It’ll Take More Than Mockery To Get Texas To Trust The Federal Government
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 military exercises in six decades, he knew Texans were going to have questions. After all, residents of Houston can still remember […]
Left to Rot by Government Employees
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 gross and tragic incompetence in ways never would be allowed in the private sector. Meet UC San Diego student Daniel Chong. Three years ago he was at […]
2016 Race: Why a Tea Party President is a Real Possibility
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 at the heart of American politics in spite of countless attacks from the political establishment and from the national media. Because […]
Mark’s Take: How New GOP Candidates Stack Up With the Tea Party
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 the ground about the contenders and how they stack up with the Tea Party movement. My current take: Dr. Ben […]
Wisconsin Home Invasions: When the Government Upends Democracy
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 dogs. Another woman had to wake her children with an armed policeman at the foot of their […]
Did John McCain Know about IRS Targeting?
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 government. The most interesting and possibly disturbing piece of information deals with the fact that Republican Senator McCain and […]
John McCain’s Credibility Questioned over IRS Targeting
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 Lerner for six hours some eleven days prior to McCain’s statement expressing his shock and dismay at the IRS’ unlawful targeting and […]
More IRS Smoking Gun Emails
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 show what she thought about the IRS criteria used in targeting Tea Party groups and other opponents of the President Obama. In one email, […]
Civil Asset Forfeiture Case Has a Happy Ending
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 seized all the money in the bank account for her business, Mrs. Lady’s Mexican Food. But they didn’t […]
Parents Bullied in the Name of Common Core
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 the middle of a work day. The letter started by thanking 24 parents who made it to a previous meeting. […]