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Republican Lawmakers Demand Answers From Justice Department on Operation Choke Point
Thirty members of Congress demanded today that the Department of Justice launch an “immediate investigation” into the agency’s own Operation Choke Point and those involved in creating and implementing the initiative against enterprises that are out of favor with the Obama administration. Led by Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Mo., the 30 lawmakers sent a letter to… -
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Police Beefed Up Capabilities Because a Crime-Weary Nation Wanted Them To
The mid-summer clash between unarmed protesters and heavily armed police in Ferguson, Mo., sparked a renewed discussion on the militarization of domestic law enforcement. Critics were quick to lament the ubiquity of armored vehicles and semi-automatic assault weapons at the disposal of officers not just in Ferguson but throughout the nation. Why has militarization of law… -
opinion
Capital Punishment Works: It Deters Crime
On Sept. 10, Earl Ringo Jr. was executed in Missouri. Before you decide whether or not this is right, consider what Ringo did. In July 1998, Ringo and an accomplice planned to rob a restaurant where Ringo had previously worked. Early one morning, they followed delivery truck driver Dennis Poyser and manager-in-training Joanna Baysinger into… -
opinion
How Long Will It Take to Repair Damage Holder Has Done at Justice Department?
Attorney General Eric Holder’s announcement Thursday that he is resigning, effective when his successor is confirmed, is welcome news. As John Fund and I outline in our recent book, “Obama’s Enforcer: Eric Holder’s Justice Department,” every time President Obama has broken, bent, ignored or changed the law, the person at his side advising him how… -
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Eric Holder’s 7 Worst Actions as Attorney General
Attorney General Eric Holder, the first attorney general in history to be held in contempt by the House of Representatives, surprised the political world today when he announced he would be resigning, effective on the confirmation of his successor. Holder will leave a troubled legacy and many unanswered questions as John Fund and I discovered… -
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Politico Found Lois Lerner. So Why Can’t the U.S. Attorney in Washington?
Politico obviously had no problem finding Lois Lerner for an exclusive interview that it published on Monday. So why can’t the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Ronald C. Machen, Jr., find Lois Lerner so that a federal grand jury can interview her? Perhaps the Obama administration doesn’t want Lerner answering any real questions… -
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No Apologies: Lois Lerner Breaks 16-Month Silence on IRS Scandal
It’s been one year since Lois Lerner officially retired from the Internal Revenue Service amid accusations that the tax agency improperly had targeted tea party and other conservative groups. Now, Lerner is speaking out and offering no apologies for her role in the scandal. “I didn’t do anything wrong,” Lerner told Politico, echoing the few… -
opinion
What’s Behind the Assault on the First Amendment
Today, the Constitution turns 227 years old. To “celebrate” the occasion, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev, tried to gut the First Amendment. Last week, he and other Senate Democrats proposed an amendment, related to electoral fundraising and spending, that would have considerably restricted the free speech rights of Americans. Thankfully, the proposed amendment did… -
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The Latest Clue That the Justice Department Investigation of IRS Scandal Is a Sham
Evidence has been accumulating for some time the Justice Department’s criminal investigation into the IRS scandal isn’t a real investigation. But the latest indication it may be a sham came to light through an embarrassing but highly revealing error made by a senior communications aide to Attorney General Eric Holder. It occurred when that aide… -
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IRS Under Fire for Targeting Conservatives Again … and This Time It’s a Media Outlet
The Internal Revenue Service, already under investigation for illegally targeting conservative and tea party groups, recently audited the conservative Breitbart News Network in a move that the company says was politically motivated. .@SenTedCruz called the audit of Breitbart News Network 'a gross abuse of power.' The IRS sought the company’s financial records from 2012, Fox… -
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Exclusive: Liberal Senator Preparing Report That Dismisses Allegations of IRS’ Tea Party Targeting
Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, is putting the finishing touches on his supposed "investigation" of the IRS scandal that will, in essence, be a press release for the IRS and the administration, a reliable source tells me. A forthcoming report is expected to clear the IRS of wrongdoing for targeting… -
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More Evidence of Lois Lerner’s Liberal Bias
The Daily Caller has obtained an email that provides more stark evidence of the liberal bias of Lois Lerner, the former IRS official at the heart of the agency’s targeting of Tea Party and other conservative organizations that applied for tax-exempt status. Although Lerner was hypersensitive about political activity by conservatives, she appears to have… -
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FBI Radio: Public Service or Self-Serving?
Listen to the radio and you might run across a segment that sounds something like a news report. A newsy music introduction plays as a woman’s officious-sounding voice begins narrating a story. In a stilted delivery that appears to mimic that of a news anchor, the woman states, “In a move demonstrating the FBI’s valuable… -
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Cartoon: Lois Lerner’s Missing Emails
What's the full story? >>> Seriously? IRS Says Lois Lerner’s Blackberry Was ‘Wiped Clean’ -
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Seriously? IRS Says Lois Lerner’s Blackberry Was ‘Wiped Clean’
August is supposed to be a quiet time in the metropolitan Washington, D.C. area when Congress takes its traditional recess and everyone else who makes a living off Congress from lobbyists to journalists take advantage of the members’ absence and go on vacation. But events keep happening in the IRS scandal that are upsetting the… -
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Did Politics Drive Obama Administration to Release 600 Criminal Illegal Immigrants?
A new report by the Homeland Security inspector general has once again put the spotlight on the Obama administration’s release of more than 600 illegal immigrants with criminal convictions. Last night, Sharyl Attkisson helped Fox News’ Lou Dobbs make sense of the story. In early 2013, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released thousands of… -
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It’s Absurd to Say Government Can’t Afford to Detain Criminal Illegal Immigrants
“The fact is if the government needs money to detain illegal immigrants, especially those with felon backgrounds, I think we can find that money when you know how much money we spend in this country.” >>> Obama Administration Released Over 600 Illegal Immigrants With Criminal Convictions -
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Obama Administration Released Over 600 Illegal Immigrants With Criminal Convictions
More than 600 convicted criminals, including felons, were among thousands of illegal immigrants freed under the Obama administration in advance of 2013 budget cuts mandated under sequestration. That’s according to a new report today from the inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security. The Obama administration released 2,226 immigrant detainees, 617 of whom had… -
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A Border Agent Was Murdered. Genevieve Wood Weighs In.
“Under President Obama, just in 2013, ICE, which is responsible for getting people and deporting them, released over 30,000 criminals, illegal aliens who had committed crimes in this country, released them back into the American community.”