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Both the Weekly Standard (which I do not fully trust) and the Wall Street Journal (which I trust more) have called for a biometric ID card for ALL US workers to prove they have legal status.  Here’s the Weekly Standard’s quoting the WSJ: The Journal writes that “at least five of the eight senators writing [...]

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I just found this article at the WSJ by Jason Gay.  It has several gems in it.  First the mighty Olympic wrestler whose “miracle on the mat” win in 2000, Rulon Gardner, says this about the IOC decision to ditch wrestling from the Games: “The Olympic movement used to be about amateur sports,” Gardner told [...]

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In a must-read editorial today, The Wall Street Journal writes, “Only Congress could do something like this. All eyes are on the fiscal-cliff negotiations to trim the $1 trillion-plus budget deficit. Running alongside but largely out of public view is a $60.4 billion emergency spending bill to provide relief to the victims of superstorm Sandy. Trouble is, the [...]

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In an interview with The Wall Street Journal’s Stephen Moore at the end of last week, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell reiterated that in order to get an agreement to avoid the fiscal cliff, there needs to be some leadership from President Obama. “The missing person, the guy who was AWOL in 2011, is still the president. I think a good starting [...]

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The Wall Street Journal reports today, “Americans’ everyday costs inched up for the second straight month in September . . . . The consumer-price index, which measures what people pay for everything from bread to dental care, rose a seasonally adjusted 0.6% in September from a month earlier, the Labor Department said Tuesday. That matched the rise [...]

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In an editorial today, The Wall Street Journal editors takes a top Senate Democrat to task for a speech staking out a position that would sink tax reform efforts. They write, “The polls say voters want more bipartisanship, and one possibility in 2013 is tax reform that trades lower rates for fewer loopholes. Well, so much for that. [...]

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Disappointing reports about the state of the American economy are filling the news today.   The AP reports, “The U.S. economy suddenly looks a lot weaker. U.S. employers created only 69,000 jobs in May, the fewest in a year, and the unemployment rate ticked up. The dismal jobs data will fan fears that the economy is sputtering. . [...]

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 Tough Sales Job Despite President Obama’s Taxpayer Financed PR Campaigns, Americans Think He ‘Made Things Worse’   SEN. MITCH McCONNELL: “The President needs to face facts. Americans don’t want him spending their hard-earned money trying to spin policies they don’t like.” (Sen. Mitch McConnell, Floor Remarks, 5/23/12)   NBC/WSJ Survey: President Has ‘Made Things Worse’ Q: “For each [...]

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In an op-ed for Politico today, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell writes, “Few groups today are struggling more under the Obama economy than recent college graduates. More than half either can’t find work or can’t find work to match their skills, according to the Economic Policy Institute. Close to half, or 42 percent, of recent [...]

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New Study: ‘Only 49% Of Graduates From The Classes Of 2009 To 2011 Had Found A Full-Time Job Within A Year Of Finishing School’   University Research: Grads ‘May Never Catch Up’   “In a study to be released Thursday, the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University found that recent graduates [...]

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In an op-ed for USA Today, Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, writes, “President Obama’s appointment of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is unacceptable because it violates both the letter and spirit of the Constitution. The framers saw the dangers of power grabs by any one branch [...]

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Henrico, VA – Yesterday, the House of Representatives sent legislation to the Senate that would prohibitthe National Labor Relations Board’s attempt to block Boeing from operating a new assembly line in South Carolina, a Right-to-Work State.  But despite claiming to support Right-to-Work laws in the past, Chairman Kaine is now standing with President Obama and [...]

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In an op-ed for Politico today previewing the president’s speech, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell writes, “President Barack Obama will reportedly do two things in his speech to a joint session of Congress tonight: ask us to believe that a second stimulus will be more effective than his first; and pin the blame on others [...]

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Reacting to President Obama’s speech last night, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said on the floor this morning, “Last night the President explained to the nation the crisis that we face right now as he sees it. . . . Unfortunately, the situation the President described last night bears very little resemblance to the realities [...]

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Reuters, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal all report today on the story former FEC commissioner Hans von Spakovsky broke at Pajamas Media yesterday about the Obama administration’s attempt to circumvent Congress and implement portions of the partisan DISCLOSE Act by executive order.   The Washington Post writes, “President Obama is considering an [...]

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      The Wall Street Journal editors write today, “We don’t work for the government, but here’s our ‘save’ suggestion: How about not spending some $3.5 million to deceptively promote ObamaCare? It turns out it cost the Health and Human Services Department $2.78 million to buy airtime for three cable TV ads last year, [...]

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In his weekly address Saturday, President Obama touted the report issued at the end of last week from the Medicare Trustees. He bragged, “According to this report, the steps we took this year to reform the health care system have put Medicare on a sounder financial footing.  Reform has actually added at least a dozen [...]

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This is an amazing World Cup.  Switzerland (one of my favorite foreign lands) upset Spain, Serbia defeated Germany, and New Zealand (That’s right, New Zealand!) tied heavily favored Italy.  Chile, who several years ago was truly awful, is now a rising star of the World Cup.  The reason for this:  Gabriele Marcotti writes for the [...]

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First the good news: Real Clear Politics cites the WSJ in re conservative support for GOP Senate nominee Sharron Angle: Well, a new poll out by Rasmussen shows Ms. Angle jumping to an 11-point lead over the incumbent, thanks to solidifying party support. Eighty-eight percent of Republicans support her compared to a mere 68% of [...]

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