IRS Targeted “Icky” Conservative Groups
It’s not over yet. Not by a long shot. Before the head of the House Oversight Committee Darrell Issa steps down from his position after the New Year, he released a 226-page summary report of the Committee’s investigation of the IRS targeting of conservative groups so far. The interim report is a scathing revelation of […]
With Nothing to Lose, Obama Make Friends with Cuba
He just doesn’t care anymore. Since his party lost control of Congress in the recent elections, it looks like President Obama has decided to reshape the nation on his own. Decisions are coming left and right – immigration, climate change policy, regulating the Internet, and relations with Iran – as he goes it alone. He’s […]
“Elf On The Shelf” Is More Sinister Than You Thought!
You might want to think twice about putting that Elf on the Shelf this year… Laura Pinto, a digital technology professor at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, says the common Christmas toy is conditioning children to accept the surveillance state. Having a little creature in your room who watches everything you do and […]
Mark Meckler on the Power of Sovereign Citizens
Mark Meckler spoke to state legislators at a meeting of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) right before his friend Mark Levin took the podium. Before introducing Levin, Meckler made a few comments about the irrelevance of our nation’s capital and the critical part that citizens can play in bringing our country back to its […]
Record Taxes and Record Spending
The government’s fiscal year for 2014 is over, and 2015 has already begun. Ah, a clean slate. A chance to resolve to do better this year. Or not. Even though the U.S. Treasury is still collecting a record amount of taxes, in the first two months they ran a deficit of $178.531 billion and spent […]
Nobody’s Happy with the President’s Action on Immigration
President Obama has gotten a lot of negative feedback since he decided to single-handedly “fix” the immigration system. Nearly half of the states are suing his administration, and most Americans think he’s disrupted the Constitutional checks and balances. Arkansas, Michigan, North Dakota and Oklahoma joined 20 other states, led by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, […]
Which Government Agency Is Sworn at the Most?
Ever asked yourself, I wonder which federal agencies get sworn at the most? Maybe not, but I bet you’ll find the answer interesting! Philip Bump did a little research on Regulations.gov about how often two swear words (“one of which starts with F and one of which starts with an S”) appeared in public comments […]
How One Ordinary Citizen Created the Obamacare Storm
Jonathan Gruber. Sadly, he’s become a household name – and even trended on Twitter – since his comments about Obamacare were unearthed. But the name we should all know is “Rich Weinstein.” He is the mild-mannered investment advisor from Philadelphia who found Gruber’s videos. No, Weinstein wasn’t hired by a news agency or a conspiracy […]
EPA Doesn’t Care How Much It Costs, It Wants Control
The Supreme Court will decide whether the EPA can make rules that will cost 30% more to implement than the gains it could produce. Are they allowed to make up regulations without thinking about what they will cost to implement or whether they are worth the costs? More than 20 states, along with industry groups […]
Watch Mark Levin’s Stirring Speech on Article V and the State of our Nation
On Thursday, December 4, the Convention of States Project sponsored the breakfast session at the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) meeting in Washington, D.C. Mark Levin – Convention of States Project legal board member, nationally syndicated radio talk show host, and Constitutional expert – spoke on behalf of Article V and the project. “You, legislators […]