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The 'Plead the Fifth' Administration

May 24, 2013

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The IRS official overseeing the targeting of conservative groups went to Congress to plead the Fifth Amendment after declaring her innocence. Only it doesn't work that way. (Try it during an audit.) Also, more on the DOJ targeting journalists, the cost of regulation for the average family, Obama's national security speech and blaming the Oklahoma tornado on global warming.
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Crisis, Scandal and Tyranny

May 17, 2013

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The IRS targeting groups with "Patriot" or "Tea Party" in their name was the big news of the week, but we've endured four-and-a-half years of this kind of scandal and crisis exploitation by Barack Obama. Also this week, HHS asks for donations, Detroit may go bankrupt, Benghazi emails were released, and Kermit Gosnell was sentenced.
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Special Report: Alexander on Benghazi -- Need to Know...

May 10, 2013

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Mark Alexander provides concise analysis on what you need to know about Benghazi. Don't miss the rest of the Digest -- the online sales tax, the Heritage immigration study, Obama's jobs tour, trouble at a SEAL funeral and the reduction of "gun crime" -- after this special report.
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A Battle of Wits

May 3, 2013

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Obama has been telling us that once ObamaCare gets going we'll love it. Now he's telling us that since it's already going we should love it. Meanwhile, another mediocre jobs report, good news on the oil and natural gas front, more damaging Benghazi details and the importance of federal money for helium balloons.
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What We Learned From Boston

April 26, 2013

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Since the bombs exploded in Boston last Monday, the terror attacks have dominated the news cycle. There are some important things to learn from this latest act of jihad against our nation. Also today, the FAA sequester pain, immigration update, the "red line" in Syria and the Bush library opens.
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Immigration Reform Hits the Senate

April 19, 2013

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Immigration issues are at the forefront this week, both with the Chechen immigrants who bombed the Boston Marathon and the Senate immigration bill. Also critical were the votes on the Left's gun control bills in the Senate. Then we note who was absent from Margaret Thatcher's funeral, consider U.S. interrogation policy and update the Philadelphia abortionist story. All that and much more.
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The 'Smoke and Mirrors' Budget

April 12, 2013

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Finally, after more than two months of delays and excuses, Barack Obama released his budget for fiscal 2014. What's in it? The Senate took a step on gun control this week but put off immigration, Income Redistribution Day is Monday, uncertainty over North Korea and the murder trial you've never heard about.
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March Unemployment Madness

April 5, 2013

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Employers added just 88,000 jobs in March and 663,000 people left the workforce. Obama's apologists have already begun blaming the "Republican Sequester." In other news, Obama renews his gun ban push, the Supreme Court hears arguments on marriage, North Korea steps up the crazy and Obama proclaims April to be budget responsibility month.
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Trouble in Cyprus

It Can Happen Here, Too

March 22, 2013

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When Cyprus needed a bailout, the result was the bright idea to confiscate money from Cypriot bank accounts. Don't think that sort of thing can't happen here. Also today, several budget votes in Congress, a look back at the Iraq War, Obama's flip-flop on missile defense, his trip to Israel and deterioration in Syria, and what not to post on Facebook if you don't want police to come knocking.
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A Tale of Two Budgets

March 15, 2013

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Smoke from Capitol Hill this week meant that both House and Senate budgets were released. We take a look at them. Meanwhile, there was movement on gun control bills, White House tours were cancelled, ethanol is driving the gas price spike, Obama again moves to make terrorism a law enforcement issue and the Catholic Church has a new pope. All that and much more.
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The Truth About Government Ammo Purchases

March 8, 2013

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The last few months have seen troubling news of massive government purchases of ammunition. But is the whole thing more hype than substance? Also today, the latest on the federal budget, jobs numbers, Rand Paul's drone filibuster, North Korea's threats and an amazing self-defense story.
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Chicken Little, Sequester Edition

March 1, 2013

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We're publishing today from a secure bunker in an undisclosed location so as to avoid the fallout from the apocalypse known as the sequester. While we're down here, there's more news on guns, the minimum wage, Afghanistan, New York's soda ban and John Kerry's illustrious start as secretary of state.
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'There Oughta Be a Law'

February 22, 2013

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The Justice Department released an interesting analysis of federal gun ban proposals and why they wouldn't work -- unless they were even worse. The states are pressing the issue, too. Meanwhile, more on the sequester, immigration, drones, energy, brain research and Joe Biden's best advice.
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The President's 'Really Bad Idea'

February 15, 2013

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The president proposed and signed the sequester into law, but now he's campaigning hard against it. At the same time, other Democrats tell us we don't have a spending problem. In other news, more state guns laws proposed, changes made in Afghanistan, a Medal of Honor profile, the pope resigns and the end of the Chris Dorner saga.
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'Non Compos Mentis' on Guns

February 8, 2013

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"Non compos mentis" is Latin for "not of sound mind," which perfectly describes the Left on guns. We count some of the examples. Also, more on the sequester, the rising costs of ObamaCare, Post Office cutbacks, Obama's drone policy and a Super Bowl power outage brought to you by green energy.
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