achieved this year. That’s ok, maybe, but here’s a question.

Which one of these “accomplishments” advanced small-government conservatism?

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

Oh, right. None of them. (For more from the author of “Wow. Just Wow. Watch the Senate GOP Video That Launched a Thousand WTFs” please click HERE)

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Watch: In Chaotic Scene, Democrats Chant ‘Shame’ on House Floor After Switched Votes

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By Kate Irby. The floor of the U.S. House of Representatives descended into brief chaos Thursday morning following the defeat of an amendment on religious freedom.

Republicans switched their votes from yea to nay after the clock ran out on time to vote, and it’s unclear why the votes were allowed to switch. If the amendment had been declared approved or defeated right after the clock ran out, it would’ve been approved by a vote of 217-206.

The amendment, proposed by Rep. Sean Maloney (D-NY), would have prohibited the use of federal funds to enforce a provision that was part of the Defense Authorization Act, passed by the House Wednesday night . . .

When the clock ran out, votes stood at 217-206, with 35 Republicans joining Democrats to approve the amendment. But then one by one, five Republicans switched their votes to nay.

People started booing, chanting “shame” and saying various other things such as, “Make the order,” “votes are done,” and “let’s go!” Making the order refers to proclaiming the amendment defeated or approved, based on the current votes. (Read more from “In Chaotic Scene, Democrats Chant ‘Shame’ on House Floor After Switched Votes” HERE)

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Here’s What the Failed Amendment Was All About

By Cristina Marcos and Mike Lillis. The failed amendment would have effectively nullified a provision in the defense authorization that the House passed late Wednesday night. The language embedded in the defense bill states that religious corporations, associations and institutions that receive federal contracts can’t be discriminated against on the basis of religion.

Democrats warn that such a provision could potentially allow discrimination against the LGBT community in the name of religious freedom. Maloney’s amendment specifically would prohibit funds to implement contracts with any company that doesn’t comply with President Obama’s executive orderbanning federal contractors from discriminating against LGBT workers. (Read more from this story HERE)

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SHOCKER: Militant Quakers Busted In “Biggest Ever Food Stamp Fraud” [+video]

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While Wall Street has had its generous Federal Reserve sponsor for the past 8 years, literally printing money out of thin air, showering banks with risk-free profits and making the rich richer beyond their wildest dreams (although ever since the end of QE the pump has run dry), the rest of the US population was largely left to fend for itself. In the process, just as Wall Street demonstrated unprecedented creativity to come up with fraud that will make one’s head spin (if never lead to an actual prison sentence), so did the “99%”, the only difference being, of course, that for the mere mortals jail time is an all too certain outcome as are dramatic police raids.

This is the story of one such extremely creative if abhorrent crime, and raid, involving what may have been the biggest food-stamp crime ring bust in history.

As CSP reports, in Operation Stampede, what is being called the largest food-stamp trafficking takedown in history in terms of financial loss, law enforcement agencies filed federal charges last week against 22 Florida store owners or operators, including one convenience-store owner, in connection with schemes to illegally redeem food-stamp benefits for cash. Allegedly, the defendants fraudulently obtained more than $13 million dollars in EBT deposits for transactions in which the stores did not provide food.

According to the indictments, the defendants or their co-conspirators or employees swiped the recipient’s EBT card at a point-of-sale (POS) machine for an inflated amount and paid the recipient, in cash, a reduced percentage of the value of food-stamp benefits charged on the card. The defendants would realize a guaranteed, significant profit from each fraudulent transaction. In most situations, the recipient did not actually receive any food or eligible items in return for their food-stamp benefits.

In addition to the federal indictments, the Office of Statewide Prosecution charged six individuals for their alleged receipt of additional illegal payments during the course of their participation in fraudulent food-stamp schemes.

While most of the business are best classified as food stands, produce stands and “flea-market” retailers, one—ABC Food Market in Miami—is a convenience store owned by Zulfiqar Mithavayani. Since March 2013, Mithavayani and associate Jamal Al-Hawa allegedly redeemed and caused to be redeemed more than $1.1 million in EBT food-stamp benefits, more than $1 million more than the average convenience store in Florida during this period, according to the indictment.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the Food Stamp Program, is a federally funded, national program established by the United States government to alleviate hunger and malnutrition among lower income families. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) administers SNAP through its agency, the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS). FNS is responsible for the authorization and disqualification of retail food establishments participating in the redemption of SNAP benefits.

In this case, and in many others like it which have not been quite as prominent, the foodstamp program also led to criminal abuse of taxpayer funds. What is more troubling is that $13 million is an amount most financial professionals would barely sneeze at. While we applaud the law enforcement involved in this crackdown, we only wish regulators and enforcers demonstrated the same zeal when breaking up criminal cartels which have led to criminal gains that are orders of magnitude greater than the amount under consideration in this particular bust.

Below is a video clip of the historic bust.

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Watch: Clinton’s Reaction After ‘Under God’ Omitted From Campaign Introduction

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Some might say a rather disturbing moment occurred Wednesday during a Hillary Clinton rally at Camden County College in New Jersey.

Before taking the podium, the woman introducing the Democratic presidential candidate attempted to rally the crowd by reciting part of the Pledge of Allegiance. However, it’s the part she left out, and Clinton’s reaction to it, that is turning heads.

“Only Hillary can bring us together as one nation,” the woman began, before emitting a loud guttural noise to avoid saying the words “under God.”

Continuing right along, she finished the line from the Pledge, saying, “Indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”

As the crowd erupted in cheers, Clinton began laughing.

Some might question what was so funny about the willful omission of God during a presidential campaign rally.

This is also not the first time Democrats have had such an aversion to God or the concept of our country being under divine authority.

After Democrats stripped any mention of the word “God” from their charter, a vote was raised at the 2012 Democratic Convention to reinclude the word.

After the vote passed (although some might question the dubious method by which it was approved), the Democrats in attendance began booing.

As the Associated Press reported at the time:

“The party reinstated language from the 2008 platform that said ‘we need a government that stands up for the hopes, values and interests of working people and gives everyone willing to work hard the chance to make the most of their God-given potential.’” (For more from the author of “Watch: Clinton’s Reaction After ‘Under God’ Omitted From Campaign Introduction” please click HERE)

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