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1. “Gotta get this Manchurian candidate out of the driver’s seat before we’re all souring off a cliff into oblivion. Be smart.“ ~ Sylvester Stallon TIME Magazine, 3 November 2010 2. “Obama had the opportunity to really unite this country in a profound way, but instead he has done the opposite.” ~ Stacey Dash Fox News, 27 September 2013 3. “As far as I’m concerned, we’ve got to keep this guy out of the White House.” ~ Robert Duval Politico, 15 October 2008 4. “Barack Obama has achieved his dream. America, as we once knew her, is circling the drain....

WASHINGTON — Even before a former U.S. intelligence contractor exposed the secret collection of Americans’ phone records, the Obama administration was pressing a government-wide crackdown on security threats that requires federal employees to keep closer tabs on their co-workers and exhorts managers to punish those who fail to report their suspicions. President Barack Obama’s unprecedented initiative, known as the Insider Threat Program, is sweeping in its reach. It has received scant public attention even though it extends beyond the U.S. national security bureaucracies to most federal departments and agencies nationwide, including the Peace Corps, the Social Security Administration and the...

President Barack Obama’s unprecedented initiative, known as the Insider Threat Program, is sweeping in its reach. It has received scant public attention even though it extends beyond the U.S. national security bureaucracies to most federal departments and agencies nationwide, including the Peace Corps, the Social Security Administration and the Education and Agriculture departments. It emphasizes leaks of classified material, but catchall definitions of “insider threat” give agencies latitude to pursue and penalize a range of other conduct.

Whether they are trying to stay solvent by getting tax exempt status or just hold a rally, the liberal bureaucracy cracks down hard on advocates of limited government. In contrast, favored groups get very different treatment: As the IRS attacked Tea Party groups, it left hundreds of leftist activist groups alone. A quick review of just eight of those leftist, tax-exempt activist groups demonstrates the IRS’s hypocrisy. The eight glaring examples of left-wing favoritism are: • Americans United for Change • Ruckus Society • Women’s Action for New Directions • New World Foundation • Fierce • Black Alliance for Just...

Renee Montagne from NPR spoke with liberal columnist and author Glenn Greenwald, the reporter who co-wrote the stories for the British newspaper The Guardian, today on the massive data-mining scandal. Greenwald dropped this bomb during the interview. “There are reported examples of the NSA, analysts at the NSA, using mechanisms they have access to. ABC reported several years ago through whistle blowers that they have used it to eavesdrop on people on whom they have personal grudges. There are isolated examples of the Patriot Act being abused. The problem is that the entire system operates behind a wall of extreme...

Obama vs. Your Privacy6/7/2013Obama: Surveillance programs involve 'modest encroachments' on privacy, help fight terrorNat'l Intel Director May Have Lied to Congress About NSA Data Collection Anonymous Just Leaked a Trove of NSA Documents: The NSA's 'Strategic Vision' for the internetGreenwald: Obama 'bullying and threatening' anyone who covers PRISMObama Silent on Surveillance ControversyDirector of National Intelligence: 'Cannot Be Used to Intentionally Target Any U.S. Citizen'US intelligence chief denounces release of informationUS Declassifies Phone Program Details After UproarGovernment Storing Vast Phone, Email Data at NSA Data Center in UtahPRISM: 'They Quite Literally Can Watch Your Ideas Form As You Type'6/6/2013Eric Holder Refuses...

Study history, and you will understand why no such document is ever likely to be found: That just isn't how these things work. Very few people are aware of this, but there is no document -- not one -- linking Adolf Hitler to the Holocaust. Why not? Because Hitler didn't need to sign a document ordering the slaughter of six million Jews. All he needed to do was to demonize his enemy in speeches at the Reichstag, on the radio, and from one end of Germany to the other -- then hire thugs like Herman Goering, Heinrich Himmler, Adolf Eichmann,...

<p>Barack Obama attempts to intimidate contributors to Mitt Romney’s campaign.</p> <p>Try this thought experiment: You decide to donate money to Mitt Romney.</p> <p>Several days later, President Barack Obama, the most powerful man on the planet, singles you out by name… shames you for “betting against America,” and accuses you of having a “less-than-reputable” record. The message from the man who controls the Justice Department (which can indict you), the SEC (which can fine you), and the IRS (which can audit you), is clear: You made a mistake donating that money.</p>