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December 18, 2014
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RENEWAMERICA — Shortly after communist-mentored Barack Obama was elected to the White House in 2008, I asked a brother at a family gathering, "Who's going to be president of the United States in 20 years?" Without hesitating, he said, "Barack Obama"... (more)


(Pardon one objectional word)


December 18, 2014
WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — Former CBS News Correspondent Sharyl Attkisson is the kind of intrepid reporter who will pursue the tough investigations no matter how many doors are slammed in her face... (more)


December 18, 2014
WORLDNETDAILY — Many Republicans are furious at Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Mike Lee, R-Utah, for demanding a vote related to the president's unilateral action on immigration and allegedly aiding lame-duck Senate Democrats with their agenda, but Senate Conservatives Fund President Ken Cuccinelli calls such criticism a "canard" and lauds the senators for standing up for the Constitution.... (more)


December 18, 2014
WORLDNETDAILY — Former Reagan administration Pentagon official Frank Gaffney alleges President Obama's plan to pursue normal diplomatic relations with the communist regime in Cuba is yet another example of the president "switching sides" and embracing some of America's most dangerous adversaries.... (more)


December 18, 2014
TOWNHALL — Florida Senator Marco Rubio responded to President Obama's announcement earlier today to "normalize relations" with Cuba and now it's Texas Senator Ted Cruz' turn.... (more)


December 18, 2014
CHARLES HURT — So this is what foreign policy by Beyonce looks like. It's been two years since the sultry and suave music power couple of Beyonce and Jay-Z were publicly humiliated across the globe after they realized it's not "cool" to visit countries like Cuba run by totalitarian regimes that sponsor terrorism, steal private property, jail people for no reason and freely make critics disappear without a trace.... (more)


December 18, 2014
CLIFF KINCAID — Communists are ecstatic. "The Cuban Five Are Free" is a statement from the U.S. support network for the Cuban spies imprisoned in the U.S. for various crimes, including participating in a murder conspiracy.... (more)


December 18, 2014
WASHINGTON TIMES — Months before President Obama announced on Wednesday that he is seeking to do away with decades of U.S. economic sanctions against the communist regime in Cuba, Russia concluded a security deal with Havana aimed at bolstering intelligence and military ties to the island dictatorship.... (more)


December 18, 2014
NEWSMAX — By normalizing relations, President Barack Obama has just thrown a lifeline to Cuba's flailing dictatorship instead of exploiting the island nation's desperate economic situation to extract meaningful concessions on human rights, a former Cuba adviser to President Ronald Reagan told Newsmax TV on Wednesday.... (more)


December 18, 2014
JEROME R. CORSI — Earlier this month, WND reported President Obama never actually signed any executive orders directing the Department of Homeland Security to fulfill his announced immigration action effectively granting amnesty to millions of illegal aliens.... (more)


December 18, 2014
GARTH KANT — The congresswoman stood reverently in front of the painting on the office wall opposite her desk, staring intently with hands clasped tightly behind her back, plaintively confiding she just wished she knew what God wanted her to do next with her life. It was hard to tell if she was addressing God or the only other person in the room.... (more)


December 18, 2014
THE HILL — People without insurance are running out of time to avoid the hefty ObamaCare penalties that the IRS will be handing down in 2016. Consumers face a Feb. 15, 2015, deadline to buy insurance, after which those without coverage could be hit with fines of $325 per adult or 2 percent of family income, whichever is higher.... (more)


December 17, 2014
Activist alert!
WORLDNETDAILY — When John Boehner reconvenes the House of Representatives next month, he's going to have some mail. So will every other Republican member. Boehner won't like his. How the other Republican members respond to the tens of thousands of letters they get will determine whether Boehner will remain as speaker.... (more)


December 17, 2014
WASHINGTON TIMES — A federal judge Tuesday ruled parts of President Obama's deportation amnesty to be unconstitutional, with a scathing memo dismantling the White House's legal reasoning and arguing that Mr. Obama tried to steal Congress' lawmaking powers.... (more)


December 17, 2014
ANDREW C. MCCARTHY — A federal judge in Pennsylvania has ruled that President Obama's actions in decreeing effective amnesty -- i.e., guarantee against prosecution plus the provision of positive legal benefits -- violates the Constitution.... (more)


December 17, 2014
Why I tried to block Obama’s amnesty
SEN. TED CRUZ — For the past week, Sen. Harry Reid has worked hard to prevent a vote on President Obama's illegal executive amnesty. Finally, after considerable turmoil this weekend, we were able to force a vote... (more)


December 17, 2014
THOMAS SOWELL — Critics and defenders of the harsh interrogation methods applied to captured terrorists can argue forever over whether those methods were "torture." But any serious discussion of a serious issue -- and surely terrorism qualifies as serious -- has to move beyond semantics and confront the ultimate question: "Compared to what alternative?"... (more)


December 17, 2014
TERENCE P. JEFFREY — The Census Bureau reported in a study released this week that 65 percent of American children lived in households taking aid from one or more federal program as of the fall of 2011.... (more)


December 17, 2014
JOE KOVACS — With the announcement Tuesday by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush that he plans to "actively explore" a run for president in 2016, radio host Rush Limbaugh says the real reason Jeb is seeking the White House is to choke the influence of tea-party conservatives out of the Republican Party.... (more)


December 17, 2014
NBC NEWS — Pakistan was plunged into mourning Tuesday after Taliban militants in suicide vests laid siege to a school, massacring 132 children and 10 teachers during eight hours of sheer terror. In total, 145 people were killed, including three soldiers, officials said.... (more)


December 16, 2014
Activist alert!
JOSEPH FARAH — OK, I surrender! No more emails are necessary to persuade me that you mean business when it comes to unseating John Boehner as House speaker. I asked yesterday for your reaction and to gauge support for such a campaign. Did I ever get it -- in the form of hundreds of emails demanding to know how to dump the one I call "Barack Obama's No. 1 enabler."... (more)


December 16, 2014
NEWSMAX — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz on Monday defended his procedural move that brought the ire of many of his fellow Republicans last week, saying he was only doing what the incoming GOP majority was elected to do.... (more)


December 16, 2014
NEWSMAX — A new poll finds that Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee is in a strong position to be nominated for another term in office, reports three conservative political groups who are backing his campaign.... (more)


December 16, 2014
WORLDNETDAILY — The federal government is preparing for another "surge" in refugees and this time they won't be coming illegally from Central America. The U.S. State Department announced this week that the first major contingent of Syrian refugees, 9,000 of them, have been hand-selected by the United Nations for resettlement into communities across the United States.... (more)


December 16, 2014
BREITBART — Top Republican leaders in the House and Senate are gearing up to push legislation in the next Congress that would increase the number of foreign guest-workers even in industries that do not need them. They are hoping such legislation would "open the door" to a broader comprehensive immigration bill.... (more)


December 16, 2014
BREITBART — Monday on Fox News' "Your World With Neil Cavuto," Pinal County, Arizona Sheriff Paul Babeu (R) said as many as 20 million illegal immigrants will qualify for President Obama's deferred action, according to a memo from Secretary of Homeland Security, Jeh Johnson.... (more)

 
 
 
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