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Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 30, 2013 22 Comments

The Boston Herald previously broke the story that the Boston Bombers and their families were on welfare until last year. Now the Herald has some more details, apparently based on documents produced to Massachusetts legislators by the Patrick administration, Tsarnaev family received $100G in benefits: The Tsarnaev family,...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 30, 2013 18 Comments

The NY Times is concern trolling: Cruz Breaks With Senate Tradition While Criticizing Colleagues (emphasis added): In his short time at the Capitol, Senator Ted Cruz, a freshman Republican from Texas, has shown little regard for long-standing rules of decorum. But on Friday, he publicly discussed the closed-door...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 29, 2013 20 Comments

Some developments today. And as usual, Fox News is driving the media investigations. Obama administration officials threatened whistle-blowers on Benghazi, lawyer  says At least four career officials at the State Department and the Central  Intelligence Agency have retained lawyers or are in the process of doing so, as ...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 29, 2013 3 Comments

French court: Jerusalem light rail project legal A French court ruled that Israel did not violate international law by building a light rail line in eastern Jerusalem. The ruling on March 22 by the Versailles Court of Appeals came in response to a lawsuit filed in 2007...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 29, 2013 6 Comments

The Editors of National Review have an excellent entry today in which the Pigford scandal is explained, Pigford Forever. Here is a key point which is not often understood, that the payments were tied to Obama's political maneuvering (emphasis mine): But as the Times reports in great...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on April 29, 2013 8 Comments

Previously, we brought you reports on the Boston Marathon bombings investigation and details into the lives of the suspects, first in The Lives of the Boston Bombers: What We Do and Don’t Know and then in a follow-up, New Developments in the Boston Marathon Bombings...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 28, 2013 30 Comments

I previously have posted about doom and gloom for the small conservative blogosphere, first in response to a post by John Hawkins about how bloggers need to go big or go home, Is there a place for me? Later as to what I was sensing leading up to and...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 28, 2013 3 Comments

Once again Fox News has picked up on one of A.F. Branco's cartoons. This time it was the Chris Matthews cartoon run last week, Hard Boiled. Here's the screen shot: Here's the full segment, it appears and is mentioned at the 4:00 mark: Watch the latest video at...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 28, 2013 19 Comments

Politico hasn't been this excited since Herman Cain. Looking at the tweets from attendees at the White House Correspondents' Dinner was nauseating enough. Obama's speech was fine, he had some good one liners and some cheap shots, but it certainly wasn't the funniest speech ever: I just witnessed...

Posted by David Gerstman on April 28, 2013 12 Comments

Not in Maryland where it's just starting Former senate candidate, Dan Bongino, discussed the "rain tax" on Fox and Friends. One of our blessings in Maryland is that the legislature is only in session for three months. It limits the amount of damage our legislators can do....

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 28, 2013 7 Comments

Recently, I have been reflecting on the power of choice. As a citizen activist, I work to ensure that Americans make fully informed voting choices.  This attitude carries over to my selection of post topics. For example, when one disgraceful businesswoman attempts to persuade college students to...

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