Va. Farmer Says Green Group Urged County to Harass Her With Zoning Citations

A well-funded, politically influential environmental group based in Fauquier County, Va., stands accused of colluding with government officials and real estate moguls to force a local farmer into selling a highly coveted parcel of land. The Piedmont Environmental Council, a 501(c)(3) tax exempt group, and the husband-wife real estate team of Phillip and Patricia Thomas, […]

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Conservative Coalition Issues Stern Warning on Ex-Im Bank

Leaders of top conservative organizations joined forces to deliver a clear message to Republican lawmakers: Allowing the charter of the Export-Import Bank to expire is the only principled option. The Conservative Action Project, a coalition of leaders of groups ranging from Heritage Action for America and Americans for Prosperity to Tea Party Patriots and the […]

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New Press Secretary Defends White House’s Transparency

[youtube -2Bq6VUeqfs nolink] On Sunday, the press pushed back. In an interview with the new White House press secretary Josh Earnest, CNN’s Brian Stelter questioned how an administration that prosecutes whistleblowers and curtails press access could still claim the self-awarded title of “most transparent in history.” Philip Wegmann is a member of the Young Leaders […]

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Judges Set Clock Ticking for IRS to Explain, Recover Missing Emails

The IRS has less than 30 days to detail under oath and in writing the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of former official Lois Lerner’s emails and to summarize options to recover the messages, a federal judge ruled. Judicial Watch, a non-partisan watchdog group, has sought the documents from the Internal Revenue Service since last year […]

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EPA Regulators Gone Wild

Following the revelation that the Environmental Protection Agency plans to garnish wages without a court order to collect non-tax debts (i.e. misused grant funds, unrepaid loans or “fines, penalties or fees assessed by federal agencies”), the EPA has sought to defend its proposed rules. The agency cites The Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 (DCIA) […]

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This State Won $7M from Taxpayers … for Wasting $48M in Food Stamps

MIAMI — Florida once again is getting a hefty bonus from federal officials for “saving” taxpayers money. This year, the state’s Department of Children and Families misspent $47.8 million in food stamp benefits. However. that’s out of almost $6 billion the federal government gave to Florida. So, Florida’s error rate of .81 percent is the […]

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Tolerant Left? ‘Holly Hobby Lobby’ Vulgarly Attacked on Twitter

To show support for the recent Hobby Lobby Supreme Court decision, Holly Fisher – aka “Holly Hobby Lobby” – posted a photo of herself wearing a “pro-life” T-shirt and holding a Chick-fil-A cup in front of one of the arts-and-crafts chain’s locations in West Virginia. The Army wife and mother of three became an instant Internet sensation, […]

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