by Elizabeth Nolan Brown. The most baffling thing about the people—mostly liberals—who push for laws against "hate speech" is their apparent inability to imagine these bans backfiring. In their zeal to punish those who spread sexist, racist, transphobic, or otherwise unfashionable speech, they too often ignore the ways tools of censorship—including hate ... MORE
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Showing posts with label corruption. Show all posts
How Hate Speech Laws Actually Work
by Elizabeth Nolan Brown. The most baffling thing about the people—mostly liberals—who push for laws against "hate speech" is their apparent inability to imagine these bans backfiring. In their zeal to punish those who spread sexist, racist, transphobic, or otherwise unfashionable speech, they too often ignore the ways tools of censorship—including hate ... MORENY Times Editorial: The Chicago Police Scandal
A conspiracy of concealment. The cover-up that began 13 months ago when a Chicago police officer
executed 17-year-old Laquan McDonald on a busy street might well have
included highly ranked officials who ordered subordinates to conceal
information. But the conspiracy of concealment exposed last week when
the city, under court order, ... MOREJ.D. Tuccille: Business Opportunities For Corrupt Cops
Drug laws and gun controls. Following in the footsteps of so many people before him, Juan Pimentel
saw opportunity in restrictive laws. It's an old story; government
officials tell people they can't have what they want, and that
prohibition creates a lucrative business opportunity for anybody willing
to break the law to keep buyers happy. But ... MOREAlexander Hendrie: Impeach IRS chief John Koskinen
Halt the tax agency’s partisan scheming. After revelations that the Internal Revenue Service was restricting political speech and targeting conservative and tea party groups, John Koskinen was appointed to head the agency, promising reform and transparency. These promises never came to fruition. Instead of admitting fault, Mr. Koskinen’s IRS ... MOREKen Silverman: The Clinton Foundation Has Served As A Vehicle To Launder Money And To Enrich Family Friends
Shaky foundations. After endless delays and excuses, the Clinton Foundation released its 2014 tax return as well as amended returns for the previous four years and an audit of its finances. That fulfilled a pledge made last April by Clinton Foundation acting CEO, Maura Pally, who acknowledged that the foundation had previously made a few unfortunate accounting “mistakes.” ... MOREAs If There Are Not Enough Crooks In Government, Obama To Sign Executive Order Forcing The State To Hire More
by Ben Shapiro. Ever in search of benefits to hand leftist constituencies, Democrats have decided to give goodies to their most natural constituency of all: criminals. According to the Associated Press, President Obama will announce executive orders Monday attempting to prevent screening for prior criminality in government hiring. ... MOREWhat If Hillary Clinton Is Too Big To Jail?
by Anita Kumar and Greg Gordon. Hillary Clinton appears to have overcome an investigation of her role in the 2012 deadly attacks in Benghazi, Libya, but she still faces a months-long FBI inquiry into the handling of sensitive information while she was secretary of state. The FBI’s Counterintelligence Division, which opened its review ... MOREAndrew Napolitano: Why Is Hillary So Unhappy?
Her own worst enemy is hiding in the mirror. Why is Hillary Clinton so unhappy? According to her, when she and her husband left the White House, they were dead broke. Yet they left with a truckload of valuable furniture, dinnerware and flatware that was the property of the federal government, for which they were never prosecuted. ... MOREPoll: Gun Control Far Scarier Than ‘Mass Shootings’
by Awr Hawkins. On October 13, Chapman University released its Survey of American Fears and revealed that more than twice as many Americans fear gun control than fear “mass shootings.” While those on the left may scratch their heads to wonder how this could be, the facts are that gun control leads to gun-free zones, which, in turn, appear ... MORE
Olivia Nuzzi: Alex Jones Endorses Rand Paul
‘America needs real change’ Hot off his surprise interview with the reclusive Matt Drudge, the excited radio host texts to say he thinks Clinton is ‘too corrupt and evil’ for the presidency—and Paul is his man. In late September, Rand Paul announced that he had been endorsed by eight people: Fox News’s John Stossel; his own father, former ... MOREAbsence Of DEA Accountability Another Drug War Failure
A Las Vegas Review-Journal editorial. Each year, the United States spends more than $51 billion on the war on drugs — a war we're clearly losing. The war has become so futile that the federal agency charged with leading the fight has undermined its own mission — and no one is being held accountable. A Justice Department review .... MOREIs Obamacare Officially A Money Laundering Scheme?
by Mytheos Holt. Could the failed Obamacare exchanges have been merely an excuse to direct payola to safely Democratic states? Based on a new report from the Government Accountability Office, and the actions of acting head of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Studies (CMS) Andrew Slavitt, the answer may well be yes. Let’s start with the report. ... MORE25% Do Not See Widespread Corruption In Goverment
Political blindness strikes one in four. Three in four Americans (75%) last year perceived corruption as widespread in the country's government. This figure is up from two in three in 2007 (67%) and 2009 (66%). While the numbers have fluctuated slightly since 2007, the trend has been largely stable since 2010. However, the percentage of ... MOREJudge Tells IRS It Can’t Hide White House Emails
by Mark Tapscott. White House emails to the IRS about individual tax returns cannot be
exempted by the embattled agency under the Freedom of Information Act, a
federal judge ruled Friday. United States District Court for the District of Columbia Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled that
Section 6103 of the tax code does not justify the IRS from ... MOREHillary Has Lots To Hide. Her Emails Reveal She Sought Out Book On “How to Delete Something So It Stays Deleted”
by Michael Krieger. Sending inconvenient truths to their grave. As I’ve said many times before, the best part about Hillary Clinton running for President, is that she’s so unbelievably corrupt and shady, not a week goes by without a new scandal or embarrassment. It makes the insulting charade of U.S. elections at least somewhat comical. In the ... MOREKatie Lapotin: Recovered E-Mails Reveal Lois Lerner's Contempt For Conservative And Tea Party Organizations
She labels them “crazies” and “a–holes”. According to a bipartisan report
released earlier this week by the Senate Finance Committee, emails sent
by Lois Lerner during her time at the Internal Revenue Service show
that she was deeply committed to the Democratic Party and had a strong
dislike for conservative, Tea Party ... MOREAndrew Napolitano: The Slaughter Of Babies
Is the fetus in the womb a person? The recent broadcast of videotapes taken of persons employed at Planned Parenthood — the prolific and notorious abortion provider — has brought the issue of abortion to the national consciousness again and front and center to the Republican presidential primary campaign. The tapes were made secretly ... MORE
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