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From The Washington Times:  The House took a concrete step Tuesday to neuter the IRS in the wake of the tea party-targeting scandal, approving legislation that would stop the tax agency from being able to request the names of major donors to nonprofit organizations. IRS officials have signaled they don’t regularly use the information anyway, […]

How’s that Obamacare working out for you all? Via the Associated Press:  Idaho health insurers said they want to raise premiums an average of 27 percent next year because they are losing money. It would mean the second year in a row of double-digit increases for some plans. The Idaho Statesman reported. Six companies sell

From Military Times:  Defense Secretary Ash Carter last year formed a working group to hammer out a new policy, which he said would be unveiled by this spring. Yet the issue has stalled amid high-level disagreement over the details, according to officials familiar with the Pentagon’s internal debate. Many key questions remain. Allowing a service

Via MyFreshNews:  Computer hackers who work for the Islamic State Group recently released a report with a “kill list” this week that includes names, addresses, and email addresses of 24,439 Americans. Sadly, there is a chance that you, your friends, and your family could be on the list. No one is currently safe. Out of

What happens when reality contradicts your political correctness? From The Washington Times:  Alaskan parents and their daughters are upset that a transgender student captured all-state honors in girls’ track and field. Haines High School senior Nattaphon Wangyot took fifth place in the girls 1-2-3A 100-meter finals and third-place in the 200-meter race on May 27.

Remember this?  On September 8, 1974, president of the United States Gerald Ford issued Proclamation 4311, which gave Richard Nixon a full and unconditional pardon for any crimes he might have committed against the United States while president. In a televised broadcast to the nation, Ford explained that he felt the pardon was in the

But he cannot bring himself to say “radical Islam.” That would go against his metanarrative. From The Washington Times:  President Obama said the man who opened fire in an Orlando gay nightclub early Sunday, claiming the lives of 50 people and injuring dozens more, was “filled with hatred.” “Although it’s still early in the investigation, we

More from the Religion of Peace™, via The Washington Times:  An Islamic scholar who spoke earlier this year at an Orlando mosque has previously said gay people should be killed according to Islamic law “out of compassion.” “Death is the sentence,” Sheikh Farrokh Sekaleshfar said at a speech at the Husseini Islamic Center in Orlando in

From The Washington Times:  Hillary Clinton pushed back Monday against criticism from Donald Trump and declared that she was unafraid to use the term “radical Islamic terrorism,” but the likely Democratic presidential nominee then gave a 30-minute speech about the Orlando massacre without uttering the words. Experts on fighting terrorism split on the importance of

From The Washington Times:  Several prominent gay-rights activists took to social media to blame Christians for Sunday’s massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando. Chase Strangio, a staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union, on Sunday said the “Christian Right” is implicated in the slaughter by passing “anti-LGBT bills.” “The Christian Right has introduced

Same tune, different song: citizens cannot know about their government spying on them because “disclosure could jeopardize ongoing investigations.” From The Washington Times:  A federal judge on Monday blocked Seattle from releasing information about surveillance cameras the FBI has placed in the city, after the agency said the disclosure could jeopardize ongoing investigations. U.S. District

Phone and online polls show support for Brexit growing to 53%, with proportion backing remain campaign falling to 47%. From UK’s The Guardian:  Support for leaving the EU is strengthening, with phone and online surveys reporting a six-point lead, according to a pair of Guardian/ICM polls. Leave now enjoys a 53%-47% advantage once “don’t knows” are

How’s that “free” Obamacare working out for you? From the Idaho Statesman:  Health insurance companies that sell coverage to Idahoans say they’re still losing money on their plans, so they want to raise individuals’ premiums an average of 27 percent next year. That would be the second straight year of double-digit increases for some plans. Six