DOJ Official Says “No Charges Were Anticipated” Against Rosen
As we now know, the DOJ targeted James Rosen when it pursued a search warrant in connection with an alleged leak from State Department adviser, Stephen Kim. The long and short of it is, Kim told Rosen...
View ArticleEd Markey cheered gov’t witch hunt against Gibson Guitar
The persecution and prosecution of Gibson Guitar stands out as a prime example of government overreach, similar to IRS Tea Party targeting. This video explains the insanity of the raid and ultimate...
View ArticleIRS head uses the “P” word — and thereby eviscerates the claim this is not a...
I did not get to watch the Senate IRS hearings today, but it looks like a little more truth leaked out of IRS head Steven Miller, who admitted the targeting was partisan. Maybe a few more days on the...
View ArticleIRS Official Lois Lerner to plead the 5th – Update: Statement from Issa’s Office
Lois Lerner, the IRS head of exempt organizations division, will invoke the fifth amendment this week rather than answer questions about the recent IRS scandal, according to a letter sent to Congress...
View ArticleTheory – Jay Carney wants to be the fall guy
John Kass predicted that Jay Carney would be the fall guy for Obama. And that certainly would fit in with the defensive narrative whenever Obama fails at anything — it’s a messaging problem, not the...
View ArticleLooking more and more like a DOJ war on Fox News, not just James Rosen
First it was James Rosen’s personal email and phone records. Then it was Rosen’s parents’ phone records. Shannon Bream just reported on Hannity that court records appear to reflect phone records were...
View ArticleTea Party IRS protest Nashville
Taken by Linda in Tennessee yesterday at an IRS protest rally in Nashville. 5.00 / 5 5 1 / 5 2 / 5 3 / 5 4 / 5 5 / 5 9 votes, 5.00 avg. rating (99% score)
View ArticleCalifornia Tea Party Files Class Action Lawsuit Against IRS
This post is dedicated to all the Legal Insurrection readers ready to give up on California! As Tea Party groups stage successful rallies at Internal Revenue Service offices nationwide, one California...
View ArticleWaPo looks closely at the Obama administration … but not too closely
Recently, there has been an interesting string of editorials in the Washington Post. (I’ll limit this to the discussion of unsigned editorials, not op-eds.) .@ejdionne has it exactly backward. This is...
View ArticleHouse IRS hearings live streaming — Lois Lerner to plead 5th
Some great opening statements. Will embed videos when available. [Hearings now adjourned] The moment when she invokes 5th Amendment: Lerner: I have not broken any laws; I have not violated any IRS...
View ArticleAre we distracted by scandals while Democrats walk away with the immigration...
I received an insightful email from reader Karen Sacandy: Dear Professor Jacobson: I’m among your many grateful readers, but at this time, the Democrats are like Thomas Crown in the flick, “The Thomas...
View ArticleIs NYC Ready to Give Anthony Weiner a Second Chance?
Former representative Anthony Weiner, who resigned in disgrace in 2011 after lying about sending illicit sexting messages to a number of women, has formally announced his candidacy for Mayor of New...
View ArticleBeheading of British soldier in South London reminiscent of Syrian bloodletting
It will be easy — and likely correct — to assert that this is another Islamic terrorist attack. But I think it is more than that. This is what we see in Syria. A very up close and personal bloodletting...
View ArticleNanny gets Nasty: “Taxi King” says Bloomberg threatened to destroy him after...
Via The NY Post, Mike unleashes a ‘hail’ storm: Mayor Bloomberg went on a spitting-mad rant against a city cab-fleet boss who won a court victory over Hizzoner’s planned “Taxi of Tomorrow” — vowing to...
View ArticleMan Killed by FBI Implicated Self, Boston Bomber in 2011 Triple Homicide
The FBI said early Wednesday that it was reviewing a fatal shooting incident in Orlando, Florida in which an individual being questioned by law enforcement in connection with the Boston bombings and an...
View ArticleBritish Front Pages — Blood on his hands, hatred in his eyes
Here are front pages from British newspapers today regarding the machete terror attack by two Islamic terrorists in London. More at Liberal Conspiracy (h/t @sethmnookin): 4.71 / 5 5 1 / 5 2 / 5 3 / 5 4...
View ArticleWisdom from my 19 year old son on the Obama scandals
According to Roger L. Simon, Benghazi is the most damaging scandal plaguing the Obama administration. The White House and the State Department were on the brink of serious humiliation before an...
View ArticleCA’s Senator Boxer follows RI’s Whitehouse in linking OK twister to global...
If there is anything more pathetic than one Senator making political hay out of a natural disaster, it is two. We recently recounted that amidst the reports of the death and destruction caused by the...
View ArticleMore evidence it’s not about land for peace in Israel
An article today at The Tower discloses a rough, handdrawn map allegedly by Mahmoud Abbas, refecting a peace offer extended by Ehud Olmert when he was Prime Minister of Israel, EXCLUSIVE: The Deal the...
View ArticleGood News / Bad News
Good news. Thumbs Up for comments are back. Bad news. Thumbs Down for comments are back. It proved to be a formidable challenge, for a variety of reasons, after the plug-in went wild in the wake of the...
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