Saturday, November 07, 2015

SCANDAL: Secret IRS Policies Conceal ID Theft from Victims, Allow Illegal Aliens to "Borrow" Your Identity

Yet another reason to impeach IRS Commissioner John Koskinen: Bob Segall of WTHR television in Indianapolis reports:

Risking their jobs to come forward, whistleblowers [showed] how the IRS is a knowing accomplice to millions of cases of identity theft while keeping victims in the dark.

...Within a massive federal agency that claims to be taking identity theft seriously, the reality – in many cases – is very different... "We are not supposed to do anything." said a whistleblower. "We are not allowed to say anything."

CONTEMPT: Hillary Clinton Lied Under Oath Repeatedly During Her "Successful" Benghazi Testimony

Writing at the Washington Free Beacon, Daniel Bassali offers an excellent summary of Hillary Clinton's literally contemptible testimony before the House Select Committee on Benghazi.

Clinton [asserted that] 95 percent of her emails were already stored on the State Department’s server because she emailed government accounts, which are automatically stored—unlike her own private account. When asked by Chairman Trey Gowdy (R., S.C.) where she obtained this fact, which she mentioned numerous times in her testimony, Clinton cited the State Department. The following day, spokesman Mark Toner said the State Department did not provide that figure. An Inspector General report released in March said only 0.00006 percent of all emails were properly archived on State Department servers.

SCHUMER CONFIRMS: Marco Rubio was “totally committed” to 2013 Obama-La Raza Amnesty bill

By Julia Hahn

Presumptive Senate Minority Leader, Sen. Chuck Schumer, tells CNN that Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) was “not only totally committed” to the Obama-backed 2013 immigration expansion bill, but that “his fingerprints are all over that bill.”

The La Raza-backed Rubio-Schumer immigration bill would have granted amnesty to the illegal alien population and would have expanded immigration levels beyond all known historical precedent— issuing 33 million new immigrants on green cards in the span of a single decade, permanently transforming the U.S. electorate and economy. Every immigrant with a green card could in turn bring relatives to the United States, collect welfare, and eventually vote and thus cancel out conservative ballots.

Larwyn's Linx: Illegal accused of fatal hit-and-run deported six times

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Nation

Illegal accused of fatal hit-and-run deported six times: Olaf Ekberg
Crooks, thieves, and liars...but who cares?: Maggie's Farm
Illegal Aliens Trot Out Their “Bill Of Rights”: Cove

Politico's Hit on Carson: Ace
Ben Carson Backs ObamaTrade: Reid J. Epstein
Obama-Clinton emails: No basis for withholding from Congress: The Hill

Senator Jeff Sessions Discusses Concerns With TPP Trade Deal: Treehouse
Bernie Sanders calls out Hillary Clinton on character, emails: Chris Cassidy
Dem Gun Ban Would Require Confiscation, Ban Most Pistols: Brian Sikma

20 Questions We'd Love To See Asked At The Next Democrat Debate: John Hawkins
Liberals’ Response to Dissent: ‘Shut Up’: Michael Barone
PLO criticizes Ted Cruz over ‘biased and inflammatory’ Senate hearing: Katie Zezima

Economy

Immigrants account for a third of New York City's economic activity: report: Glenn Blain
Owner Of Bankrupt Casino Offers To Unleash Thousands Of Syrian Refugees In NJ: ZH
Labor Force Participation Remains at 38-Year Low; 94,513,000 Not in Labor Force: Susan Jones

Scandal Central

Found: signed copy of Clinton’s agreement on Top Secret info: Paul Mirengoff
Politico Admits Fabricating A Hit Piece On Ben Carson: Mollie Hemingway
Hillary Meets With Mike Brown’s Mother, Says She Will “Change Way Policing Is Done In America”: WZ

Media

No, Ben Carson Didn't Lie About West Point. It's Another Media Hit Job.: Ben Shapiro
Media lies to smear Ben Carson, ignores Hillary Clinton’s long trail of lies: Poor Richard
SHOCKER: Politico is Lying About Ben Carson: D.C. McAllister

How could we tell? China secretly buying U.S. radio stations: AmInt
One Rabbi’s Fight to Destroy Gun Control: Onan Coca
Colorado: Burqa-clad Statue of Liberty t-shirt pulled from Fort Carson kiosk: Creeping

World

Congressman Acknowledges Unfolding Destruction of Western Civilization: MB
Egyptians react to Obama’s speech declaring “Climate Change” the greatest threat: BNI
Russian plane black box recording 'confirms bomb explosion caused jet crash' killing 224 people: Mirror

Obama’s Middle East Escapism: Robert B. Zoellick
$22,000 Funneled Through Ohio to Support Islamic Terrorism: Trey Sanchez
Michelle Obama's Qatar trip marred by host's ties to anti-Semitic sheikh: JPost

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Google manipulating news searches for left wing political ends?: A case study: John R. Lott
Mysterious billion-dollar car company is taking on Tesla: Post
White House Prepares for EMP That Would “Wipe Out Power”: Mac Slavo

Cornucopia

Six points of view on the mainstream media today: American Irony
The Declaration of Dependents: MOTUS
This is the most awkward tweet you'll ever see from Hillary Clinton: Scott Sutton

Image: Illegal accused of fatal hit-and-run deported six times
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QOTD: "Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said Friday that he supports the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement negotiated by the White House – aligning himself more with the GOP’s establishment wing than with the social conservatives who have powered his campaign.

Mr. Carson’s backing of the 12-nation Pacific trade deal places him at odds with Donald Trump, his chief rival for support among anti-establishment Republicans. Mr. Carson had expressed skepticism about the TPP, saying in a June interview with the Huffington Post that he would not give President Barack Obama “fast-track” authority to negotiate the deal.

Now, a day after the White House posted the text of the TPP deal online, Mr. Carson’s campaign said Friday that he supports the final product." --Reid J. Epstein

Friday, November 06, 2015

Palestinian Terror Group Rips Senator Ted Cruz for Calling it Palestinian Terror Group

By Israel Hayom

The Palestine Liberation Organization on Thursday criticized Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz over a Senate hearing he oversaw on Palestinian and Iranian terrorism that it called "biased and inflammatory."

In an unusually harsh statement issued Thursday, the PLO said the Judiciary subcommittee hearing provided no Palestinian viewpoint and conflated all Palestinians with terrorists. The PLO expressed alarm at what it said was a growing trend in the United States to "dehumanize" Palestinians.

A CRY FROM GERMANY: The Unfolding Destruction of Europe

Spotted in the comments section at Moonbattery ("Congressman Acknowledges Unfolding Destruction of Western Civilization"):

A Female Physician in Munich, Germany sends a message to the world: Yesterday, at the hospital we had a meeting about how the situation here and at the other Munich hospitals is unsustainable. Clinics cannot handle emergencies, so they are starting to send everything to the hospitals.

Many Muslims are refusing treatment by female staff and, we, women, are refusing to go among those animals, especially from Africa. Relations between the staff and migrants are going from bad to worse. Since last weekend, migrants going to the hospitals must be accompanied by police with K-9 units.

ENCANTADOR!: As President, Marco Rubio Says He Intends to Preserve Lawless Obama Executive Amnesty

By Julia Hahn

In recent days, Republican presidential candidates have slammed donor-class favorite Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) for his support of Obama’s 2012 executive amnesty for DREAMers, or illegal aliens who came to the United States as minors.

The executive action, known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), provides recipients with work permits, tax credits, and access to federal entitlement programs.

On Tuesday, Donald Trump declared, “Marco Rubio would keep Barack Obama’s executive order on amnesty intact… Cannot be President.”

OBAMACARE: The Gift That Keeps on Taking

By Jim Quinn

Isn’t it interesting that the mainstream media offers barely a peep about the ongoing and worsening Obamacare debacle?

Healthcare premiums, co-pays and deductibles are soaring, while doctor and plan choices contract to a minuscule level. Recent surveys reveal the hardship being inflicted upon families across the nation. Those who are willfully baffled by the lack of consumer spending need look no further than Obamacare and its impact on the budgets of hard working Americans.

Larwyn's Linx: Watch Ted Cruz Destroy Harry Reid Over Democrat Opposition To Kate's Law

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Nation

Watch Ted Cruz Destroy Harry Reid Over Opposition To Kate's Law: Hannity
Christie, Huckabee cut from primetime debate: Curt Mills
The GOP’s Primary Rules Might Doom Carson, Cruz And Trump: David Wasserman

Obamacare is Dead***: Kevin D. Williamson
Obamacare: the Gift That Keeps on Taking: Jim Quinn
Levin: Obama to 'blanket pardon' convicts before election: Douglas Ernst

One Neat Fact That Will Keep Hillary Clinton From Winning the Presidency: RS
Cruz Tax Plan: Economically, Politically Revolutionary; Intellectually Dominating: MagNote
Yes, Barack Obama Has Been Terrible for Democrats Nationwide: Erick Erickson

Louisiana: Syrian Muslim Invasion Begins in New Orleans: Creeping
Who’s Burning Black Churches? Oh.: Michelle Malkin
Once more with ‘the vision thing’: Cal Thomas

ObamaTrade

Obamatrade hands over U.S. sovereignty to international panel: Curtis Ellis
Obamatrade's Preamble Backs Government Ownership of Business: Terence P. Jeffrey
5 Troubling Things Just Revealed in the Secretive Obamatrade Agreement: Kelsey Rupp

Economy

US could have had a $270 Billion surplus this year if spending at pre-Obama levels: CainTV
Remember when TSA Failed 95% of tests?: WeaponsMan
N.Y. CO-OP exiles face confusion, dash for new coverage: Allison Bell

Scandal Central

Obama Threatens Executive Action to Close Guantanamo, Bring Terrorists to US: Morgan Chalfant
IRS Policy Labels Illegal-Alien ID Thieves as "Borrowers": Bryan Griffith
TSA airport screeners’ ability to detect weapons declared “pitiful”: David Kravets

Climate & Energy

That Global Warming Sure Causes a Lot of Arctic Ice: AWD
The Pause lengthens again – just in time for Paris: Christopher Monckton
Al Gore, media wrong: U.S. Hurricane Drought Now One Decade and Counting: Anthony Watts

Media

Illegal Alien Activists, Astroturfers, and YouTube Censoring American Majority: Treehouse
Okay, Who Ordered the Mexican Heroin?: Ann Coulter
Listen: Mark Levin Just Hit Obama With This Huge Dare: B. Christopher Agee

“Because I just said!” Reporter Kicked Out of Immigration Rally for…Asking Questions: Amy Miller
Ralph Peters: Obama Hates America, Doesn’t Care About American Casualties or Defeating ISIS: Nice Deb
Canada: Maclean’s puts Muslim terrorist who killed American on cover of mag: Creeping

World

Iran: U.S. Must Pay Reparations to Islamic Republic: Adam Kredo
Palestinians, not Israelis, Need the Gospel of Peace: Jagdish N. Singh
America Toppled: Putin World’s Most Powerful Man (Again): Joe Cunningham

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Pentagon Contractors Developing Lethal Cyber Weapons: Nextgov
Did a nuclear missile get rear-ended in Montana?: Stephen Losey
Putin joins the EU in declaring war on American data centers: Neil Stevens

Cornucopia

These Are The Cards You’ve Been Dealt: Aaron Clarey
Sheriff David Clark: “Deal with it…”: MOTUS
Murder, Cheat, And F*** Your Way Through Boston: Clickhole

***  Yes, I'm a bigger man than @KevinNR.
Image: Canada: Maclean’s puts Muslim terrorist who killed American on cover of mag
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: #RestoreOurConstitution: TED CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT

QOTD: "Barack Obama was an empty vessel into which people poured their own hopes, dreams, and ambitions. He’s left the nation more divided on racial lines, less tolerant of regional and cultural differences, weaker abroad, and more impoverished at home. There’s your fundamental transformation — a fundamental trasformation now at work in American politics rendering the Democratic Party more homogeneously leftwing and also less able to win elections." --Erick Erickson

Bonus QOTD: "We all know that the availability of heroin and cocaine on our streets is because our borders are a sieve. I would like to believe that if the communists were still alive and well, and they were pushing bombs into communities that could cause the havoc, the pain and the cost that drugs are, that somehow the secretary of state ... would be involved." --Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), 1992

Thursday, November 05, 2015

The Most Devious Liars in History

By Jim Quinn

There were a few different stories coming out over the last few days that reveal the true nature of government and the apparatchiks who use disinformation, devious machinations, fraudulent accounting, and taxpayer money to cover up their criminality, lies, and the true state of the American economy. The use of government accounting tricks to obscure the truth about our dire financial straits is designed to keep the masses sedated and confused.

A few weeks ago, to great fanfare from the fawning faux journalists who never question any Washington D.C. propaganda, they announced the lowest annual deficit of Obama’s reign of error.

California Knife Attacker Identified as Militant Quaker Extremist

I'm just guessing the religion of the knife-wielding attacker -- who stabbed multiple innocents at UC Merced -- based upon his name.

The UC Merced student who wounded four people in a stabbing spree at the campus has been identified as Faisal Mohammad, a[n 18 year-old] freshman student from Santa Clara...

...Mohammad was shot and killed by UC Merced police just after 8 a.m. on Wednesday morning as he ran from the two-story classroom building where investigators said his violent spree began ...

The Very Thin-Skinned, Sensitive and High-Strung @KevinNR

Kevin D. Williamson of National Review is a talented writer.

Over the years, I've offered him many plaudits. In fact, our prestigious jury awarded Williamson blogging's highest honor in 2014 ("Blog Post of the Year") and 2013 ("Columnist of the Year").

So it would seem rather odd to see this today:

STICK A FORK IN EUROPE: It’s Done

By Karl Denninger

Let me explain what you're not seeing reported about the European situation right here, right now.

There are millions of immigrants coming into the EU.  Germany alone has apparently taken in close to 800,000.  The story being sold to the population is that these are just people from a war-ravaged part of the world seeking a better life.  The first part may be true, the rest is bunk.  There are, on some weekends, over ten thousand migrants coming over one border (Hungary) alone and virtually none have an interest in remaining there.  They are all concentrating in the places where they believe the handouts (not opportunity) will be greatest.

But that is not the bad part.

Larwyn's Linx: Real Clear Politics confirms Ben Carson is the national GOP Frontrunner

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Nation

Real Clear Politics confirms Ben Carson is the national GOP Frontrunner: Neil Stevens
Fox National Poll: Trump Leads, Best GOP Candidate To Defeat Hillary Clinton: Treehouse
Ted Cruz illegal immigration crackdown blocked by Democratic leader Reid: Times

Conventional wisdom proves ignorance in the presidential race: Victor Davis Hanson
How Ted Cruz Changed the Campaign Landscape: Star Parker
Jeb Bush Is No Longer Electable: RS

What Exactly is "The Establishment"?: Jen Kuznicki
Jeb Bush plummets in latest national poll: Nick Gass
Marco Rubio: I will keep Obama's first Executive Amnesty in place: Julia Hahn

False Statements Hillary Clinton Made To The Benghazi Committee: Daniel Bassali
Hillary Clinton Defeated in the Midterms: Amanda Carpenter
Clinton’s Vulnerabilities Highlighted In Latest Q Poll: RNC Research

The Real Issues You Won't Hear About from the 2016 Presidential Candidates: Rutherford
From coast to coast, conservatives score huge victories in off-year elections: WaPo
Virginia voters reject the gun grabbers as GOP retains Senate: Neil Stevens

Economy

The Most Devious Liars in the Room: Jim Quinn
Are refugees taking from federal programs for U.S. poor and homeless?: Ann Corcoran
Imagine Trying to Learn in This Classroom: MB

Scandal Central

Hillary Clinton’s Rogue Agenda: Why Sid Blumenthal Matters: JW
FBI found TOP SECRET info in Hillary emails, evidence enough to charge Clinton: Scoop
Destroying Your Vote: Walter Williams

Climate & Energy

Sen. Russ Feingold Laid Groundwork for Controversial Obama EPA Water Rule: Brian Sikma

Media

Diversity compels society give up its traditions, its sacred rights, and even its basic decency: ¡No Pasarán!
Watch: Hillary Clinton's Hilarious (And Revealing) 'Freudian Slip': Hannity
It Happened Again! Liberals Shocked to See Conservatism Win on Election Day: EIB

Shut Up and Read Your Teleprompter: Leon H. Wolf
Levin Interviews Kentucky Governor Elect Matt Bevin: CR
CNBC Biased? You Don’t Say!: Larry Elder

The Comedian-In-Chief: Flopping Aces
Sharing firearms for informal target shooting: Another legitimate activity outlawed?: David Kopel
CAIR Leader Nezar Hamze Is Now Deputy Sheriff: Joe Kaufman

World

Iran Responsible for Killing 14 Percent of U.S. Troops in Iraq: Adam Kredo
Iran - Those so called 'removed' centrifuges are still there and spinning.: MFS-TON
U.S. officials believe the Islamic State planted bomb on Russian plane: Robert Spencer

Violating the Muslim Status Quo: Daniel Greenfield
Ingratitude: FLOTUS Goes To Qatar, Complains About Growing Up As A Girl In USA: Shifra
Condell: The Rape of Sweden: Jawa Report

The Gulag: Willful Blindness In Russia: Camp of the Saints
Germany’s Short-Term Future is Anarchy, Civil War, or as a Leaderless Banana Republic: Nicholas Stix
Cruz Just Threw Down the Gauntlet on Obama and Support of the Muslim Brotherhood: Politistick

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Bitcoin Inches Closer to Mainstream with USAA Partnership: Tanaya Macheel
Man Intent on Fixing Toilet Uncovers Centuries-Old Subterranean World Beneath his Basement: Ancient Origins
Secret Inventions on the Rise: Steven Aftergood

Cornucopia

Pick one thing and fight like hell: Carol Brown
CAUTION SNOWFLAKES: Triggers Ahead: MOTUS
Eat Your Honey: Sondrakistan

Image: From coast to coast, conservatives score huge victories in off-year elections
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: #ProtectOurConstitution: TED CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT

QOTD: "Breitbart News previously reported that Founding Father James Madison used Federalist 46 to make that very point–that armed citizens could band together and resist their government, should it tend toward tyranny. And he pointed out that this demonstrated American exceptionalism inasmuch as citizens of other nations, lacking arms, also lacked the ability to resist.

The Daily Beast addressed the way Hillary mentioned confiscation only later to mock gun owners for fearing the government might come after their guns:

Clinton can joke all she likes about Americans fearing “black helicopters” taking their guns away, but it is no exaggeration to suggest that civil war could erupt on American soil were the U.S. government to attempt anything remotely resembling what was done in Australia.

The column in The Daily Beast is aptly titled, “Yes, They Want to Take Your Guns Away.”" --AWR Hawkins

Wednesday, November 04, 2015

One Chart on Federal "Anti-Poverty" Programs Says It All

By Angela Rachidi

This graphic was created by staff from the House Ways and Means Committee to represent the 80+ federal benefit programs and services for low-income people in the United States.

House Ways and Means Human Resources Subcommittee, November 3, 2015.

It was unveiled at a hearing yesterday on better coordinating welfare programs for families in need before the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources.

Immigration Apocalypse Now

By Arnold Ahlert

A newly-leaked memo from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reveals the Obama administration is seeking to sidestep a federal court injunction that suspended portions of the president’s amnesty-based initiatives known as Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA) and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). In short, Obama is determined to impose his transformational agenda on the nation by any means necessary.
 
According to the Hill, the document outlining the administration’s attempt to thumb its nose at the rule of law was prepared at a DHS “Regulations Retreat” last June, four months after a preliminary injunction was initially imposed by Texas Judge Andrew Hanen and subsequently left in place by a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The Fifth Circuit's final ruling on that injunction, either confirming or reversing it, is expected to occur in a matter of days.
 

Larwyn's Linx: Cold Anger – The First Signs of The Proud Vulgarians

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Nation

Cold Anger – The First Signs of The Proud Vulgarians: Treehouse
Republicans whip Democrats in key state races: Public Integrity
Another Data Point to be Ignored That Political Reporting is B.S.: Erick Erickson

Popcorn, Anyone? Gun Control Push Splitting Democrats ... Again: Matt Vespa
New polls: Carson surges, Cruz too; Trump shakey: Andrew Malcolm
Obama: background checks for gun owners, but not job applicants: Trey Sanchez

Trump support drops 22.5 percent in two weeks: Dan Spencer
Large Sample FL Poll: Trump Dominates Every Demographic and Region: Treehouse
Ted Cruz: Abolish The IRS: Steve Guest

The terrifying nihilism behind Leftists’ desire for socialized medicine: Bookworm
Impractical Magic: The Z Man
Debates Put Ted Cruz in the Top Tier: Reid Wilson

Campaign 2.0: “Jeb Can Fix It” Flops Hard: Amy Miller
Jeb Bush offers warm kiss — and is left as toast in GOP race: John Kass
Poll: Jeb Bush’s Popularity Problem: Reid Wilson

Economy

Obama legacy: 'He is the $20 trillion debt man.': MFS-TON
Hillary Clinton: American Dream Denier: Betsy McCaughey
Cato: American Decline Accelerating: Bob Adelmann

Scandal Central

Clinton Foundation spinoff won’t refile tax returns: Josh Gerstein
Feds Gave Bonuses to Employees Caught Sleeping and Drinking on the Job: Elizabeth Harrington
Obama Insists High School Girls Stare at Naked Boy Who Thinks He's a Girl: Ben Shapiro

Climate & Energy

14,000 Abandoned Wind Turbines Litter the United States: Elephant
EPA Vows To Lead The Global Fight Against Air Conditioners: Michael Bastasch
Petro-states aren’t panicking over oil price crash: Rachel Marsden

Media

Resolved, Progressivism Is a Cult: Ace
Mark Levin on Prison Reform: ‘Obama Radicalizes Everything He Touches’: Sam Dorman
Family Of Dead Robber Whines That Hero Concealed Carrier Is At Fault: Bob Owens

Republicans vs. The Media: Ben Shapiro
You’re Doing It Wrong, ‘The View’: Michelle Malkin
Ted Cruz: It's In His Heart: Lloyd Marcus

Man who can handle CNBC but not Putin: how will GOP handle Putin if they can’t handle CNBC?: Hot Air
Our Insecure Culture Warriors: Daniel Greenfield
Gizmodo Reporter’s Attempt to Smear Ted Cruz’s Gun Use Goes Embarrassingly Awry: Kemberlee Kaye

World

State Department Won’t Say Whether Iran Will Face Consequences for Detaining Americans: Blake Seitz
Weapons of Mass Migration: Steve Sailer
F-35 Data Smuggler Sentenced to Jail: Lara Seligman

The U.S. Still Doesn’t Know Who’s In Charge if Massive Cyber Attack Strikes Nation: Patrick Tucker
Andrew Bostom on Iranian Nuke Deal Fiasco and Muslim Hijra Jihad Invasion of Europe: CJR
Why are F-15 fighters being deployed to Turkey?: J. Taylor Rushing

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Seeing a gun fire at 73,000 FPS is absolutely definitely the most incredible thing: Casey Chan
Marketers Should Pay Attention to fMRI: Uma R. Karmarkar, Carolyn Yoon, and Hilke Plassmann
Ancient warrior's tomb and huge treasure hoard found in Greece: AFP

Cornucopia

Fighting Back, with Some Help: Cameron Gray
Founders from MIT With a Plan to Change How We Grow and Eat Food: Mark Suster
Resistance: It’s Not Futile: MOTUS

Image: Trump support drops 22.5 percent in two weeks
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: #ConstitutionMan: TED CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT

QOTD: "Matt Bevin won in Kentucky. He won bigger than anyone expected. He owns this win. But it is again worth noting that nationally Democrats keep losing with Barack Obama as President. The public keeps rejecting the President’s party. They did it last night in Kentucky.

It’s only a matter of time before Democrats blame their losses on climate change in Syria." --Erick Erickson

Bonus QOTD: "A quick polling update before next week's Republican Party presidential debate. And it's very good news for Ben Carson and Ted Cruz. But just so-so news for Donald Trump.

A new Public Policy Polling survey of Iowa Republicans shows that Carson at 21% has moved into an essential tie for first place there with Trump at 22%. What struck those pollsters, however, was Cruz' six point surge to 14% and third place. Marco Rubio also jumped up two points to fourth with 10%. Others in the GOP field were all in single digits, PPP found.

Also Monday a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News national poll showed Carson has jumped into first place at 29%, triple his support in July. The retired doctor is now substantially ahead of the 23% of Trump, who slipped two points in two weeks after a lackluster debate performance recently." --Andrew Malcolm

Tuesday, November 03, 2015

CRUZ TO DOJ: Preserve Every Record Related to the IRS Scandal, Eh, For the Next Administration. Or Else.

This is why we love us some Ted Cruz.

Yesterday, Cruz sent a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch suggesting that it would be in the administration's best interests to preserve all IRS records for the next administration. The request came after the DOJ covered up closed its investigation into political targeting of conservative and pro-Israel groups by the IRS.

November 2, 2015

Dear Attorney General Lynch:

I write today to strongly urge you, as head of the Department of Justice, to take specific steps to ensure that the Department preserves all of its Internal Revenue Service-related documents and information indefinitely. This Administration’s recent announcement that it does not intend to conduct or allow an appropriate criminal investigation of the IRS’s targeting of Tea Party and other conservative organizations has finally made it abundantly clear that the responsibility of ensuring a thorough, fair, and impartial investigation of IRS employees and their potential criminal conduct will fall to the next presidential administration, and relevant materials must be protected accordingly.

HARSH: Obama Official Who Pled Guilty to Espionage Gets... $250 Fine

By Richard Pollock

Glenn Woodell, a NASA supervisor who pled guilty to violating U.S. espionage laws involving a Chinese NASA contractor was given a slap on the wrist with six months’ probation and a $250 fine, the Daily Caller News Foundation has learned.

Daniel Jobson, a Woodell colleague and fellow NASA supervisor, had his espionage charges reduced to a misdemeanor and was released without any penalty.

The lenient plea deals were quietly delivered October 26 in U.S. District Court in Newport News, Virginia. The U.S. Attorneys office did not to issue a press release about the deals and declined comment when contacted by the DCNF.

Woodell was charged under Title 18 of the nation’s espionage laws and faced a maximum penalty of one-year imprisonment and a fine of $100,000.

“It’s like a traffic ticket or something for littering,” commented former U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf in an interview with the DCNF. A former Virginia Republican congressman who was chairman of a House appropriations oversight subcommittee for NASA, worked to expose Bo Jiang, the Chinese NASA contractor at the heart of the espionage case.

Bizarro President

By Caroline Glick

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with US President Barack Obama next week is likely to look less like a rapprochement than a showdown at the OK Corral.

The flurry of spy stories spinning around in recent weeks makes clear that US-Israel relations remain in crisis.

Two weeks ago, The Wall Street Journal published a fairly detailed account of the US’s massive spying operations against Israel between 2010 and 2012.

Their purpose was to prevent Israel from attacking Iran’s nuclear installations. The Journal report, which was based on US sources, also detailed the evasion tactics the Obama administration employed to try to hide its covert nuclear talks with Iran from Israel. According to the report, the administration was infuriated that through its spy operations against Iran, Israel discovered the talks and the government asked the White House to tell it what was going on.

Over the past several days, the Israeli media have reported the Israeli side of the US spying story.