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from BBC News (UK)
Parliament must vote on whether the government can start the Brexit process, the Supreme Court has ruled. The judgement means Theresa May cannot begin talks with the EU until MPs and peers give their backing - although this is expected to happen in time for the government's 31 March deadline.
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from BuzzFeed
[Information from this site may not be vetted.]
USDA Scientists Have Been Put On Lockdown Under Trump
“Starting immediately and until further notice” the department’s main research division “will not release any public-facing documents,” according to an internal memo.
USDA Scientists Have Been Put On Lockdown Under Trump
“Starting immediately and until further notice” the department’s main research division “will not release any public-facing documents,” according to an internal memo.
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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)
Bozell & Graham Column: The Ongoing Gosnell Blackout
Six years ago, a deeply disturbing story emerged from a poor neighorhood in Philadelphia. In a horrific 261-page report, prosecutors accused abortionist Dr. Kermit Gosnell of delivering seven babies alive and then killing them by snipping their spines with scissors. He also allowed a woman who had survived 20 years as a refugee in Nepal to be incompetently overmedicated. She died at his clinic. When the ugly truth collides with the liberal media's leftist ideology, truth is the victim.
NYT Columnist, Citing Coverage, Warns Colleagues Against 'Hysterical Oppositionalism' to Trump
You know media bias is bad, when even a New York Times columnist feels the need to call it out. New York Times right-of-center columnist Ross Douthat diplomatically but thoroughly documented the liberal bias and anti-Trump animus in the mainstream press. Of necessity, he avoided criticizing his own paper, but some of the shrewd points he made in “The Tempting of the Media” on Sunday certainly apply to journalists at his own paper.
CBC Fake News Show Hires Actor to Portray Racist Trump Supporter
It seems that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Marketplace show was unable to find a racist Trump supporter. Instead, they hired an actor named Mike to portray one as you shall see. Mike's job as a racist Trump supporter was to sell a couple of White Power T-shirts along with a "Make Canada Great Again" T-shirt. It was their laughably unsubtle attempt to link Donald Trump to racism.
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from Competitive Enterprise Institute
The UK’s Supreme Court has ruled that Parliament must agree to make Britain’s exit from the European Union, which the British people voted for last June, a reality. Her Majesty’s Government (HMG) had argued that following the vote, all that was needed was for Ministers to exercise the Royal Prerogative of treaty-making powers to withdraw from the EU treaties. The Supreme Court disagreed, saying that Parliament had constrained that power, perhaps unintentionally, in 1972 when the European Communities Act was passed. The judgment can be read two ways – as an insult to democracy, or as a rightful reiteration of Parliamentary sovereignty. In reality, it is both.
President Trump has signed executive orders to push forward the Keystone and Dakota Access pipelines. Trump’s executive orders on these pipelines send a powerful message that his administration will not be swayed by environmentalist special interests to flout the rule of law or stymie the national interest.
What you’ve heard about salt and hypertension may not be right. The world of scientific research on salt and health is the geekiest gangland war of all time. Or, as science journalist Gary Taubes described it in his award-winning 1998 article, “one of the longest-running, most vitriolic, and surreal disputes in all of medicine.” It began in the early 20th century and continues today with seemingly contradictory news headlines like “Too Much Sodium Is a Global Killer” and “A Low-Salt Diet May Be Bad for the Heart.” Despite more than a century of scientific research, we seem no closer to definitive answers. Even as the U.S. Food and Drug administration last summer unveiled plans to lower sodium levels in the food supply, hoping that would finally counteract America’s salt-tooth, some in the research community questioned the value of sodium restriction for everyone and noted that it might even be harmful for some.
Competitive Enterprise Institute transportation expert Marc Scribner says the problem with the new Senate Democrat plan on infrastructure spending is that it’s focused on expensive but insignificant projects instead of the most important priority this year: reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration.
The final pre-inauguration Federal Register is out, and it was ‘one of the largest ever’ editions of the government's rulebook, with new rules from organic poultry to pool pumps. Since there is a lag time of a few days for most documents, the midnight rush may well continue into next week.
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from EUobserver
EU to Trump: Protectionism is 'doomed to fail'
The EU’s trade commissioner has said that new efforts to reimpose trade barriers were "doomed to fail" in reaction to Donald Trump’s U-turn on an Asian deal. Cecilia Malmstroem, who spoke at a think tank in Brussels on Tuesday (25 January), also said that a world without free trade would be “little short of catastrophic”.
No Turkey-type migrant deal with Libya, says EU commission
The European Commission has come out against ideas to replicate the EU-Turkey migrant deal with Libya. EU migration commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos told MEPs in the civil liberties committee on Tuesday (24 January) that the north African state is too unstable. The EU last March agreed with Turkey to halt migrants from moving to the EU in return for billions in humanitarian aid and political perks, such as visa-free travel to Europe for Turkish nationals.
The French town that swung from socialist to far-right
Henin-Beaumont, a blue-collar town of 26,000 people in the French north, was for decades a socialist stronghold until the far-right National Front (FN) gathered more votes there than all the other parties combined in 2014 municipal elections.
Fillon promotes pro-Russia views in Berlin
Francois Fillon, the French conservative presidential candidate, challenged Germany's chancellor Angela Merkel on Russia and refugees during a visit to Berlin, as both countries face critical elections later this year.
EU to step up effort against Russian and Islamist propaganda
The EU's anti-propaganda unit is getting more staff to counter Russian efforts to influence elections in Europe and expand its work against Islamic State (IS) militants. An EU source close to the work of the East StratCom Task Force said resources were being relocated within the EEAS, the EU foreign service, to strengthen the unit after member states rejected a European Parliament proposal to allocate it an €800,000 budget last year.
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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Why Brazilians Are Demanding "Menos Marx, Mais Mises"
Brazil has always been stuck between Hobbes and Rousseau. Now many are finally ready for Locke. To say that Brazil is in the midst of huge political and economic crises is probably an understatement. Brazilian GDP has decreased for 3 years in a row, unemployment stands at 10.9%, and inflation is high. States like Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais have decreed a “state of fiscal calamity.” Central political figures have been involved in unprecedented corruption scandals. Dilma Rousseff, the former president of Brazil, has been impeached. Members of the political establishment are nervous about being implicated in plea bargain testimonies as a part of corruption investigations. The emblematic former president Lula is very likely to be charged, as is the former head of the Congress, the head of the Senate, ex-ministers, ex-governors and maybe even the acting president, Michel Temer.
Why Brazilians Are Demanding "Menos Marx, Mais Mises"
Brazil has always been stuck between Hobbes and Rousseau. Now many are finally ready for Locke. To say that Brazil is in the midst of huge political and economic crises is probably an understatement. Brazilian GDP has decreased for 3 years in a row, unemployment stands at 10.9%, and inflation is high. States like Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais have decreed a “state of fiscal calamity.” Central political figures have been involved in unprecedented corruption scandals. Dilma Rousseff, the former president of Brazil, has been impeached. Members of the political establishment are nervous about being implicated in plea bargain testimonies as a part of corruption investigations. The emblematic former president Lula is very likely to be charged, as is the former head of the Congress, the head of the Senate, ex-ministers, ex-governors and maybe even the acting president, Michel Temer.
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from The Guardian (UK)
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]
Sales of George Orwell's 1984 surge after Kellyanne Conway's 'alternative facts'
Comments made by Donald Trump’s adviser have been compared to the classic dystopian novel, pushing it to become the sixth best-selling book on Amazon.
Sales of George Orwell’s dystopian drama 1984 have soared after Kellyanne Conway, adviser to the reality-TV-star-turned-president, Donald Trump, used the phrase “alternative facts” in an interview. As of Tuesday, the book was the sixth best-selling book on Amazon. Comparisons were made with the term “newspeak” used in the 1949 novel, which was used to signal a fictional language that aims at eliminating personal thought and also “doublethink”. In the book Orwell writes that it “means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them”.
Sales of George Orwell's 1984 surge after Kellyanne Conway's 'alternative facts'
Comments made by Donald Trump’s adviser have been compared to the classic dystopian novel, pushing it to become the sixth best-selling book on Amazon.
Sales of George Orwell’s dystopian drama 1984 have soared after Kellyanne Conway, adviser to the reality-TV-star-turned-president, Donald Trump, used the phrase “alternative facts” in an interview. As of Tuesday, the book was the sixth best-selling book on Amazon. Comparisons were made with the term “newspeak” used in the 1949 novel, which was used to signal a fictional language that aims at eliminating personal thought and also “doublethink”. In the book Orwell writes that it “means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them”.
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from The Heritage Foundation
UK Supreme Court Decision Will Not Derail Brexit
Today, Britain’s Supreme Court ruled that Parliament must be allowed a vote before the British government initiates Brexit. This ruling will not derail the Brexit process. It will, however, mean that Parliament must approve the triggering of Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, which formally begins the two-year process by which Britain withdraws from the European Union.
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from Hoover Institution
Nonprofit Organization in Stanford, California
Russia’s Borders In Thirty Years: A Vision, Not A Certainty
We cannot project with any assurance where Russia’s boundaries will lie in thirty years. There are far too many variables, from the Islamist contagion to China’s appetite and others yet unknown. But we do know roughly what Russia’s current czar would like those borders to be, should an enervated world continue to bow to Moscow’s will. To begin, we must erase the Soviet Union and its empire from our minds and turn to a map of Imperial Russia circa 1900. Not only does that better match Vladimir Putin’s aspirations, but it better suits the strategic math of our times.
America First—Always
“From this moment on, it’s going to be America First,” President Donald Trump proclaimed in his inaugural address. “Every decision on trade, on taxes, on immigration, on foreign affairs, will be made to benefit American workers and American families.” Although the new president did not delve into specifics in the address, he has made clear previously that “America First” policies will include tariffs, curbs on immigration, and reductions in overseas commitments, particularly those involving risk of military conflict. If one moves beyond rhetoric to actual policy, the differences between Trump and his predecessors shrink much further. Nearly every President in U.S. history has put America’s interests first when crafting foreign policy.
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from HumanProgress.org Education Website
Changes in Commodity Prices Show a Richer World
Today, a post short on words, but full of good news. The World Bank has updated its famed "Pink Sheet," which tracks the prices of 72 commodities going back (in most cases) to 1960. I have eliminated some repetitive datasets (for example, there are four crude oil prices—West Texas Intermediate, Dubai, Brent and "average") and some datasets that contain data for only very short periods of time. As such, I was left with 42 commodity prices, which are included in the chart below. Out of those 42 commodity prices, 19 have declined in absolute terms, which is to say that, adjusted for inflation, they were cheaper in 2016 than in 1960. Twenty-three commodities have increased in price over the last 56 years. However, of those 23 prices, 20 rose less than global per capita income (177 percent). Only three commodities (crude oil, gold and silver) rose more than income, which is to say that in a vast majority of cases commodities became cheaper—absolutely or relatively—in spite of population growth of 142 percent.
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from Independent Journal Review
The Highest Quality Photograph of Trump's Inauguration Yet Has Been Released. Guess What the Crowd Looks Like?
from The Living Church
READING THE BIBLE AND ‘TAKING HISTORY SERIOUSLY’: A NECESSARY AIM?
Joshua Martin on seeing biblical events "within the whole cosmic sweep of providentially ordered history." When it comes to scriptural interpretation, it’s crucial to take history seriously — or so I’ve read. Many of us, it seems, are simply not taking history seriously enough. But I have rarely read anyone saying that they themselves don’t take history seriously enough. Consciously or not, we all take history as seriously as we think it needs to be taken. This point may reveal that taking history “seriously” is a criterion at best multivalent and at worst incoherent. For the moment, however, I want to focus on different ways of “taking history seriously.”
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Trump signs executive orders to advance Keystone XL, Dakota Access pipelines
President Donald Trump on Tuesday took steps to advance construction of two oil pipeline projects that have been fiercely disputed and were delayed under his predecessor. Trump signed executive orders that will make it easier for TransCanada to construct the Keystone XL pipeline and for Energy Transfer Partners to build the final uncompleted portion of the Dakota Access pipeline.
Trump ignores question about Standing Rock Sioux after signing Dakota Access order
Trump has gagged the US Agriculture Department’s research arm from publicly sharing its work
An order of silence has been handed down to the US Department of Agriculture’s research arm, prohibiting the taxpayer-funded agency from releasing its work to the public, according to a report by BuzzFeed. The message was handed down to the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) just days after Donald Trump was sworn into office as president. At least a couple of other agencies have been put on ice over what they are allowed to share with the public, among them the Environmental Protection Agency.
Trump clears way for controversial oil pipelines
U.S. President Donald Trump signed orders on Tuesday smoothing the path for the controversial Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines in a move to expand energy infrastructure and roll back key Obama administration environmental actions.
Sawant: Cut Seattle ties with Wells Fargo over investment in Dakota Access Pipeline
Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant has introduced legislation urging Mayor Ed Murray to curtail the city’s banking relationship with Wells Fargo because of the bank’s investment in the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline
Missing your TV? Winter storm snaps power line, knocks broadcasters off the air
Southern Utah residents using antennas to watch broadcast television from Salt Lake City were left in the dark Monday. The transmitters on one of the tallest peaks in Southern Utah went silent when a main power line was damaged. TV translators on Utah Hill between St. George and Littlefield, Arizona, suddenly went off the air Monday. The cause was determined to be a broken power main. Salt Lake City TV stations KTVX channel 4, KSL channel 5, KUED channel 7, KBYU channel 11, KSTU channel 13, KJZZ channel 14, KUED channel 18 and all their subchannels were knocked off the air when the power failed.
How the House Will Roll Back Washington’s Rule by Bureaucrat
We passed legislation to tighten the reins on federal agencies and will soon nix new Obama regulations. Washington’s many agencies, bureaus and departments propagate rules that weigh down businesses, destroy jobs, and limit American freedoms. Career bureaucrats who never face the voters wield punishing authority with little to no accountability. If there’s a swamp in Washington, this is it.
Help us, GOP. You’re our only hope.
Garrison Keillor: Hey, you elected him. How long until you stand up to him?
The Highest Quality Photograph of Trump's Inauguration Yet Has Been Released. Guess What the Crowd Looks Like?
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from Indian Country Today Media Network
Indigenous Women Front and Center at Anti-Trump DC Protest
‘We do not accept this situation. It is not normal. We are endangered.’ January 21, 2017 will stand in history as a day when millions of women and men linked arms, minds and hearts across the globe to take a stand against the policies and positions of President Donald Trump that they view as harmful. Indigenous woman played a special role, taking the lead in the protest march on Washington, D.C. that ended up comprising of at least 500,000 people, according to event organizers.
Breaking: Trump Pushes DAPL, Keystone XL Forward With Executive Order
Touting job creation, President Donald Trump tries to reverse years of protest.
Trump Executive Order on DAPL Violates Law and Tribal Treaties
The decision puts water for 17 million people at risk
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe said today that President Donald Trump’s executive action towards an approval of an easement for the Dakota Access Pipeline risks contaminating tribal and American water supplies while disregarding treaty rights. The Trump administration’s politically motivated decision violates the law and the Tribe will take legal action to fight it.
The First American Revolution: The Pueblo Revolt
The Pueblo Revolt is a complicated narrative. However this narrative, though it is complex, came up in a protest by a group of Native people on the Santa Fe Plaza on Friday, September 11. The peaceful demonstration was held by over a dozen people holding signs during the Entrada, the annual re-enactment of conquistador Don Diego de Vargas and his cuadrilla arriving on horseback to negotiate the resettlement of Santa Fe and, essentially, the surrender of the Pueblo people.
Congressman Steve King Says Dakota Access Pipeline Protest Not Principled
‘I don’t find a legitimate reason for the protesters to be there’
Expressing views that are sure to be controversial to Standing Rock Sioux citizens and their supporters around the nation, U.S. Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) said in a January 24 interview with MSNBC anchor Hallie Jackson that now is the perfect time for President Donald Trump to approve the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) because it’s cold in the Dakotas, and he suspects the protesting resistance is weaker at this time.
Indigenous Women Front and Center at Anti-Trump DC Protest
‘We do not accept this situation. It is not normal. We are endangered.’ January 21, 2017 will stand in history as a day when millions of women and men linked arms, minds and hearts across the globe to take a stand against the policies and positions of President Donald Trump that they view as harmful. Indigenous woman played a special role, taking the lead in the protest march on Washington, D.C. that ended up comprising of at least 500,000 people, according to event organizers.
Breaking: Trump Pushes DAPL, Keystone XL Forward With Executive Order
Touting job creation, President Donald Trump tries to reverse years of protest.
Trump Executive Order on DAPL Violates Law and Tribal Treaties
The decision puts water for 17 million people at risk
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe said today that President Donald Trump’s executive action towards an approval of an easement for the Dakota Access Pipeline risks contaminating tribal and American water supplies while disregarding treaty rights. The Trump administration’s politically motivated decision violates the law and the Tribe will take legal action to fight it.
The First American Revolution: The Pueblo Revolt
The Pueblo Revolt is a complicated narrative. However this narrative, though it is complex, came up in a protest by a group of Native people on the Santa Fe Plaza on Friday, September 11. The peaceful demonstration was held by over a dozen people holding signs during the Entrada, the annual re-enactment of conquistador Don Diego de Vargas and his cuadrilla arriving on horseback to negotiate the resettlement of Santa Fe and, essentially, the surrender of the Pueblo people.
Congressman Steve King Says Dakota Access Pipeline Protest Not Principled
‘I don’t find a legitimate reason for the protesters to be there’
Expressing views that are sure to be controversial to Standing Rock Sioux citizens and their supporters around the nation, U.S. Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) said in a January 24 interview with MSNBC anchor Hallie Jackson that now is the perfect time for President Donald Trump to approve the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) because it’s cold in the Dakotas, and he suspects the protesting resistance is weaker at this time.
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from Intellihub
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
“It’s happening big league […] We are bringing manufacturing back to the United States […] It’s the long-term jobs that we’re looking for." Trump asserted his opinion on how environmental restrictions need to be opened up and talked about how doing that alone will generate jobs. Trump said he wants the ability to fast-tract permits which typically have a long wait time, holding up crucial business that needs to be done in order to stimulate the economy on a national level.
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from The Living Church
READING THE BIBLE AND ‘TAKING HISTORY SERIOUSLY’: A NECESSARY AIM?
Joshua Martin on seeing biblical events "within the whole cosmic sweep of providentially ordered history." When it comes to scriptural interpretation, it’s crucial to take history seriously — or so I’ve read. Many of us, it seems, are simply not taking history seriously enough. But I have rarely read anyone saying that they themselves don’t take history seriously enough. Consciously or not, we all take history as seriously as we think it needs to be taken. This point may reveal that taking history “seriously” is a criterion at best multivalent and at worst incoherent. For the moment, however, I want to focus on different ways of “taking history seriously.”
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from NBC News (& affiliates)
Trump signs executive orders to advance Keystone XL, Dakota Access pipelines
President Donald Trump on Tuesday took steps to advance construction of two oil pipeline projects that have been fiercely disputed and were delayed under his predecessor. Trump signed executive orders that will make it easier for TransCanada to construct the Keystone XL pipeline and for Energy Transfer Partners to build the final uncompleted portion of the Dakota Access pipeline.
Trump ignores question about Standing Rock Sioux after signing Dakota Access order
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from Quartz
An order of silence has been handed down to the US Department of Agriculture’s research arm, prohibiting the taxpayer-funded agency from releasing its work to the public, according to a report by BuzzFeed. The message was handed down to the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) just days after Donald Trump was sworn into office as president. At least a couple of other agencies have been put on ice over what they are allowed to share with the public, among them the Environmental Protection Agency.
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from Redoubt News
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Planned Parenthood: ‘We don’t offer prenatal care’
Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards is on record stating her business is essential to American women because of the prenatal care it offers. The problem? Planned Parenthood “offers abortions, so they don’t offer prenatal care,” according to a Tempe, Arizona, spokeswoman for the business.
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Planned Parenthood: ‘We don’t offer prenatal care’
Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards is on record stating her business is essential to American women because of the prenatal care it offers. The problem? Planned Parenthood “offers abortions, so they don’t offer prenatal care,” according to a Tempe, Arizona, spokeswoman for the business.
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from Reuters
Trump clears way for controversial oil pipelines
U.S. President Donald Trump signed orders on Tuesday smoothing the path for the controversial Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines in a move to expand energy infrastructure and roll back key Obama administration environmental actions.
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from The Seattle Times
Washington state Sen. Brian Dansel, R-Republic, resigned Tuesday from the Senate to take a job in the Trump administration. Dansel’s resignation followed news Monday that Sen. Doug Ericksen, R-Ferndale, was taking a temporary job at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the Trump transition team. Ericksen has said he’ll continue his legislative duties — but the committee he chairs canceled its Wednesday meeting. Dansel, 33, will become a special assistant to the U.S. secretary of agriculture in Washington, D.C.
Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant has introduced legislation urging Mayor Ed Murray to curtail the city’s banking relationship with Wells Fargo because of the bank’s investment in the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline
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from The Spokesman-Review
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from St. George News | STGnews.com
Southern Utah residents using antennas to watch broadcast television from Salt Lake City were left in the dark Monday. The transmitters on one of the tallest peaks in Southern Utah went silent when a main power line was damaged. TV translators on Utah Hill between St. George and Littlefield, Arizona, suddenly went off the air Monday. The cause was determined to be a broken power main. Salt Lake City TV stations KTVX channel 4, KSL channel 5, KUED channel 7, KBYU channel 11, KSTU channel 13, KJZZ channel 14, KUED channel 18 and all their subchannels were knocked off the air when the power failed.
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from The Wall Street Journal
How the House Will Roll Back Washington’s Rule by Bureaucrat
We passed legislation to tighten the reins on federal agencies and will soon nix new Obama regulations. Washington’s many agencies, bureaus and departments propagate rules that weigh down businesses, destroy jobs, and limit American freedoms. Career bureaucrats who never face the voters wield punishing authority with little to no accountability. If there’s a swamp in Washington, this is it.
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from The Washington Post
Help us, GOP. You’re our only hope.
Garrison Keillor: Hey, you elected him. How long until you stand up to him?
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