HEADLINE POLITICS 06/07/2013

Obama's Twofer Appointments a Double-Bird to the People Just try to wrap your arms around the magnitude of defiance and chutzpah that led to and accompanied President Obama's appointment of the discredited Susan Rice as national security adviser. NSA Taps Directly Into Nine Leading U.S. Internet Companies The National Security Agency, the spy agency which does electronic surveillance for the U.S. government, has been directly tapping into the systems of Google, Facebook, AOL, Yahoo, YouTube, Skype and other Internet organizations, according to a report today in The Guardian, a British newspaper. via MichelleMalkin.com Crucial Differences Between Bush and Obama's Surveillance It is certainly schadenfreudelicious to see Al Gore and assorted Democratic tools going bonkers over news of President Obama's radically expanded phone call data collection program... To Swab or Not to Swab In a "sharply divided," interesting mixture, the Supreme Court justices ruled on Monday, June 3, 2013, that DNA samples can be obtained by law enforcement officials when a person is arrested.

Tepid: May Jobs +175K, Unemployment Up to 7.6% On Friday, the Labor Department reported that the economy added in 175,000 jobs in May.

House Votes to Delay Bulk Ammunition Purchase by DHS The House late Wednesday voted to stop the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from entering into new contracts to buy millions of rounds of ammunition until DHS reports to Congress on the need for the ammo, and its cost.

House Votes to Resume Deporting Young DREAM Act Immigrants  The Republican-controlled House voted Thursday to resume the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought illegally to the United States as children...

The IRS Boldly Goes Where No Federal Agency Has Gone Before Just in case you needed another reason to hate the IRS, it turns out the embattled government agency has used your tax dollars to make a "Star Trek" parody video.

Chinese Hacked Obama, McCain Campaigns, Say U.S. Officials  Cyber attacks reportedly carried out by the Chinese will be at the top of the US agenda when President Obama meets with Chinese president Xi Jinping on Friday in California.