February 15, 2012 – 8:46 am
Now, that would be a hell of a thing, the top “law enforcement” agent in the country slapped with a contempt charge (Daily Caller) On Tuesday Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the House committee on Oversight and Government Reform, took a major step toward holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for his […]
February 3, 2012 – 8:28 am
What kind of world are we living in where the Susan G. Komen Foundation has to do damage control for pulling funding from an organization that is under federal investigation for potentially using taxpayer money for abortions, financial abuses, and ignoring state and local reporting requirements, often regarding minors? Witness the Politico’s headline: Susan G. […]
February 2, 2012 – 2:26 pm
Isn’t it a wonderful thing that the Eric Holder, the Attorney General for the USA, knows the law (Hot Air) The hearing today on Operation Fast and Furious by the House Oversight Committee produced a curious moment during a confrontation between its chair, Rep. Darrell Issa, and Attorney General Eric Holder, caught by The Right […]
February 1, 2012 – 7:45 am
Personally, like Rush Limbaugh and Neal Boortz, I tend to avoid the abortion debate, mostly because it is not one of my core political interests. That said, watching Liberals go apoplectic, bat guano crazy, and spin like a neutron star is one of more core blogging interests, and this story has sent them over the […]
January 31, 2012 – 1:29 pm
I’m shocked, shocked, I tell you! (Fox News) Democrats investigating the failed gun-running probe known as “Operation Fast and Furious” are laying the blame at the feet of officials in Arizona, saying in a new report that lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have “obtained no evidence” implicating high-level political appointees in Washington. At […]
January 31, 2012 – 9:01 am
Political Clown Parade has a great video, which I wasn’t able to link up to on Sunday, with all the mega-DreamHost issues
January 31, 2012 – 8:13 am
I’ll give Harry Reid some credit for bringing the legislation to the Senate floor and getting it passed, at least till we get an in-depth look at the legislation and see if it actually does what it says, but (The Hill) The White House and Democrats have seized on legislation barring lawmakers from making insider […]
January 28, 2012 – 8:53 am
Any time an administration wants to release bad news, they do it on a Friday night. How bad are these DOJ emails? I’m sure Darrell Issa will have some pointed questions for Eric Holder on Monday (NPR) For the first time, the Justice Department has made public a series of sensitive messages that passed to […]
January 20, 2012 – 8:03 am
In a bit of serendipity, the day after the big Internet protest against SOPA and PIPA the FBI acts on the powers already granted under the law to shut down a massive file sharing site (NY Times) In what the federal authorities on Thursday called one of the largest criminal copyright cases ever brought, the […]
January 15, 2012 – 8:37 am
Saturday, the White House responded to two petitions asking that SOPA and PIPA be killed as legislation Right now, Congress is debating a few pieces of legislation concerning the very real issue of online piracy, including the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), the PROTECT IP Act, and the Online Protection and Digital ENforcement Act (OPEN). […]
