May 19, 2014

Ballot-box plan to thwart 'scheme for oligarchic dominance'

ALAN KEYES — Has the Constitution failed us? Or have "we the people" failed the Constitution? An article I read recently quoted the leader of an American grassroots citizens' movement as saying: "For more than five years, 'we the people' have been writing, calling, faxing Congress, the media, screaming in town halls, marching, rallying, demonstrating, petitioning, all to no avail...... (more)

May 19, 2014

THE HILL — It's up to Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio). Republican and Democratic advocates see one final, long-shot chance to pass immigration reform this summer, and its fate rests with a Speaker stuck between his party's resistance and his search for a career-defining legacy.... (more)

May 19, 2014

JOHN FUND — If our government has any obligation to fulfill its many promises on health care, it should be first and foremost to the men and women who served in our armed forces. But the scandal over hidden waiting lists at a growing number of veterans' hospitals (seven so far) -- wherein dozens of veterans died while waiting months for vital treatment, and the VA covered up the lengthy wait times -- should make everyone wonder whether we can place our trust in a government-managed health-care system.... (more)

May 19, 2014

WORLDNETDAILY — U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts may have been blackmailed to approve Obamacare after being spied on by the NSA and CIA, says Larry Klayman, the attorney who has come to be known as "the NSA slayer" for his successful legal battles against the National Security Agency.... (more)

May 19, 2014

REUTERS — A federal judge struck down Oregon's ban on same-sex marriage on Monday, saying that it violated the U.S. Constitution, in a ruling that was greeted by cheers from gay rights activists... (more)

May 19, 2014

NEWSMAX — A group of independent scientists, economists, and meteorologists has issued a pointed response to the scientific foundation of the Obama administration's claims that humans are drastically changing the climate by burning fossil fuels.... (more)

May 19, 2014

WASHINGTON TIMES — President Obama wants farmers to be greener, and he's willing to spend whatever it takes to do it. Earlier this month, the Department of Agriculture said it has $70 million to give to rural small businesses and agricultural producers to promote windmills, solar panels and "energy efficiency."... (more)

May 19, 2014

WORLDNETDAILY — A dispute over a student's attempt to express his opinion about religion on campus is now in court after a university executive insisted the school's rules are above the Bill of Rights.... (more)

May 18, 2014

ANDREW C. MCCARTHY — Through months of Obama administration stonewalling, the redoubtable Judicial Watch perseveres in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, finally uncovering bombshell documents that have eluded several congressional investigations. For the second time in a matter of days, we find that standing oversight committees with competing subject-matter jurisdictions and limited attention spans are incapable of the grand-jury-style probe needed to get to the bottom of administration lawlessness.... (more)

May 18, 2014

WORLDNETDAILY — Christian parents, do you wish to obey God and reclaim America from a godless culture? Then remove your children from the nation's public schools. That's the plea from E. Ray Moore, who has been taking his message public during his campaign for lieutenant governor in South Carolina.... (more)

May 18, 2014

WORLDNETDAILY — A legal team protecting the rights of a student to read the Bible during his class reading time claims officials in the Broward County school district in Florida lied about their ban on the Bible. A second demand letter from the Liberty Institute on behalf of the student revealed that while the school apparently was claiming the Bible was disallowed because it wasn't on a list of approved reading sources for an advanced readers' program, it actually was.... (more)

May 18, 2014

JOSEPH FARAH — Liberty-loving, God-fearing Americans are losing their country. I've often said and written that elections can't save America from disaster. I still believe that with all my heart. Reversing the trend toward tyranny and moral chaos is not something that can be accomplished overnight with a magic wand, wishful thinking or one vote.... (more)

May 18, 2014

NEWSMAX — The Utah Supreme Court has ordered a temporary halt of several district judges' orders requiring the Utah Department of Health to issue birth certificates in same-sex parent adoptions.... (more)

May 18, 2014

DAILYCALLER — The University of Queensland in Australia is taking legal action to block the release of data used by one of its scientists to come up with the oft-quoted statistic that 97 percent of climate scientists agree that mankind is causing global warming.... (more)

May 16, 2014

WORLDNETDAILY — The candidate for U.S. Senate who gained sudden fame by pointing out that a reporter was writing "blah, blah, blah" instead of quoting another candidate -- and got ejected from an interview for his trouble -- has signed onto a commitment to seek impeachment for Barack Obama if the evidence supports it.... (more)

May 16, 2014

WASHINGTON POST — If you're looking for some beach reading this summer, you might pick up a copy of this soon-to-be-released book: "Faithless Execution: Building the Political Case for Obama's Impeachment," by National Review writer Andrew McCarthy. It's hitting bookstores at the perfect time, just as John Boehner has appointed a select committee to investigate Benghazi, and will no doubt be required reading on Capitol Hill and at the Fox News studios.... (more)

May 16, 2014

PJ MEDIA — Sources tell PJ Media that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's long-time top consultant, Ray Allen, has "angrily" stated to multiple individuals that he intends to bankrupt the Republican Party of Virginia (RPV), to install his own people throughout all levels of RPV's State Central Committee, and to rebuild the RPV with money from Eric Cantor's donors.... (more)

May 16, 2014

USA TODAY — An ad from House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., falsely implies his Republican challenger advised Democratic governor Tim Kaine on taxes.... (more)

May 16, 2014

JUDSON PHILLIPS — TV viewers in Virginia and the District of Columbia are being inundated with ads for Rep. Eric Cantor, who is facing a June 10 Republican primary that may be the toughest fight he has ever had.... (more)

May 16, 2014

THE BLAZE — Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) received anything but a warm welcome from the Tea Party at the 7th Congressional District Convention held in Richmond Saturday. According to multiple reports, the House majority leader was heckled and booed by conservative activists in his own district -- and that wasn't even the worst of it.... (more)

May 16, 2014

NEWSMAX — The firing of Jill Abramson as executive editor of The New York Times happened because she "went over the line" in criticizing the heavy-handed tactics used by the Obama administration in dealing with the media, claims radio talk show host Tom Sullivan.... (more)

May 16, 2014

ROBERT KNIGHT — If you ever start hoping that the left will leave the rest of us alone, move on, because that's not going to happen. At the heart of the Founders' vision for America was the idea of decentralized power, whereby people across the land could experiment with solutions, not follow dictates from the top. It's why we have 50 states.... (more)

May 16, 2014

WASHINGTON TIMES — Operation American Spring, billed as a Friday morning multi-million patriot march on Washington, D.C., to oust leadership from the nation's capital -- from President Obama to House Speaker John Boeher -- has proven woefully below expectations.... (more)

May 16, 2014

BREITBART — President Barack Obama's top adviser and confidant told a group of global elites on Thursday in Las Vegas, Nevada that House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) has made a commitment to the White House to try to pass amnesty legislation this year.... (more)

May 16, 2014

BREITBART — A May 7th solicitation by the U.S. Department of Agriculture seeks "the commercial acquisition of ballistic vests, compliant with NIJ 0101.06 for Level IIIA Ballistic Resistance of body armor."... (more)