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Columnist: Hillary Clinton ‘might as well have posted documents on an open blog’
Internet-security experts say Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server to transmit national secrets was so vulnerable that she might as well have published them online. Investors.com has the details: Corruption: It’s been known for some time that Hillary Clinton’s personal email contained top-secret government material. We’re also learning just how vulnerable her system…
Read MoreTreasury: March 2016 marks biggest March deficit in four years
The federal budget deficit spiked in March – driving the nation closer to economic disaster. ABC News has the story: The Treasury Department says the deficit for March totaled $108.0 billion. That marks the biggest March deficit in four years and was more than double the imbalance in March 2015. The large jump from a…
Read MoreWatchdog releases annual report detailing wasteful government spending
Government watchdog Citizens Against Government Waste released its annual “Pig Book,” detailing programs and earmarks that fall under six types of criteria, including spending that is not specifically authorized and spending that is not the subject of congressional hearings. WWMT.com has the details: The Appalachian Regional Commission got $51 million, even though the highway and…
Read MoreColumnist: ‘Work should be rewarded, not punished’
A writer and activist lobbying for right-to-work laws in Michigan criticized the status quo at the IRS and is pushing for a simpler tax code – one that doesn’t bog down hardworking American taxpayers. The Detroit News has the commentary: It’s a complex and corrupt system, now consisting of thousands of pages of instructions and…
Read MoreIRS commissioner brushes off illegal immigrants’ use of fraudulent SSN’s to file returns, says ‘it’s not the normal identity-theft situation’
The IRS is issuing refunds to illegal immigrants who have apparently obtained jobs using social security numbers that aren’t their own, revealed IRS Commissioner John Koskinen after confronted by Sen. Dan Coats (R-Ind.) Tuesday during a session of the Senate Finance Committee. The Washington Examiner has the details: “What we learned is that … the…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots Thank Sen. Ayotte for Working to Prevent a Liberal Majority on the Supreme Court
ATLANTA, Ga – Tea Party Patriots CEO and co-founder Jenny Beth Martin released the following statement today after Senator Ayotte met with Merrick Garland. “In the face of a fundamentally dishonest campaign by President Obama and Democrats to falsely portray liberal judge Merrick Garland as a ‘moderate,’ Senator Ayotte has stood by grassroots activists and…
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