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Barack Obama’s invocation of executive privilege to keep subpoenaed documents from congressional committees investigating Fast and Furious came as rather a shock to many DC observers. It wasn’t that pundits were surprised the “most transparent administration in history” had chosen to OFFICIALLY cover up the Fast and Furious affair.  After all, no one actually believed […]

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, a good friend of the Constitution and We the People, has sent President Obama a powerful letter co-signed by 20 senators. The letter spells out many unlawful aspects of Obama’s recent announcement that he will not enforce U.S. laws against young illegal aliens and will reward their illegal status with residency […]

This morning, we have once again been reminded that our system of checks and balances no longer functions for the good of the American people. Nine lawyers in the Supreme Court, hiding behind legalese written by other lawyers, have decided that Americans, through our various states, have no right to either enforce the sovereignty and […]

A stunning chart that shows the entire economic history of the world’s most powerful countries over the past 2,000 years has been released by investment bank JP Morgan. Viewed as a whole, the graph shows the creeping restoration of Asian economic supremacy as the rest-of-the-world catches up to the West and surpasses its levels of […]

Our national debt has risen by more than $5 trillion during Obama’s administration, more than what it increased under all previous 43 presidents combined. The number of Americans on food stamps has risen from 32 million to over 46.4 million in Obama’s three years in office. At $3.59, the average price of gasoline is $ 1.74 MORE than it was the […]

WASHINGTON – Secret negotiations involving dozens of countries preparing for a United Nations summit on international telecommunications could lead to changes in a global treaty that would diminish the Internet’s role in economic growth and restrict the free flow of information. The U.S. delegation to the World Conference on International Telecommunications to be held in […]

In the days immediately after Barack Obama decreed an amnesty for 800,000 illegal aliens, the Democrat cheerleaders in the media have been giddily claiming that it has ignited Hispanic enthusiasm to vote for Obama. According to Obama’s steno pool, this decree solved a problem that has been plaguing Obama’s reelection campaign plans for months. A Latino […]

While the House Oversight Committee has now recommended that Congress hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt for his conduct during the Fast and Furious scandal, one could make the case that Holder has long held the American public in contempt. After all, how many cabinet secretaries begin their tenure by calling his fellow Americans […]

Rep. Darrell Issa pressed ahead with a committee vote Wednesday to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress, despite an 11th-hour move by President Obama to exert executive privilege over the Fast and Furious documents at the heart of the dispute. The announcement instantly touched off a caustic debate on the House Oversight […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled House moved toward approval Tuesday of a bill that would allow the Border Patrol to circumvent more than a dozen environmental laws on all federally managed lands within 100 miles of the borders with Mexico and Canada. Supporters say the measure is needed to give border agents unfettered access to […]

Attorney General Eric Holder will meet with Fast and Furious nemesis Congressman Darrell Issa at 5:00 this afternoon in what could mark the end of the Congressional investigation of Barack Obama’s deadly gun smuggling scheme. Last week, House Republican leaders at last agreed to schedule a vote on the Contempt of Congress charge Issa has […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the nation’s most politically active labor unions plans to focus its resources on fewer states this year while working to help re-elect President Barack Obama. The Service Employees International Union said Tuesday it will target its massive field campaign on turning out voters in just eight battleground states — about […]