House panel subpoenas VA over pricey hospital, art

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Those at the Department of Veterans Affairs had better he sweating bullets over a subpoena they’ve been issued by the House Veterans Affairs Committee demanding the VA produce documentation showing why the construction at the Denver, Colo. VA ran waaaay over budget. McClatchy D.C. has the story: Demanding explanations for a $1 billion cost overrun,…Read More

Don’t tread on me: Tea partyers making their voices heard in communities across the country

  Americans ready for an even more vibrant, free and prosperous nation have been sacrificing time and money –working in their hometowns and at the state and federal level – to help Tea Party Patriots in its steady work of paving the way for smaller government that truly serves its citizenry instead of acting as…Read More

IRS inspector general admits to not notifying taxpayers of stolen social-security numbers

President Obama’s IRS Commissioner John Koskinen is far from running a tight ship at the agency, his inspector general admitting this week after word leaked in April agency bureaucrats are not informing taxpayers when their social security numbers are stolen presumably by illegal immigrants. The Washington Examiner has the details: "The IRS has not established…Read More

Study: More women, minorities applying for concealed-carry permits

More and more people are applying for and being issued concealed-carry permits but especially women and minorities, according to a recent study from the Crime Prevention Research Center. The Daily Signal has the story: “In eight states where we have data by gender, since 2012 the number of permits has increased by 161 percent for…Read More

Obamacare website scraped clean of ‘If you like your plan, you can keep your plan’ lie

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Do you remember when President Obama promised “If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor ? We do! But clearly it’s a line the Obama administration wants us to forget… The Weekly Standard has the details: “If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor” was President Barack Obama’s signature catchphrase he used…

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Buchanan: National bankruptcy among ‘existential threats to the republic’

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The severity of our national debt – which stands at $19.4 trillion – is being largely ignored by Congress and the media. That has to change. Otherwise, we’re headed off a cliff… The New Hampshire Union Leader has Pat Buchanan’s latest commentary on the issue:   On Sept. 30, the end of fiscal year 2016,…

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