Washington, DC – Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) announced that the Committee, acting under its authority granted in Sec. 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code, voted out a criminal referral letter to Department of Justice (DOJ) Attorney General Eric Holder regarding actions taken by IRS employee Lois Lerner. Chairman Camp, in sending the letter on behalf of the Committee, urged Holder to take a serious review of the evidence uncovered through the Committee’s investigation to determine whether Lerner violated criminal statutes.
The House Committee Investigation uncovered three specific acts undertaken by Lerner that may have violated one or more criminal statutes documented in the letter:

• Lerner used her position to improperly influence agency action against only conservative organizations, denying these groups due process and equal protection rights under the law. She showed extreme bias and prejudice towards conservative groups. The letter lays out evidence on how Lerner targeted conservative organization Crossroads GPS as well as other right-leaning groups, while turning a blind eye to similarly-organized liberal groups, like Priorities USA.

•Lerner impeded official investigations by providing misleading statements in response to questions from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA).

•Lerner risked exposing, and may actually have disclosed, confidential taxpayer information, in apparent violation of Internal Revenue Code section 6103 by using her personal email to conduct official business.

If convicted of these crimes, Lerner could face up to 11 years in prison.
Here is the evidence against her: (more…)

Congress votes to send details of the corruption and scandal to the DOJ for criminal prosecution.   President Obama previously pledged to “hold anyone accountable” for their participation in the political targeting of people by the IRS.    However, President Obama has recently stated “there was not a smidgen of corruption in the IRS”.   Todays recommendation comes as information surfaces that Lerner was trying to get a position in OFA…..  

(WASHINGTON DC)  The House Ways and Means Committee has voted to 23-14 along party lines to refer former head of tax exempt groups at the IRS Lois Lerner to the Justice Department for prosecution. Although the details about exactly what charges will be have not yet been released, lawmakers are arguing Lerner has not been truthful with Congress or the IRS inspector general and leaked confidential tax information.
Last time a referral like this happened, it was to Major League Baseball player Roger Clemens, who was pursued by the Department of Justice for lying to Congress but was exonerated in court. (more…)

Sometimes the disconnect is obvious; other times the cognitive dissonance is fusion grade.  Chuck Schumer proclaims because everyone is talking about the ‘war on women’ it’s a sure indicator no-one cares about ObamaCare any more…

…. except it ain’t !  But God Bless em’ they keep trying to make it so.

WASHINGTON DC – Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Senate Democrats’ messaging and political strategy guru, declared Tuesday that Democrats had turned the corner on the Affordable Care Act.

“This week, the talk is pay equity, not ACA,” he said, referring to the Affordable Care Act. “We’re going to have more and more weeks like that because we’re talking about thing that people really care about.”

The Senate will vote Wednesday on the Paycheck Fairness Act, which prohibits employers from retaliating against employees who make inquiries about colleagues’ pay.  (link)
Here’s a recap of their efforts: (more…)

Every once in a while there is an ongoing story that goes from bad to worse.   However, even more rare is a story that is so bad I actually don’t even want to update on it.   Louisville Kentucky is one such rare example.

It started on March 22nd when the police lost control of the city to a roaming band of 200+ thugs who took siege of the city.    At least 17 violent attacks were recorded overnight as rampaging mobs robbed stores, destroyed property, and even dragged people from their vehicles to attack and brutalize them.

The following day the Mayor and Police Department claimed they had lost control of the city and warned citizens that law enforcement could not protect them or handle the crisis as it continued to unfold.    Only two arrests were ever made.
Two distinct aspects quickly surfaced.  1.)  By their own admission the police could not stop the violence, and 2.) The LEO community stated the politically correct demands of the local government was directly the cause of their inability.
We covered the crisis as it unfolded here (with videos of attacks), and the response from the police here, and here, and here with victims speaking out.   And also here where the police and local government were ridiculously blaming “social media” for the crimes.
Against this backdrop the Mayor of Louisville Kentucky spoke again today.   Forewarning once again, yet promising to put and additional 1,100 armed officers “on the street” in an attempt to stop the predicted replay scheduled for this weekend: (more…)

At issue was a request for documents in the DOJ’s case against the Holy Land Foundation, a designated terrorist group, whose founders were convicted and sentenced for funneling money to Hamas. Like the Fast n Furious scandal, the DOJ has again refused to produce documents.
Gohmert suggested “contempt” was “not a big deal” to Holder.
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If you’ve been following along you likely know how absurd this is.  

Somehow, in the bizzarro Easter Island land of long faces where John Kerry was spawned, this makes sense to him.   Israel blamed for derailing peace talks Palestinians would not participate in.

WASHINGTON DC – Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday said Israel’s announcement of new settlements in East Jerusalem last week derailed the peace talks with the Palestinians.
Israel first missed the deadline to release the fourth tranche of Palestinian prisoners, Kerry told lawmakers at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. Israel then announced 700 new settlement units in Jerusalem.
“Poof, that was sort of the moment,” Kerry said at a hearing focused on the fiscal 2015 budget for national security and foreign policy priorities. (more…)

Boy Howdy, these left-wing activists are sure feeling empowered now with their victory over the Mozilla CEO.   The San Francisco activists now demand Google pay $3,000,000,000 (billion) as compensatory indulgence fees for their services and environmental impacts. The extortion demand is requested to be paid to the Anarchist Movement for distribution in/around the Bay Area to affected fellow leftists.

Quite odd, but then again – this is “San Francisco”.

(Via Huffington Post) San Francisco is no stranger to raucous anti-tech demonstrations, but a protest outside of Google Ventures partner Kevin Rose’s home yesterday took a turn for the personal.
Protesters held up banners and dispersed fliers (pictured left) outside Rose’s San Francisco home reading “KEVIN ROSE: PARASITE,” and blaming the Google Ventures partner and Digg founder for having a hand in San Francisco’s escalating affordability crisis.
The protest appears to have been staged by a group called The Counterforce, which took credit for the protest on the activist website IndyBay and on the blog kevinroseisaterribleperson.wordpress.com, where they requested Google pay a ransom for its effect on the city’s soaring rents. (more…)

Typical of quasi-socialist euro weenies to force individuals into the collective.   This German mindset is the same ideology which mandates months of vacations for the collective and diminishes individual effort and exceptionalism at every turn.   

At the diametric opposite end of the labor spectrum you have the Japanese auto workers and the principle of “Kaizen”; which was introduced to their manufacturing base with excellence taught by American W. Edwards Deming….   

TENNESSEE – Volkswagen may ignore the results of an election that saw workers at a plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., vote against unionizing under the United Auto Workers, or so says a group that prides itself on “warning the public about the causes and consequences of unionization.”
The group, the Center for Worker Freedom, said Volkswagen management may toss the election results and accept authorization cards collected by the UAW in 2013.
The automaker told TheBlaze in a statement that it “doesn’t comment on rumors and speculation.” (more…)

Police previously confirmed the driver was in no way responsible for the incident….. He remains in critical condition in a coma…

DETROIT –  Detroit police say they now have four people in custody for the mob beating of the man that accidentally hit a 10-year-old boy who stepped in front of his truck.  Police announced the two additional arrests Monday.   A 16-year-old and 17-year-old were previously arrested Saturday.
The latest suspects are a 24-year-old and a 30-year-old. No other details were immediately released.
The 17-year-old, Bruce Wimbush Jr., is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday on charges of assault with intent to commit murder and assault with intent to do great bodily harm. The 16-year-old hasn’t been charged, but was scheduled to appear in juvenile court.  (link)
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UTAH – Thousands of students in Utah’s Weber School District no longer eat lunch at school because of “healthier” federal lunch regulations imposed on schools by First Lady Michelle Obama and federal bureaucrats. (more…)