Larwyn's Linx: Ted Cruz Grills FBI Director on IRS Investigation, Slams Leaky Patrick Leahy

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Nation

Ted Cruz Grills FBI Director on IRS Investigation, Slams Leahy: Nice Deb
The Leader of the Hobbits: PW
Democrat Congressman: “We’ve proved that Communism works”: WZ

'Angry' Obama Responds to VA Crisis by Vowing to Do Nothing At All: AmJrnl
Politics trump ethics in the Obama administration: Victor Davis Hanson
Prison For D’Souza, Beach Time For Corzine: Mollie Hemingway

Does The Tea Party Need More Experienced Candidates?: Dan McLaughlin
It’s Not Conservatism’s Fault That Republicans Won’t Listen: Jen Kuznicki
Scott Walker loses 7 point lead, now tied in Wisconsin reelection race: Hot Air

Texas Democrats Abort Wendy Davis: BlurBrain
Chamber of Commerce and Obama agree cheap foreign labor is a great idea: RS
Top Issues in America: Bankrupting

Economy

Nearly Half of Unemployed Have 'Completely Given Up' Looking for Job: NRO
GM Sure Recalled Lotsa Cars Right After The Feds Sold Their Shares: Federalist
10,996,447: Disability beneficiaries hit new record: CNS

“Obamacare for retirement accounts”: PW
Obamacare: Home of the $11,500 Application: Tom Blumer
The VA, the NHS and choice: Cal Thomas

Scandal Central

Have You Noticed? Everything ‘Sky-Rockets’ Under Obama: Nice Deb
Director of Phoenix VA Hospital Where Vets Died from Delays Received $8,500 Bonus in April: WS
Death toll from Veterans Affairs delays, incompetence climbing: Mark Tapscott

The Left 's Forked Tongue Brigade Continues To Circle The Wagons On Benghazi: Joshua
Hillary Clinton’s people pushed Democrats to join Benghazi Select Committee to Protect Her: Scoop
James O’Keefe teases Part 2 of sting video: ‘The celebrity names get bigger’: Twitchy

Media

The Rise of Mob Rule in America: Amy Lutz
Roy Blunt Goes Off On Obama Admin For Failing To Take Responsibility Amid Scandals: WFB
Statistical Analysis Shows 4% Of NYT Reporters Are Serial Killers: Ann Coulter

House Sends Subpoena to Eric Holder on IRS Scandal, Big Three Nets Refuse to Report: MRC
How Conservatives Can Defeat the Media: AT
Counter-productive 2nd Amendment exercise: BlackFive

Interview: Mark Steyn Surveys the Passing Parade: Ed Driscoll
The New Obama Narrative: Epic Incompetence: Peter Wehner
MSNBC Panel Admits VA Scandal A 'Political Problem' for Obama, 'Confidence is Lost': MRC

World

Official: Iranian FM “Laughed and Ignored” U.S. Queries on Ballistic Missiles: Omri Ceren
The Menace Of Russia And China – A Strategic Alliance Of Our Enemies: NoisyRm
The Problem With Obama is That People Believe Him: Glob

What About Huma?: Breitbart
State Dept. ‘Not Sure’ It Got Senate Letter Sent Four Days Ago Pleading for Sudanese Christian: Tatler
Blunt on Christian Facing Martyrdom in Sudan:‘She Is Wife of U.S. Citizen’: CNS

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Public utility compromised after brute-force attack, DHS says: IT World
eBay Database Hacked With Stolen Employee Credentials: Brian Prince
Ad Network Undertone Gets A New CEO Ahead Of Expected IPO: Insider

Cornucopia

Rafael Cruz explains how the Bible tells you exactly who to vote for…: Scoop
Another "Officer Friendly" Incident (Language Warning): Reason
The Best Quotes From Kathy Shaidle’s “Confessions of A Failed Slut”: John Hawkins

Image: Ted Cruz Grills FBI Director on IRS Investigation – Tangles With Leaky Leahy
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Now is the Time: Chris McDaniel for Senate

QOTD: "Sensing easy prey in people who so avidly cooperate in their own destruction, the media has relentlessly expanded its strategy for portraying conservatives as gibbering idiots for whom no sane voter would press the lever. For decades the media has collaborated with Democrats and the liberal elites in creating a superstructure that exists for the sole purpose of humiliating conservative candidates and spokesmen. It is proactive, universal, and often quite successful. It has also been virtually ignored by the conservative establishment, which consistently behaves as if American politics is a gentleman’s pastime operating by the same rules that it did in the late 19th century...

...This is the system we’re facing in 2014. Has anybody learned from these events -- from the self-immolation of O’Donnell and Akin, from the Sandra and Trayvon conspiracies, the blatant sabotage of Mitt Romney? The record certainly doesn’t show it. There has been no discussion of the media enemy, no evaluation, no strategizing...

...The striking thing about all this is how predictable it is, and how everyone involved fails to predict it. When Candidate X stands up and gets blown to atoms, do the rest of the Republican candidates out there flee the field? Do they attack the plummy voice and the guys who are winging the explosives their way? They do not. They crouch behind their bushes, waiting to be called on, waiting to be blown up." ..." --J.R. Dunn