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With U.S. unemployment rates at historical highs and the nation’s debt a mind-boggling $16.8 trillion, the Obama administration has nevertheless made sure that an African youth empowerment initiative in Uganda gets millions from American taxpayers. The cash is being distributed via the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) even as the nation that should be the agency’s priority finds itself suffering through a painfully high 7.6% unemployment rate. This month the DOL announced that it is dedicating $3 million to help Ugandan youth develop marketable skills to secure decent work and to serve as civic leaders in their respective communities. It’s...

Surprise, surprise, the white house got to use the word unexpected for a good reason. This morning they announced that the unemployment rate dropped unexpectedly in January to 9.7 percent. Strangely at the same time they announced that employers shed 20,000 jobs. A paradox? Certainly until you realize that the job losses are calculated from a separate survey of employers. At the same time the labor department revised its past employment estimates to show that job losses from the recession have been much worse than previously stated. The economy has shed 8.4 million jobs since the downturn began in December...

Administration Moves to Shutdown Disclosure of Big Labor-ACORN Connections by Don Loos In the mid 1990s, ACORN and the SEIU partnered with other leftist groups to help form the Marxist New Party, a political coalition. In 1995, Obama sought out their nomination. He was successful in obtaining that endorsement and used a number of New Party volunteers as campaign workers. The fact that Obama received the New Party’s endorsement in his first run for office cannot be dismissed as insignificant. On the contrary, Obama’s ties to the New Party and the New Party’s backers at ACORN and the SEIU are...