Acting director of IRS resigns

By   /  May 15, 2013  /  WatchBlog  /  No Comments

BAD NEWS: President Obama warns that sequestration will hobble the military and the economy. Does he believe it?

President Barack Obama announced Wednesday evening the resignation of the Internal Revenue Service’s acting director just days after it was revealed the federal agency targeted conservative nonprofit groups.
In a brief statement, Obama pledged to cooperate with Congress to investigate the problem. The president also called the tax agency’s actions “inexcusable.”
“I will not tolerate this type [...]

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Taxpayers funding huge federal and green land-grab

By   /  May 14, 2013  /  National, News  /  No Comments

HOW TO GRAB: Critics say conservation easements help the federal government gobble up more land.

By Dustin Hurst | Watchdog.org
Governments and green groups all across America are gobbling up private land in a determined and often coordinated effort to forever restrict responsible development and restrict private property rights.
And American taxpayers help fund it.
Here’s how it works: Private property owners, either interested in preserving trails, wetlands, scenic views or open spaces [...]

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It’s a miracle: MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow follows Watchdog’s lead on Politifact

By   /  May 9, 2013  /  WatchBlog  /  1 Comment

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A Democrat, a union and myriad businesses see chaos in Obamacare

By   /  May 7, 2013  /  Affordable Care Act, Health Care, National, News  /  15 Comments

TrainWreck

By Dustin Hurst | Watchdog.org
Perhaps the question is no longer if Obamacare will wreak havoc on the American economy.
Instead, the query seems to have morphed into something far more dire and prophetic: Just how much chaos will the law inflict upon the American people, businesses and the economy?
Many wonder, too, if the law will actually [...]

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EPA continues pre-emptive assault on Alaska’s Pebble Mine

By   /  May 1, 2013  /  Featured, National, News  /  2 Comments

FISHY: Mining advocates believe the EPA is using flawed science in relation to the Pebble Mine.

The Environmental Protection Agency is continuing its unprecedented assault on a not-yet-proposed copper mine in Alaska’s Bristol Bay region, releasing a revised version of a controversial report skewered by independent scientists.

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