It’s Time for America to Break Up with Big Government
Premiering on YouTube this week, the “Love Gov” video series from Independent Institute personifies the increasing folly, cost, and intrusiveness of big government in the lives of everyone, especially the young. This 5-part video series depicts the federal government as an overbearing boyfriend—Scott “Gov” Govinsky—who foists his “good intentions” on a hapless, idealistic college student, […]
Mark Meckler on Fox News: 24,000 Lost IRS Emails
Mark Meckler appeared on Fox News recently to discuss how the IRS could “lose” 24,000 emails that pertain to that agency’s targeting of conservative groups. Many of them, the IRS admits, were to or from former IRS director Lois Lerner. The IRS will claim that this was accidental, of course. It’s the same tactic they’ve […]
King v. Burwell Ruling Reveals There Is “No Longer Any Balance of Power in the Federal Government”
PURCELLVILLE, Va., June 25, 2015 – The Convention of States Project denounces today’s Supreme Court ruling in King v. Burwell that proves once again the people don’t stand a chance against the ruling elite in Washington, D.C. Worse yet, the Court’s decision to ignore the law-as-written sets a precedent that completely strips Congress of its […]
China Follows Russia’s Lead and Steals Data on 4 Million Federal Employees
Do you feel secure? Newstime is already full of stories of unrest, conflict, and violence. Now information theft is becoming another theme in the national news. First Russian criminals hacked the IRS. Weeks later, it was revealed that Chinese hackers had accessed information of 4 million government employees through the Office of Personnel Management. It […]
Maybe China Could Find Lois Lerner and Hillary Clinton’s Emails?
Maybe it’s time to sub-contract a few internal investigations out to foreign hackers. They’ve made more progress with government records in the past month than the IRS has made in two years. The IRS and Office of Personnel Management both recently discovered massive data hacks in their systems. These breaches originated in countries that are not […]
Hollywood Against Big Government: Vince Vaughn’s Prescient Words About Gun Ownership
Hollywood has long had a hypocritical relationship with guns. While strutting around with armed bodyguards, they staunchly oppose the right for ordinary Americans to enjoy the same security guns provide. While starring in blow-’em-up action movies and flashing guns in every scene, they speak out against the glorification of firearms. Vince Vaughn isn’t buying it. […]
High School Concert Choir Bullied by ‘Separation of Church and State’ Group – Parents Fight Back
When an Ohio high school caved to pressure from a “separation of church and state” group, parents found a way for the show to go on. Willoughby South High School’s Concert Choir was all set to perform “I Am Martol,” a show they had been working on for over a year. The original opera was […]
Before Conservatives Beat Hillary, Three Reasons Why They First Should Beat Bush
“We’ve had enough Bushes,” said Barbara Bush two years ago, dismissing the idea of her son Jeb running for President. Her husband and another son both already held the highest office in the world. Though the media is staging 2016 as the ultimate showdown between political dynasties — Jeb Bush vs. Hillary Clinton — it […]
Nosier than the NSA? Shadowy Bureau May Have Your Credit Card Info
While the domestic spying National Security Agency has been under the red-hot political spot light, another quasi-governmental agency has quietly gone about the business of collecting nearly 1 billion U.S. credit card records without consumer consent. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, CFPB, unlike the NSA, operates with no congressional oversight and with little public transparency, […]
Mark Meckler on Reason.com: “Electing Good People Isn’t Enough”
“Isn’t amending the Constitution a little excessive for the problems facing our nation? All we need is to elect the right people into office who will really follow the Constitution.” This is an objection often raised by skeptics and critics who hear about Citizens for Self Governance’s plan to use Article V to rein in […]