You remember Upworthy, the epitome of low-information in support of Obama and progressives, Upworthy — or, How we are losing the internet to lowest of low information young liberals.
They have maps which demonstrate The high cost of low information voters.
I need to stop checking in there, because they have stuff like this:
How...
Democratic Congressman Ed Markey apparently is hoping that being super-liberal in Massachusetts is enough to defeat Republican Gabriel Gomez in the Special Election … and granted, it might be.
So Markey is in hiding:
While Republican Gabriel E. Gomez held nine public events this week, his Democratic rival, Edward J. Markey, held none, sparking...
This week college campuses looked relatively sane compared to Washington, D.C.
I emphasize “relatively.”
Six Degrees of Separation:
What does it take to get the IRS’s attention?
(Do you really want to know?)
.@tomkattman heh, I almost feel that I’m not doing enough for my country since the IRS hasn’t targeted me yet.
— Fuzzy Slippers (@fuzislippers) May 17, 2013
Hell, I just wish Indie bloggers made enough money to worry...
Some good stuff today.
I actually was proud of the job the House Republicans did given the time constraints. They had some fight in them. Hopefully they will keep it up for 3 1/2 more years. Every. Single. Day.
I posted some videos at the earlier Live post, including Kevin...
Another news organization has fallen victim to the group of hackers known as the Syrian Electronic Army.
The Financial Times was hacked Friday, according to a notice posted by the outlet.
The Financial Times has become the latest news outlet to be hacked by supporters of the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, following a...
At congressional hearings today, it was revealed that IRS planted question at ABA mtg disclosing targeting of conservatives via communications between Celia Roady, a tax lawyer who asked the question, and Lois Lerner of the IRS who was on an ABA panel. Roady has a deep background in tax exempt issues and...
The infographic below, the National Dialogue Monitor by TargetPoint Consulting May 15-16, 2013, was provided to me by former Legal Insurrection contributor Matthew Knee, who now works at TargetPoint.
It shows Obama’s really bad two media days:
Each bubble represents a topic discussed in relation to President Obama from May 15-16, 2013, sized by...
With each passing hour, it becomes more and more clear that the truth was concealed from the American public prior to the election about two major Obama administration scandals.
Benghazi was very much in the news prior to the election. The concealment went to the culpability of the Obama administration in failing...
Richard Engel’s Speech
Richard Engel spoke earlier this week at the Newseum’s memorial for journalists killed in the line of duty during 2012.
Spoke at newseum today on journalists killed in 2012, and controversy on who to include. c-spanvideo.org/program/312711…
— Richard Engel (@RichardEngel) May 13, 2013
The Newseum’s website carries a brief account of...
Michael Weiss at Lebanon NOW reports, Rise of the militias:
The use of chemical weapons and Obama’s fudged “red line” has given way to gruesome footage of a schismatic Syrian rebel commander biting into the lung of a slain Hezbollah fighter and vowing revenge against Assadist soldiers. Such is the international press’...
Nothing says “trust the IRS” quite like the IRS planting questions at Bar Association meetings
When Lois Lerner was asked a question at an American Bar Association about complaints regarding treatment of conservative groups, and Lerner made the admission and apology, TPM noted IRS Official’s Admission Baffled Audience At Tax Panel:
The fateful question came from a tax lawyer, in a room filled with dozens of them....
[Hearing now adjourned.]
Start at 9 a.m. Eastern. You can view it on CSPAN-2.
[live video and Twitter fees removed]
Congressman Roskam (IL-06) did a particularly good job:
IRS IG George: #IRS targeting of conservative groups began in early 2010, DC officials became aware in June 2011
— Jessica Taylor (@JessicaTaylor) May 17, 2013
George:...
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But we don’t know what’s in it, via AP:
A bipartisan band of House members working on a comprehensive immigration bill has reached an agreement in principle, lawmakers said Thursday, after talks dragged on for months and appeared stalled earlier in the day.
The lawmakers did not provide details as they left a...
