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2012 GOP ‘coup’ exposed

Click here: Beck reveals 2012 GOP ‘coup’ attempt
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White House, IRS exchanged confidential taxpayer info

Click here: White House, IRS exchanged confidential taxpayer info
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Anti-Bullying Programs causing More Bullies

Click here: “Our anti-bullying programs, either intervention or prevention does not work.”
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Why reporters fear Team Obama

Click here: Many reporters covering national security and government policy in Washington these days are taking precautions to keep their sources from becoming casualties at the hands of the Obama administration.

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NYT reporter: Obama admin “most closed, control-freak administration I’ve ever covered”

Click here: “Whenever I’m asked what is the most manipulative and secretive administration I’ve covered, I always say it’s the one in office now [Obama],” Bob Schieffer, CBS News anchor and chief Washington correspondent.

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What Shutdown? 83% of Fed Gov’t still operating

Click here: Where’s sense of crisis in a 17% government shutdown?
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Poll: 88% say “the government is in charge of the people.”

Click here: Almost all voters — 88 percent — say “the government is in charge of the people.”  That includes 83 percent of Democrats, 88 percent of independents and 94 percent of Republicans.  
Only 8 percent feel “the people are in charge of the government.”
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Happy Birthday! Income Tax turns 100

Click here: “We have gone from a simple tax system to a complex, unfriendly system.” In 1913, the tax code consisted of 400 pages, by 2012, the tax code was 73,608 pages.
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Obamacare Fines to be Seized From Bank Accounts

Click here: A man who attempted to sign up for Obamacare online was told that a fine of over $4,000 dollars a year for refusing to take out mandatory health insurance could be taken directly from his bank account, and that his drivers license would be suspended and a federal tax lien placed against his home, according to an entry on the HealthCare.gov Facebook page.
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Look Who Had a Carry Permit

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Eleanor Roosevelt’s Gun Permit