January 15, 2009

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WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — Despite some public relations moves to assuage our doubts, the Obama transition team appears to be formulating an administration that is quite happy to let some international authority dictate your personal lifestyle and how you raise your kids... (more)

January 14, 2009

WORLDNETDAILY — With only one week left until Inauguration Day, lawmakers are urging President George Bush to pardon imprisoned Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean... (more)

January 14, 2009

FOX NEWS — President-elect Barack Obama will allow gays to serve openly in the military by overturning the controversial "don't ask, don't tell" policy that marred President Clinton's first days in office, according to incoming White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs... (more)

January 14, 2009

WORLDNETDAILY — U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., is hoping to pass a firearm-licensing bill that will significantly rewrite gun-ownership laws in America. Among the more controversial provisions of the bill are requirements that all handgun owners submit to the federal government a photo, thumb print and mental heath records... (more)

January 14, 2009

NEWSMAX — President-elect Barack Obama gathered Tuesday night for dinner with a Who’s Who of conservative American political writers at the home of pundit George Will, according to several reports... (more)

January 14, 2009

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Militants in Lebanon sent rockets crashing into northern Israel on Wednesday, the second such attack in a week, and Israel responded by firing artillery across the border as diplomatic efforts to end the military offensive in Gaza intensified... (more)

January 14, 2009

WORLDNETDAILY — The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee is interviewing Sen. Hillary Clinton for her appointment by President-elect Barack Obama as the next U.S. Secretary of State but apparently is making a determined effort to prevent any discussion of her "Chinagate" or "Filegate" scandals... (more)

January 14, 2009

CNSNEWS.COM — Congress, in passing the $700-billion Troubled Asset Relief Program, expected some of the money handed to financial institutions to ease the credit crunch and help reduce the number of home foreclosures. But a report released Friday faulted the first, $350-billion phase of the bailout for lacking transparency and accountability and for doing little to alleviate the rising number of foreclosures... (more)

January 14, 2009

WORLDNETDAILY — Pro-life activists have the right to reveal the horrors of the abortion industry, according to an appeals court ruling that the U.S. Supreme Court allowed to stand... (more)

January 14, 2009

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Gov. David Paterson's secretive process to select Hillary Rodham Clinton's successor in the U.S. Senate conflicts with his campaign promises to open up government, and New York's top regulator of open government laws says it appears to violate state law... (more)

January 14, 2009

WORLDNETDAILY — The nation's largest veterans organization released this week a policy bulletin that takes a firm stand against illegal immigration and calls on its members to hold elected officials accountable for implementing and enforcing U.S. immigration law... (more)

January 13, 2009

THE HILL — Attorneys for Minnesota Democrat Al Franken said they have filed a petition with the Minnesota Supreme Court to get their candidate seated in the Senate. The move came a day after Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) and Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie (D) rebuffed the campaign's request to certify Franken's election... (more)

January 13, 2009

FOX NEWS — Senate appointee Roland Burris will be sworn into office Thursday, his office said, closing a painful and protracted certification process ensnared in the federal corruption investigation of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich... (more)

January 13, 2009

WASHINGTON TIMES — The United States Constitution. The very first article says House members "shall be composed of Members chosen every second year by the People of the several States" and Senate members "of two Senators from each State." The District of Columbia is not a state... (more)

January 13, 2009

PENSACOLA NEWS JOURNAL — A federal judge has ordered the Santa Rosa County School District to stop promoting religion and prayer in the classroom and at school events. U.S. District Court Judge Casey Rodgers ruled Friday after school officials admitted allegations in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union... (more)

January 13, 2009

CHUCK NORRIS — Barack Obama emphatically promised more than a year ago, "The first thing I'd do as president is sign the Freedom of Choice Act." Will he keep his word? The Freedom of Choice Act is a sweeping bill that would abolish all pro-life regulations across the nation, from parental notification laws to bans on federal funding of abortions... (more)

January 13, 2009

FOX NEWS — The first openly gay Episcopal bishop will say a prayer at the Lincoln Memorial for one of President-elect Barack Obama's first inauguration events. New Hampshire Episcopal Bishop V. Gene Robinson will deliver the invocation at an event on Sunday to kick off inauguration festivities... (more)

January 13, 2009

WORLDNETDAILY — A battle over the display of historical documents, including the Ten Commandments, is raging in Kentucky even though the U.S. Supreme Court has said they do not necessarily have a religious purpose and can be constitutional... (more)

January 12, 2009

WORLDNETDAILY — Another case challenging Barack Obama's eligibility to be president has been turned back by the U.S. Supreme Court, but the man who brought it, Philip J. Berg, said the issue won't disappear... (more)

January 12, 2009

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Shopping online can be a way to find bargains while steering clear of crowds--and sales taxes. But those tax breaks are starting to erode... (more)

January 12, 2009

ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS — When Congress objects to an action (or inaction) by the executive, it can pass a law or withhold or increase an appropriation; the president can veto a bill passed by the Congress; Congress can with a two-thirds vote override the President's veto; the Supreme Court can hold a law passed by Congress and signed by the President unconstitutional; Congress can pass and the president can sign a new law overriding the court's decision; and so on and so forth... (more)

January 12, 2009

CNSNEWS.COM — President Bush on Monday defended his economic record, noting that he's taken "extraordinary measures" to deal with the frozen credit markets. He said the main question for the president is not when the problem started, but what action was taken once the problem was recognized... (more)

January 12, 2009

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — In Springfield, Illinois, the state House of Representatives voted to impeach Governor Rod Blagojevich for trying to corrupt the electoral process. Illinois and Chicago-style politics had been the butt of jokes for decades, but the House members decided their governor had become an embarrassing cartoon caricature of their state... (more)