Morning Briefing
For May 2, 2014
Time for New Leadership
30 years ago, a man ran for the Senate because his opponent kept claiming to be for spending cuts while raising spending. His opponent kept claiming to be a conservative, while letting big government grow, even when he was the majority and could stop it.
Maybe that candidate needs to be reminded of his own words. . . . please click here for the rest of the post
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As we’ve noted a number of times, Republicans have used their majority to pass these ridiculous “suspension” bills that are often bad policy instead of exclusively bringing conservative legislation to the floor. The latest misfire is an attempt by a number of Republicans to pass a bill granting The National Women’s History Museum (NWHM) a physical location on the National Mall. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
Tech Companies Refusing To Keep Quiet On Subpoenas
The low level griping about law enforcement subpoenas requesting user information and instructing companies to not tell the subjects of the subpoenas has burst into full fledged rebellion. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
Jay Carney Continues The Benghazi Lie
Yesterday has to hold the record for the most surreal press conference ever to have been held by any White House press secretary. Ever.
The topic of discussion was memos on the destruction of our consulate in Benghazi that had just been turned over to Judicial Watch based on a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. From the transcript . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
MSNBC: We Never Talk About Race Or Racism!
This is a new video from digitas daily, and it’s revealing, but exactly what you’d expect.
Shown are clips from MSNBC in the days following the Cliven Bundy and Donald Sterling stories. Then the video breaks into a contrast, showing the different topics that MSNBC talked about prior to those stories. And by different, we mean totally exactly the same. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
Auto Bailouts and the Lessons of Poletown
I had the opportunity to screen a portion of my film, Bankrupt: How Cronyism & Corruption Brought Down Detroit, for a group of about 60 people earlier this week and the experience was thrilling. Not just because it was live audience but because it was a live audience that brought some genuine opposition to the premise of the film, which never fails to be interesting and unpredictable. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
Hamas Clings to Jihad as America’s Top Diplomat Labels Israel an “Apartheid” State
On the heals of Secretary of State Kerry labeling Israel an “apartheid” state, Hamas doubles down on its terrorist mantra.
America’s top diplomat, Secretary of State John Kerry, recently said that if Israel does not cave to extremist demands in the Middle East, it would be an “apartheid” state. The revealing comments came in a closed-door meeting when he thought the American people weren’t listening. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
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Erick Erickson
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