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Issue spotting Lois Lerner and the 5th Amendment
Lois Lerner famously purported to invoke the 5th Amendment privilege against self-incrimination yesterday while appearing before Congress. A number of people have reached out to me to ask me to write...
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Will Qusayr be Hezbollah’s Stalingrad?
One of the key battles in Syria is for control of Qusayr, currently under rebel control. Via NY Times, Syrian Forces and Hezbollah Fighters Press Assault on Key City: Official Syrian and Hezbollah...
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Obama Tries to Change the Subject, but CODE PINK Steals His Show
President Obama stepped to the podium today to outline his policy on counter-terrorism in a long and rambling speech that focused on the use of drones and the Guantanamo facility. The distraction of a...
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IRS Official Lois Lerner Placed on Administrative Leave as Scandal Grows
This just in tonight, an IRS source in the agency’s Cincinnati office says that Lois Lerner, one of the officials at the center of the IRS scandal, has been placed on administrative leave (with pay)....
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Huffington Post joins the wingnuts, turns on Eric Holder
So he made some mistakes. Name an Attorney General who hasn’t made mistakes. Okay, more than “some” mistakes: We were right all along, admit it, HuffPo. Come on, man and woman up. A simple, “we’re...
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Branco Cartoon – Slow Lerner
Note: You may reprint this cartoon provided you link back to this source. To see more Legal Insurrection Branco cartoons, click here. Branco’s page is Cartoonist A.F.Branco 5.00 / 5 5 1 / 5 2 / 5 3 / 5...
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Mideast Media Sampler – 05/24/2013 – The Peace Deal that Abbas passed on
1) Missing another opportunity to miss an opportunity Yesterday, Prof Jacobson posted about an exclusive story at The Tower by Avi Issacharoff about the peace deal that Ehud Olmert offered Mahmoud...
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George Zimmerman trial — the facts or character on trial?
George Zimmerman’s lawyers released photos from Trayvon Martin’s cell phone, including the two below. Zimmerman’s team says they will seek to introduce the photos and others to show that he was not as...
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DA in upstate NY refuses to prosecute man for having 9 bullets in magazine
The so-called SAFE Act passed in a hurry in New York after the Newtown shooting has had many problems. One of the bizarre aspects of the law was that while 10-round magazines were permitted, only 7...
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Syrian Electronic Army Hacks ITV News in Ongoing Attacks on Media Outlets
The Syrian Electronic Army has hacked yet another media outlet’s Twitter account. A Twitter account belonging to ITV News, which was one of the first outlets to broadcast video of one of the killers in...
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Hamas’ war on long hair and low-hung trousers
Do you remember the Saturday Night Live skit The Adventures of Miles Cowperthwaite? Captain Ned: [ interrupting ] That’s enough, Miles.. [ Miles sits ] Now, men, I run a mans’ ship. I will run it in a...
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NY injured special forces soldier takes plea for same offense on which David...
In early January, we wrote about the ordeal of Nathan Haddad, who was being charged with 5 felony counts under New York State’s prior gun law, for possession of empty 30-round magazines, Injured...
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“Pond scum currently has a higher approval rating than Congress”
Via The Boston Globe: Republican candidate Gabriel E. Gomez ignited controversy on Thursday by calling his Democratic opponent for US Senate, a sitting congressman, “pond scum,” in an interview with a...
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Out with the old Republicans, in with the new Republicans
I had read headlines about this speech by Ted Cruz, but watching it finally was even better. As background, Sean Sullivan at WaPo’s The Fix points out our house is divided, Ted Cruz vs. John McCain:...
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Alleged Hezbollah member who tried to gain security clearance indicted in Texas
An indictment was unsealed today against Wissam Allouche, alleging he concealed his memberships in the Amal militia and its successor Hezbollah in order to enter the United States and then tried to...
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Bumper Sticker of Truth: “Benghazi Liars”
I couldn’t have said it better myself. From John in Richmond, VA, who spotted this in the rear window of the vehicle in front of him: With all the scandal news breaking it may be hard to get to bumper...
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“Pushing Back” Week at College Insurrection
Pushing back against the narratives: CAMERA launches new website for pro-Israel college students “Affirmative Action Baby” … Or Survivor? Prager U. Video – The Separation of Church and State FIRE works...
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Cyprus Bailout Update Reveals Bad News for Greece
At the end of March, wealthy depositors with banks on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus had their accounts “levied” as part of a bailout deal for Cypriot financial institutions by other European Union...
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Syrian Electronic Army Launched Cyberattack on Israeli City’s Water...
A group of hackers attempted to break into the city of Haifa’s water system computer network, according to an Israeli security expert. From the AP via ABC News: Speaking at a lecture on Saturday in the...
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U. Texas-Austin student group seeks to intervene in case which held Obama...
On April 25 we wrote about a federal court case which held Obama’s DREAM policy unlawful, but reserved decision on whether to issue an injunction,Federal Court finds Obama DREAM policy illegal, but may...
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