Sebelius to Continue Campaigning for Obama Despite Hatch Act Violation
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will campaign for President Obama this week, days after federal officials ruled that she illegally did so in… Read More
Articles by Lachlan Markay
EPA Replacement for Al ‘Crucify Them’ Armendariz May Also Target Coal
President Obama has picked New Mexico’s former top environmental enforcement official to head up the Environmental Protection Agency’s Region Six, which includes much of the… Read More
FACT CHECK: Obama Misleads on Medicare, Taxes, and Regulations
During a Sunday evening interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes,” President Obama made numerous factually inaccurate or misleading claims. Specifically, Obama claimed that he has not… Read More
Texas Pension Group Compiles List of ‘Hostile Threats’ – Including Heritage
A non-profit group that represents members of Texas’s public employee retirement system outlined a host of individuals and organizations that it considers “hostile threats” in… Read More
Senate Conservatives Gather Enough Votes to Block Lame Duck Treaties
A group of Senate conservatives has gathered enough support to block any treaties that come up for a vote during the lame duck session. A… Read More
Morning Bell: 5 Ways Fast & Furious Tarnishes Eric Holder’s Justice Department
The Department of Justice’s inspector general released a long-awaited report on the Operation Fast and Furious gunwalking scandal this week. It marked the culmination of… Read More
California to Use Popular TV Shows to Market Obamacare Exchanges
Officials in California plan to use popular network television shows to market the state’s new health care exchange, established as part of Obamacare, according to… Read More
VIDEO: Teachers’ Unions in Their Own Words
You may have heard: Chicago teachers are on strike. Some facts you may not have seen (unless, of course, you’ve been reading the Foundry): the… Read More
Plagiarized EPA ‘Hispanic Heritage Month’ E-Mail Features Che Guevara
The Environmental Protection Agency sent out an official email on Thursday recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month. The email included plagiarized work from an obscure website on… Read More
Investigators: Sebelius Illegally Campaigned on Taxpayer’s Dime
Independent federal legal officials have concluded that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius violated federal law by conducting political activity “in an official capacity,”… Read More
Watchdog Recommends Revocation of $9 Million EPA Stimulus Award
The chief watchdog for the Environmental Protection Agency has recommended that the agency recoup $9 million in grant funds given to an Oregon non-profit –… Read More
Inspector General to Investigate Lavish Commerce Department Conferences
The Commerce Department’s inspector general will investigate whether an obscure agency within the department spent millions of dollars on an annual conference near Disney World… Read More
FACT CHECK: Have 4.5 Million New Jobs Been Created Under Obama?
It’s no secret that employment is the top concern for Americans. It stands to reason, then, that politicians will be hyping their proposals for job… Read More
Major Obama Bundler Steve Westly Rewarded With Convention Speech
Venture corporatist Steve Westly benefitted personally and financially from President Obama’s push for green energy after supporting the president with major campaign contributions. Tonight he’ll take… Read More
Teachers Union Claims Black School Choice Group Supports KKK
A major state-level teachers union accused a group promoting school choice for African-American families of supporting the notorious white supremacist group the Ku Klux Klan… Read More
An Affinity for Free Markets Among Anti-Capitalist RNC Protesters
Brian has a tough job. He’s a socialist trying to sell a commodity. Wandering around Tuesday’s protest near the Republican convention in Tampa, FL, he… Read More
Rural Utilities Create Zero Jobs With $47 Million in Stimulus Funding
A stimulus program designed to create jobs by funding rural utility projects has created only about 12% of the jobs projected at the outset of… Read More
States Exempt Labor Unions from Stalking, Trespassing Laws
At least four states provide exemptions to anti-stalking laws for labor union officials conducting organizing activities, according to a new report from the U.S. Chamber… Read More
Agriculture Department Paid $2 Million for a Single Intern
A report from the Agriculture Department’s Inspector General has revealed some stunning examples of financial waste in the Department’s nascent technology security efforts, which have… Read More
More Obama Donors Benefit From USDA’s Latest Loan Guarantee
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a large loan guarantee to a biofuel company whose investors donated handsome sums to the Obama campaign. Some… Read More
White House Won’t Disclose Cost of Obama’s Promotional Videos
The White House is being very tight-lipped about a staffer who produces videos designed to paint President Obama and his policies in a positive light…. Read More
Gingrich Blasts ‘Radical’ Obama’s Drive to Illegally Gut Welfare Reform
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who was instrumental in passing welfare reform in the 1990s, blasted President Obama’s attempt to gut the law in a… Read More
The 10 Most Revealing Solyndra Emails
On Thursday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee released a bombshell report detailing its investigation into bankrupt solar company Solyndra. Along with the report, the… Read More
Solyndra CEO Called the Federal Government the ‘Bank of Washington’
From today’s House Energy and Commerce Committee report on the Department of Energy’s Solyndra loan guarantee comes this startling revelation: Chris Gronet, the CEO of… Read More
White House Officials: DOE Concerned With ‘Optics’ in Solyndra Loan
When the Energy Department set out to restructure the federal loan for now-bankrupt solar company Solyndra, White House budget staffers insisted that allowing the company… Read More
DOE Ignores Criminal Investigations When Considering Contract Applicants
It is Department of Energy policy to ignore the federal government’s own criminal investigations into companies applying for taxpayer funding. The admission came from a… Read More
‘A Political Beast’: DOE-Backed Ecotality’s Extensive Political Muscle
As a congressional panel looks into federal support for a major electric vehicle charging station manufacturer, more questions about the company’s political connections are surfacing…. Read More
Study Shows ROI on Solar Energy Tax Credit, But Ignores Bankruptcies
Proponents of taxpayer support for green energy are touting a new study claiming that tax credits for solar companies will pay for themselves over the… Read More
Hatch Wants Answers on NLRB Official’s Ties to Criminal Activity
Richard Griffin, whom President Obama illegally appointed to the National Labor Relations Board, never had to answer a single question from U.S. senators – or… Read More
Stimulus-Backed Solar Facility Touted By Harry Reid Shuts Down
A federally-funded solar production facility in Nevada has ceased operations, according to a former employee at the facility. The closure could prove troublesome for the… Read More
