Larwyn's Linx: Trey Gowdy owns media on questions surrounding Benghazi and an AWOL President

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Nation

Trey Gowdy owns media on questions surrounding Benghazi: Sister Toldjah
IRS Audited 10 Times More Tea Party Donors Than Average Citizens: Jon Gabriel
Pelosi: Benghazi Probe Disrespectful to Those Killed in Benghazi: Glob

Common Core Backlash Claims New Political Casualties: Michelle Malkin
Trey Gowdy and the Real Lesson of Watergate: AmSpec
Open Borders: Mexican Drug Cartels in 1200 U.S. Cities: Sara Noble

WaPo: There’s a new Republican dark horse emerging for 2016: Hot Air
Eric Cantor is NOT Invincible: VA Right
Obama Unleashes the Left: Daniel Henninger

Detroit Grandma Shoots Way Out Of Ambush With Her Legal Handgun: Bob Owens
Debut Hearing for HHS Nominee Suggests Smooth Path to Confirmation: PJM
Federal Judge Adelman Disparages Minorities in Voter ID Ruling : MediaTrackers

Economy

Obamanomics: More Businesses Shutting Down than Starting Up: WS
Another Bell-Ringing Discrepancy: Gallup vs. BLS Unemployment Rate: Mish
25-54 Labor Force vs. Employment; Men vs. Women; Cyclical vs. Structural: Mish

Janet Yellen’s Bathtub Economics: David Stockman
Economist: Dodd-Frank Hasn't Fixed Anything: PJM
Einhorn Finds Dinner Chat With Bernanke ‘Frightening’: Bloomberg

Scandal Central

EPA boss’ emails show a coordinated state, federal effort to skirt transparency: CEI
What happens next for Lois Lerner?: Ace
Big Legal Blunder: Statement of Former IRS Official Lois Lerner’s lawyer William Taylor: Gretawire

IRS finally agrees to turn over ALL Lois Lerner emails, a day after she's found in criminal contempt: DailyMail
Feds give $20 million loan to company owned by Biden 'friend' and donor: Exam
Gov Jobs – EPA $122,000 per year watching porn 2-6 hrs per day: Politisite

The Cavalry That Never Came: Mark Steyn
Kerry to visit Mexico on day of Benghazi hearing, despite subpoena: Fox
Health Insurance Official: Many of Obamacare’s “Eight Million Enrollees” Are Actually Duplicates: RWN

Climate & Energy

White House Science Advisor John Holdren sued over emails: WUWT
Coldest Year On Record So Far In USA: Steven Goddard
NBC Expert: Network Selectively Edited My Remarks to Support ‘Global Warming’: MRC

Media

The Benghazi Deniers: Rich Lowery
Dave Ramsey Needs Your Help!: Nicholas Paleveda
Indie film about Gosnell abortion murders needs your help: Unyielding

Lockett & Load: Ann Coulter
Gohmert Grills Comcast Lawyer: Is Comcast Blocking Glenn Beck's Purchase of a Cable Network?: Ace
Google targets Conservative blogger Weasel Zippers, cancels site’s ad revenue: Poor Richard

World

Hillary's State Department Refused to Brand Boko Haram as Terrorists: Josh Rogin
After 3 Weeks, FLOTUS Takes Bold Action To Help Save Kidnapped School Girls: Jawa Report
'Hands off' list? Senator questions whether DHS allowing those with terror ties into US: Fox

Flashback- Clinton: “Poverty” Behind Boko Haram, ‘Not Radical Islam’: PunditPress
Hitler Survivor: Obama Transforming U.S. Into Totalitarian Regime: WND
WHOA: Obama's Unsecured Libyan Weapons Went to Boko Haram: Commentary

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

FCC chairman’s fast lane plan meets resistance from two FCC commissioners: Jon Brodkin
Giants of Tech Lobbying Unite to Kill FCC's Plan to Allow Internet Tolls: DailyTech
Drone Strikes Downtown St. Louis Building: CBS St. Louis

Cornucopia

How Far We Have Shifted To The Left In 50 Years: Reprint From 1963 Congressional Record: NoisyRm
What is this mysterious aircraft filmed 'blitzing Taliban base in Afghanistan'?: Daily Mail
Was an EMP Attack Just Tested on the United States?: Jason Kissner

Image: Firenado
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Matt Bevin for U.S. Senate

QOTD: "[Hillary] Clinton... has been a vocal advocate for the 200 Nigerian girls kidnapped by Boko Haram... [but what she] didn’t mention was that her own State Department refused to place Boko Haram on the list of foreign terrorist organizations in 2011, after the group bombed the U.N. headquarters in Abuja. The refusal came despite the urging of the Justice Department, the FBI, the CIA, and over a dozen senators and congressmen.

“The one thing she could have done, the one tool she had at her disposal, she didn’t use. And nobody can say she wasn’t urged to do it. It’s gross hypocrisy,” said a former senior U.S. official who was involved in the debate. “The FBI, the CIA, and the Justice Department really wanted Boko Haram designated, they wanted the authorities that would provide to go after them, and they voiced that repeatedly to elected officials.”

In May 2012, then-Justice Department official Lisa Monaco (now at the White House) wrote to the State Department to urge Clinton to designate Boko Haram as a terrorist organization. The following month, Gen. Carter Ham, the chief of U.S. Africa Command, said that Boko Haram “are likely sharing funds, training, and explosive materials” with al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. And yet, Hillary Clinton’s State Department still declined to place Boko Haram on its official terrorist roster." --Josh Rogin