It’ll Take More Than Mockery To Get Texas To Trust The Federal Government Mark Meckler May 11, 2015 Big Government, Dispersed Power, Engaged Citizens, Featured, Mark's Commentaries, News 1 Comment Texas Governor Greg Abbott set off a firestorm… of ridicule. When he discovered military exercises would be conducted in 7 states – including Texas – over the summer in one of the biggest peacetime...
Left to Rot by Government Employees Mark Meckler May 9, 2015 Corruption, Featured, Mark's Commentaries, News It’s hard to live in America and ignore the stories of police brutality… some undoubtedly exaggerated, some tragically true. But here’s what’s undeniable: government employees enjoy immunity from...
2016 Race: Why a Tea Party President is a Real Possibility Mark Meckler May 6, 2015 Engaged Citizens, Featured, Incumbent Accountability, Mark's Commentaries, News When the Tea Party began in 2009, even those of us at the heart of the movement couldn’t have predicted how it would permanently alter America’s political landscape. Just six years later, it’s undeniably...
Mark’s Take: How New GOP Candidates Stack Up With the Tea Party Mark Meckler May 4, 2015 Blog, Featured, News 2 Comments This week, the GOP field of candidates grows by three more potential candidates. Having already traveled to sixteen states this year meeting with grassroots folks, some of you have asked me what I hear on...
Wisconsin Home Invasions: When the Government Upends Democracy Mark Meckler May 2, 2015 Barf Bag, Big Government, Corruption, Featured, Mark's Commentaries, News Cindy woke up to a battering ram at her front door. She opened the door to a rushing mob of policemen, yelling and barging through her house with no explanation. She begged them not to shoot her barking...
Did John McCain Know about IRS Targeting? Mark Meckler April 24, 2015 Featured, Incumbent Accountability, IRS Lawsuit, Mark's Commentaries, News When the IRS scandal broke, Sen. John McCain sent out a press release claiming to be shocked at the news. But was he? Three years’ worth of IRS e-mail evidence continues to build against the federal...
John McCain’s Credibility Questioned over IRS Targeting Mark Meckler April 22, 2015 Featured, IRS Lawsuit, News, Scandals Recent revelations have cast serious doubt on the credibility of Senator John McCain and whether he knew and even encouraged IRS targeting of conservative and Tea Party groups. McCain staffers met with Lois...
More IRS Smoking Gun Emails Mark Meckler April 22, 2015 Big Government, Corruption, Featured, IRS Lawsuit, News, Scandals As the tedious process of sorting through three years’ worth of IRS emails continues, more evidence mounts showing how far-reaching and deliberate the cover-up actually was. More of Lois Lerner’s emails...
Civil Asset Forfeiture Case Has a Happy Ending Mark Meckler April 18, 2015 Activist Stories, Citizens Spotlight, Engaged Citizens, Featured, News Legal battles against the government don’t often have a happy ending – but we’re so glad that in Carole Hinders’ case, it did! In 2013, IRS agents showed up at Carole’s door and told her they had...
Parents Bullied in the Name of Common Core Mark Meckler April 9, 2015 Big Government, Common Core, Education, Featured, News Third graders at Coleman A. Young Elementary in Detroit, Michigan brought a letter home that threatened them with suspension if their parents didn’t come to a meeting about the new Common Core testing – in...