Clearly, altering the text in such a fundamental way made the statement seem like it wasn’t a gaffe at all. Apparently DOJ monitoring is getting the desired effect.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-08-09 02:10:512016-04-11 11:17:25Busted: AP Caught Covering for Obama’s Geography Fail
In a remarkable admission that is likely to rock the Internal Revenue Service again, testimony released Thursday by House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp reveals that an agent involved in reviewing tax exempt applications from conservative groups told a committee investigator that the agency is still targeting Tea Party groups, three months after the IRS scandal erupted..
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Did officials at the Federal Election Commission collude with the IRS to unfairly target and abuse conservative groups? National Review drew attention to this potential angle last week, and now the House Oversight Committee is on the case. A “phony scandal” creeps closer to another federal agency.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-08-09 01:38:522016-04-11 11:17:27Scandal Watch: Issa Expands IRS Targeting Investigation to FEC
How is it that the government can charge Edward Snowden with espionage for telling a journalist that the feds have been spying on all Americans and many of our allies, but the NSA itself, in a public relations campaign intended to win support for its lawlessness, can reveal secrets and do so with impunity? That question goes to the heart of the rule of law in a free society.
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In an open letter to the public in late July, several retired Border Patrol agents wrote on behalf of the National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers to warn that Mexican drug cartels are actively operating inside the United States spending millions every year to try to build their networks here. They argued that American politicians are protecting their activities as well.
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White House Press Secretary Jay Carney wouldn’t answer Fox News correspondent Ed Henry’s question Thursday about reports on the CIA being on the ground the night of the Benghazi attack and whether operatives with information about it were being silenced by agency higher-ups.
The chairman of the Republican National Committee says he is open to having conservative talk radio hosts moderate 2016 GOP presidential primary debates, an expansion of his threat to boycott CNN and NBC if the networks go ahead with planned programs on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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The non-partisan Government Accountability Office confirmed Thursday it is launching an investigation into how the country’s largest abortion provider spent millions of taxpayer dollars.
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If one Maryland town hall is any indication, Republican voters are not happy with how little Republican politicians are doing to rein in the government.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-08-09 01:21:202016-04-11 11:17:28Video: GOP Town Hall Explodes With Anger – ‘We’re Losing The Country’ So Quit Being ‘Nice Guys’!
The deteriorating security in Iraq comes as no surprise to Middle East observers and analysts. Retired ArmyGen. David H. Petraeus, when he commanded U.S. operations in Iraq, predicted such a decline when he testified before Congress in September 2007, saying that a “premature drawdown of our forces would likely have devastating consequences.”
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-08-09 01:20:152016-04-11 11:17:28Al Qaeda Drives Iraq Toward Chaos; U.S. Withdrawal Left Door Open to Sectarian Battle for Power
News of a mystery priest who supposedly showed up to offer prayers for a young woman trapped inside of a vehicle on Sunday, has gone viral. The individual, who calmed both the 19-year-old and the emergency responders who were feverishly attempting to help her, subsequently vanished.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-08-09 01:19:262016-04-11 11:17:29The Mystery Continues: Witness Claims Priest Who Vanished After Anointing Crash Victim Looks Like this Hollywood Actor
The S&P has rallied 19 percent in 2013, which is impressive by any measure. But the market did far better in 1987, when stocks added more than 30 percent from the beginning of the year to Aug. 8. The market ended up tanking in the second half of that year—dropping 36 percent from the Aug. 25 peak to the October low, before closing out 1987 nearly exactly where it began. Marc Faber predicts it will happen again.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-08-09 01:17:552016-04-11 11:17:29Marc Faber: Look out! A 1987-Style Crash is Coming (+video)
A coalition of Republican congressmen have introduced the Stop Pay for Violent Offenders Act, which would suspend pay for military service members if charged with a violent offense, including rape, sexual assault, or murder.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-08-09 01:12:002016-04-11 11:17:29Congressmen Move to Strip Military Paycheck From Fort Hood Shooter, Other Violent Offenders
Some government officials seem to live in a time warp as they pursue a murky deal to “solve” the dissipating housing crisis by marrying government power with private enrichment.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-08-09 01:09:092016-04-11 11:17:29Foreclosure ‘Solution’ Smacks of Crony Capitalism
Perhaps you’ve heard the radio or TV commercials sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services urging seniors to report instances of Medicare fraud. One might even be tempted to praise it, were it not for what the Obama administration is doing with the other hand.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-08-09 01:05:272016-04-11 11:17:29Obamacare’s Dishonor System
Two Democratic lawmakers from Illinois worked to help lift economic sanctions against Zimbabwe after being targeted by an illegal $3.4 million lobbying scheme, according to FBI testimony unsealed in federal court.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-08-09 01:02:402016-04-11 11:17:29FBI Ties Chicago Representatives to Zimbabwe Lobbying
Derek Medina’s life was open to the world. On Thursday, Medina shocked many by making one last announcement on Facebook — he had killed his wife, Jennifer Alfonso, 26, before posting a photo of her twisted, bloodied body lying on a linoleum floor.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-08-09 01:00:242016-04-11 11:17:30Miami man Confesses to Killing Wife on Facebook, Posts Picture of her Body (+video)
Federal regulators are having a busy summer as they go after the nation’s two biggest banks for mortgage securities they issued before the financial crisis.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-08-09 00:58:292016-04-11 11:17:30BofA Not Alone, JPMorgan Chase May Face Criminal Charges Over Mortgages
In a move some claim is tantamount to social engineering, the Department of Housing and Urban Development is imposing a new rule that would allow the feds to track diversity in America’s neighborhoods and then push policies to change those it deems discriminatory.
House Republicans suspect election officials joined with the Internal Revenue Service in a strategy that curbed the effectiveness of conservative organizations in the 2012 election.
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Tuesday night, President Obama made headlines during his appearance on “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno,” one of his numerous appearances over the years (back in 2009, he was the first sitting president to appear on the show). The President talked with Jay about a myriad of topics such as the NSA (he says that we don’t have a domestic spying program), the threat from Al Qaeda, and Trayvon Martin. However, it was when the discussion turned to infrastructure that the president failed on some fairly basic American geography — and it’s not getting much attention.
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As Congress faces a fast-approaching deadline on passing a federal spending bill, Republican lawmakers are reviving a Tea Party-backed plan with a catchy title that they claim could balance the budget.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-08-08 01:34:002016-04-11 11:17:31Republicans Revive ‘Penny Plan’ as Sequester Alternative to Balance Budget
In spite of the ongoing terror threat emanating from Yemen, the White House says it does not plan to rethink President Obama’s decision last May to lift a moratorium on releasing Guantanamo Bay prisoners back to that country.
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It’s “total nonsense” to say Congress was told about the NSA collecting communications data on Americans, and as a matter of fact, efforts are made to keep members of Congress in the dark, says Rep. Justin Amash, a Republican from Michigan.
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Saudi Arabia has offered Russia economic incentives including a major arms deal and a pledge not to challenge Russian gas sales if Moscow scales back support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Middle East sources and Western diplomats said on Wednesday.
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Busted: AP Caught Covering for Obama’s Geography Fail
/19 Comments/in Featured, News /by Jason HowertonClearly, altering the text in such a fundamental way made the statement seem like it wasn’t a gaffe at all. Apparently DOJ monitoring is getting the desired effect.
IRS Agent: Tax Agency is Still Targeting Tea Party Groups
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by Paul BedardIn a remarkable admission that is likely to rock the Internal Revenue Service again, testimony released Thursday by House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp reveals that an agent involved in reviewing tax exempt applications from conservative groups told a committee investigator that the agency is still targeting Tea Party groups, three months after the IRS scandal erupted..
Scandal Watch: Issa Expands IRS Targeting Investigation to FEC
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by Guy BensonDid officials at the Federal Election Commission collude with the IRS to unfairly target and abuse conservative groups? National Review drew attention to this potential angle last week, and now the House Oversight Committee is on the case. A “phony scandal” creeps closer to another federal agency.
America’s Soviet-Style Police State
/2 Comments/in Featured, Opinion /by Andrew NapolitanoHow is it that the government can charge Edward Snowden with espionage for telling a journalist that the feds have been spying on all Americans and many of our allies, but the NSA itself, in a public relations campaign intended to win support for its lawlessness, can reveal secrets and do so with impunity? That question goes to the heart of the rule of law in a free society.
Ex-Border Patrol Agents Warn: Politicians Helping Cartels in U.S.
/3 Comments/in Featured, News /by Matthew BoyleIn an open letter to the public in late July, several retired Border Patrol agents wrote on behalf of the National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers to warn that Mexican drug cartels are actively operating inside the United States spending millions every year to try to build their networks here. They argued that American politicians are protecting their activities as well.
Video: Carney Won’t Answer Question About Benghazi Witness Intimidation
/5 Comments/in Featured, Video /by Washington Free Beacon StaffWhite House Press Secretary Jay Carney wouldn’t answer Fox News correspondent Ed Henry’s question Thursday about reports on the CIA being on the ground the night of the Benghazi attack and whether operatives with information about it were being silenced by agency higher-ups.
RNC Chief: GOP May Partner with Conservative Radio on 2016 Debates
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by Sean LengellThe chairman of the Republican National Committee says he is open to having conservative talk radio hosts moderate 2016 GOP presidential primary debates, an expansion of his threat to boycott CNN and NBC if the networks go ahead with planned programs on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
GAO Opens Investigation into Planned Parenthood’s Use of Taxpayer Money
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by Fox NewsThe non-partisan Government Accountability Office confirmed Thursday it is launching an investigation into how the country’s largest abortion provider spent millions of taxpayer dollars.
Video: GOP Town Hall Explodes With Anger – ‘We’re Losing The Country’ So Quit Being ‘Nice Guys’!
/11 Comments/in Featured, Video /by Josh FeldmanIf one Maryland town hall is any indication, Republican voters are not happy with how little Republican politicians are doing to rein in the government.
Al Qaeda Drives Iraq Toward Chaos; U.S. Withdrawal Left Door Open to Sectarian Battle for Power
/1 Comment/in Featured, International /by Ashish Kumar SenThe deteriorating security in Iraq comes as no surprise to Middle East observers and analysts. Retired ArmyGen. David H. Petraeus, when he commanded U.S. operations in Iraq, predicted such a decline when he testified before Congress in September 2007, saying that a “premature drawdown of our forces would likely have devastating consequences.”
The Mystery Continues: Witness Claims Priest Who Vanished After Anointing Crash Victim Looks Like this Hollywood Actor
/1 Comment/in Featured, The Offbeat /by Billy HallowellNews of a mystery priest who supposedly showed up to offer prayers for a young woman trapped inside of a vehicle on Sunday, has gone viral. The individual, who calmed both the 19-year-old and the emergency responders who were feverishly attempting to help her, subsequently vanished.
Marc Faber: Look out! A 1987-Style Crash is Coming (+video)
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Alex RosenbergThe S&P has rallied 19 percent in 2013, which is impressive by any measure. But the market did far better in 1987, when stocks added more than 30 percent from the beginning of the year to Aug. 8. The market ended up tanking in the second half of that year—dropping 36 percent from the Aug. 25 peak to the October low, before closing out 1987 nearly exactly where it began. Marc Faber predicts it will happen again.
Congressmen Move to Strip Military Paycheck From Fort Hood Shooter, Other Violent Offenders
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by Kate AndrewsA coalition of Republican congressmen have introduced the Stop Pay for Violent Offenders Act, which would suspend pay for military service members if charged with a violent offense, including rape, sexual assault, or murder.
Foreclosure ‘Solution’ Smacks of Crony Capitalism
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by Steven GreenhutSome government officials seem to live in a time warp as they pursue a murky deal to “solve” the dissipating housing crisis by marrying government power with private enrichment.
Obamacare’s Dishonor System
/0 Comments/in Featured, Opinion /by Mona CharenPerhaps you’ve heard the radio or TV commercials sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services urging seniors to report instances of Medicare fraud. One might even be tempted to praise it, were it not for what the Obama administration is doing with the other hand.
FBI Ties Chicago Representatives to Zimbabwe Lobbying
/3 Comments/in Featured, News /by Emma DumainTwo Democratic lawmakers from Illinois worked to help lift economic sanctions against Zimbabwe after being targeted by an illegal $3.4 million lobbying scheme, according to FBI testimony unsealed in federal court.
Miami man Confesses to Killing Wife on Facebook, Posts Picture of her Body (+video)
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by David Ovalle and Daniel DucassiDerek Medina’s life was open to the world. On Thursday, Medina shocked many by making one last announcement on Facebook — he had killed his wife, Jennifer Alfonso, 26, before posting a photo of her twisted, bloodied body lying on a linoleum floor.
BofA Not Alone, JPMorgan Chase May Face Criminal Charges Over Mortgages
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Halah TouryalaiFederal regulators are having a busy summer as they go after the nation’s two biggest banks for mortgage securities they issued before the financial crisis.
Obama Administration Imposing Diversity (+video)
/17 Comments/in Featured, Video /by Doug McKelwayIn a move some claim is tantamount to social engineering, the Department of Housing and Urban Development is imposing a new rule that would allow the feds to track diversity in America’s neighborhoods and then push policies to change those it deems discriminatory.
IRS and FEC Colluding to Attack Conservatives?
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by News EditorHouse Republicans suspect election officials joined with the Internal Revenue Service in a strategy that curbed the effectiveness of conservative organizations in the 2012 election.
Video: Obama’s Epic U.S. Geography Fail
/12 Comments/in Featured, Video /by Mike OpelkaTuesday night, President Obama made headlines during his appearance on “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno,” one of his numerous appearances over the years (back in 2009, he was the first sitting president to appear on the show). The President talked with Jay about a myriad of topics such as the NSA (he says that we don’t have a domestic spying program), the threat from Al Qaeda, and Trayvon Martin. However, it was when the discussion turned to infrastructure that the president failed on some fairly basic American geography — and it’s not getting much attention.
Republicans Revive ‘Penny Plan’ as Sequester Alternative to Balance Budget
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Joseph WeberAs Congress faces a fast-approaching deadline on passing a federal spending bill, Republican lawmakers are reviving a Tea Party-backed plan with a catchy title that they claim could balance the budget.
Obama Standing by Decision to Lift Moratorium on Releasing Guantanamo Bay Prisoners Back to Yemen
/3 Comments/in Featured, International /by Jennifer GriffinIn spite of the ongoing terror threat emanating from Yemen, the White House says it does not plan to rethink President Obama’s decision last May to lift a moratorium on releasing Guantanamo Bay prisoners back to that country.
Rep. Amash: Congress Purposely Kept in Dark on Surveillance Efforts
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Greg RichterIt’s “total nonsense” to say Congress was told about the NSA collecting communications data on Americans, and as a matter of fact, efforts are made to keep members of Congress in the dark, says Rep. Justin Amash, a Republican from Michigan.
Saudi Offers Russia Deal to Scale Back Assad Support
/2 Comments/in Featured, International /by Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Amena BakrSaudi Arabia has offered Russia economic incentives including a major arms deal and a pledge not to challenge Russian gas sales if Moscow scales back support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Middle East sources and Western diplomats said on Wednesday.