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July 31, 2014

WORLDNETDAILY — Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., is confident lawmakers can come up with a genuine fix for the border crisis, telling WND Thursday evening, "Conservatives are on the way to saving this bill." The bill she is referring to had already died earlier in the day, when House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, shelved it after realizing he did not have enough votes... (more)

July 31, 2014

WASHINGTON TIMES — A conservative rebellion forced House leaders to pull their border bill from consideration on Thursday, leaving the GOP in disarray and putting pressure on President Obama to try to handle the situation without any extra money or powers from Congress... (more)

July 31, 2014

BREITBART — Polling data compiled by Tea Party Patriots and provided exclusively to Breitbart News shows that a majority of Republican voters think Republicans standing strong on immigration is more important than repealing Obamacare, getting to the bottom of the Benghazi or IRS scandals--or anything else for that matter... (more)

July 31, 2014

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — A group dedicated to saving the planet by cutting runaway population increases is raising a new and shocking issue in Washington's bitter fight over immigration reform: Most of the nation's population growth is from immigrants, and they are consuming resources dangerously fast... (more)

July 31, 2014

MICHELLE MALKIN — It is now all the fashionable rage in Washington, D.C., to proclaim solidarity with America's working poor in front of the cameras -- while stabbing them in the back behind closed doors. Privileged Illinois Democratic Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky and others have taken to Twitter, posting photos of themselves eating tuna sandwiches and buying Ramen noodles to show how much they empathize with minimum-wage workers... (more)

July 31, 2014

CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER — John Kerry is upset by heavy criticism from Israelis -- left, right and center -- of his recent ceasefire diplomacy. But that's only half the story. More significant is the consternation of America's Arab partners, starting with the president of the Palestinian Authority. Mahmoud Abbas was stunned that Kerry would fly off to Paris to negotiate with Hamas allies Qatar and Turkey in talks that excluded the PA and Egypt... (more)

July 31, 2014

WASHINGTON TIMES — An independent panel appointed by the Pentagon said Thursday that President Obama's military strategy for sizing the force is too weak to meet growing national security threats. It also said the shrinking U.S. armed forces, which are being downsized to fit that strategy, is a "serious strategic misstep on the part of the United States."... (more)

July 31, 2014

NEWSMAX — Former Central Intelligence Agency officer Gary Berntsen tells Newsmax TV that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the jihadist group behind the violence in Iraq, "is the most dangerous national security threat to the United States that exists."... (more)

July 31, 2014

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON — The Obama administration often either denies any responsibility for the current global chaos or claims that it erupted spontaneously. Yet most of the mess was caused by, or made worse by, growing U.S. indifference and paralysis... (more)

July 31, 2014

NATIONAL JOURNAL — In a sharp and sudden reversal, the CIA is acknowledging it improperly tapped into the computers of Senate staffers who were reviewing the intelligence agency's Bush-era torture practices... (more)

July 31, 2014

NEWSMAX — CIA Director John Brennan apologized to Senate intelligence committee leaders after his inspector general found that CIA employees acted improperly when the CIA searched Senate computers earlier this year... (more)

July 31, 2014

TED CRUZ — If you want to judge a nation, look at how it treats its most vulnerable civilians. Hospitals are a good place to start. Al-Shifa, the largest hospital in Gaza, is housed in a converted British army barracks. Some 126 miles north is Israel's Ziv Medical Center in Zefat... (more)

July 31, 2014

ASSOCIATED PRESS — A Sudanese woman who refused to recant her Christian faith in the face of a death sentence is heading to the United States. Meriam Ibrahim, her husband and their children are due to arrive in Philadelphia on Thursday on a flight from Rome. The Rev. William Devlin, a New York City pastor who has helped the family, says they will be flying onto Manchester, New Hampshire, where the family will make their new home... (more)

July 31, 2014

NEWSMAX — Sen. Ted Cruz will meet with a group of House Republicans to try to persuade them to oppose House Speaker John Boehner's immigration bill, set for a Thursday vote, The Washington Post reports... (more)

July 30, 2014

NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE — Senator Jeff Sessions (R., Ala.) denounced the House Republican border bill as a "surrender to a lawless president" because the legislation does not include any language to prevent President Obama from expanding his unilateral legalization of illegal immigrants.... (more)

July 30, 2014

DAILYCALLER — Democratic leaders are welcoming efforts by the House GOP leadership to amend a minor 2008 immigration bill, because it could revive the now-dormant, business-backed comprehensive immigration reform push. The House's proposed change to the 2008 bill is "an opening for us to have a conference on our comprehensive immigration reform," said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid... (more)

July 30, 2014

BREITBART — On Sunday, President Obama and First Lady Michelle released a statement thanking Muslim Americans for their many "achievements and contributions... to building the very fabric of our nation and strengthening the core of our democracy."... (more)

July 30, 2014

NEWSMAX — President Barack Obama "yelled'' at Benjamin Netanyahu during a tense phone conversation as he demanded that the Israeli prime minister agree to an unconditional, humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, a former Israeli defense official told Newsmax TV on Tuesday... (more)

July 30, 2014

NEW — President Barack Obama repeatedly asserted during the 2012 campaign that al-Qaida had been "decimated" and was "on the run," but according to remarks made by a senior intelligence official, "it's exponentially growing."... (more)

July 30, 2014

JOSEPH FARAH — America is in crisis. Even worse, the world is on fire. Meanwhile, Barack Obama is pouring gasoline on the flames. And what are Republicans in Congress doing about it? Not much. Do they realize there is a midterm election coming up in just over three months? Do they think they are seizing on the opportunity to increase their control of the House and seize the Senate through a business-as-usual stance?... (more)

July 30, 2014

ANDREW C. MCCARTHY — It has been nearly two months since the publication of my book, Faithless Execution: Building the Political Case for Obama's Impeachment, helped intensify the national focus on presidential lawlessness -- or, if you prefer, infected the nation with "impeachment fever." The latter is the breathless diagnosis offered by Media Matters in what otherwise is a surprisingly accurate description of what I've written... (more)

July 29, 2014

BREITBART — It's now or never for opponents of President Barack Obama's lawlessness on illegal immigration... (more)

July 29, 2014

BREITBART — The phone lines are jammed. The American people have risen up in response to a rallying cry from Sens. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) and Ted Cruz (R-TX), overloading the phone lines on Capitol Hill to pressure their members of Congress to fight against President Obama's planned executive amnesty for millions of illegal aliens... (more)

July 29, 2014

WORLDNETDAILY — As the Obama administration struggles to define the current wave of unaccompanied minors as a tale of refugees escaping violence, government border officials are telling a frighteningly different story of the infiltration of criminal gang members and confessed murderers along with thousands of potential recruits... (more)

July 28, 2014

ALAN KEYES — "The President shall be commander in chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the militia of the several states, when called into the actual service of the United States." (U.S. Constitution, Article II.2) They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. It can, however, also be an antidote to foolish enthusiasm, especially when it comes to actions that emanate from a less than trustworthy source... (more)