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Lawlessness: On Day 768 of the IRS scandal targeting political dissidents, the tax agency said it has more emails to release. Only it can't release them until September because it must ensure there are no duplicates. Baloney. Missing yet another court-ordered deadline on June 12, the Internal Revenue Service has failed to release 6,400 new emails found on the hard drive of Lois Lerner, former tax exempt organization chief, pertaining to the agency's admitted targeting of administration critics.

The Unveiling By: Free Republic’s EBH 5/16/2013 Events of the last few weeks have left many pondering the drama that seems to be the White House and the Federal Government. Scandal after scandal seems to raise its ugly head only to be dismissed with the turn of a word. Or worse, as Representative Kelly’s rant yesterday noted, “the American people are outraged and yet you are not.” There is a unique peculiarity of the administration to fake outrage and now to not even show outrage at the abuses of government employees. Yes, for many of these scandals the devil is...

Tyranny: Perhaps the most sinister aspect of the president's parade of scandals is that just days before they broke, he mocked as paranoid those concerned about government excesses. On May 5, while giving the commencement address at Ohio State University, President Obama advised graduates to put all their trust in government and reject those shrill "voices" that say it's the source of our problems. Ignore these limited-government types, he told the class of 2013, who warn "tyranny lurks just around the corner." Only, Obama himself has proved our fears are well-founded. Government, particularly governance by this rogue regime, needs more...