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Sen. Paul: Youth abandoning Obama, ‘They see him now as a hypocrite who is unwilling to defend’ Internet privacy
June 19, 2013
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., appeared on CNN last night and continued to assail the NSA’s collection of detailed information on all Americans’ telephone calls. He specifically accused Director of National Intelligence James Clapper of telling…
Deace: Rubio won’t be the conservatives’ choice in Iowa 2016
June 19, 2013
I had a few minutes this week to talk to Iowa-based conservative radio host Steve Deace about the effect that the Senate immigration debate is having on Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.. Once the darling of the…
Posted in 2016 Campaigns, Media
More about the whistle-blowing Air Marshal who was targeted by the IRS
June 19, 2013
Over at Hot Air, I saw that Anderson Cooper had done a segment on an air marshal named Jeffrey Black. Black was audited by the IRS almost immediately after it became public that he had…
Posted in Scandal
Sen. Paul: Youth abandoning Obama, ‘They see him now as a hypocrite who is unwilling to defend’ Internet privacy
June 19, 2013
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., appeared on CNN last night and continued to assail the NSA’s collection of detailed information on all Americans’ telephone calls. He specifically accused Director of National Intelligence James Clapper of telling…
Posted in 2016 Campaigns, Featured, Scandal
One Connecticut gunmaker moving to S.C., another may follow
June 19, 2013
See those empty chairs at right? Bristol, Conn. will look a bit more like that soon. State legislators’ zeal for feel-good gun legislation in the wake of the Newtown shooting is costing the state at…
Posted in 2014 Campaigns, Yep, This Happened
Impeachment imminent in Utah; Republican leads in Connecticut; Morse recall
June 19, 2013
Quinnipiac has a new poll out showing Republican Tom Foley leading Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy, D, in a 2014 rematch. Republican Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell enters the Alaska Senate race. Recall petitions against Colorado State…
Posted in AM Rush
Government is just another name for things we all do together…like intimidate whistleblowers and their children
June 19, 2013
In case you missed it evening before last, John Hudson of Foreign Policy posted an update on continued efforts to cover up egregious wrongdoing — including sexual assault and sex crimes against children — at the…
Posted in 2016 Campaigns, Scandal, Yep, This Happened
#AKSEN: Republicans get a Senate candidate
June 18, 2013
National Journal reports that Alaska Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell is in the race against incumbent Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska. He may, however, face a primary: But before Republicans can crow about Treadwell’s chances, he’ll have…
Posted in 2014 Campaigns
Obama, in Belfast, adopts Unionist argument against Catholic schooling
June 18, 2013
President Obama continued his charm offensive in Belfast yesterday. Emphasis on “offensive.” President Barack Obama, repeated the oft disproved claim that Catholic education increases division in front of an audience of 2,000 young people, including…
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#NCSEN: PPP poll suggests Hagan’s in trouble
June 18, 2013
Public Policy Polling, a Democratic firm, has a fairly solid record, and they’re constantly polling in North Carolina, their home base. So it has to give Sen. Kay Hagan, D, a bit of heartburn that…
Posted in 2014 Campaigns, Polling
Sacrificing liberty for free nights and weekends
June 18, 2013
The following is a guest post from pollster Chris Wilson of WPA Research. In 1759, Benjamin Franklin wrote in his Historical Review of Pennsylvania, “They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety…
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