Obama’s Executive Order Would Stifle the First Amendment

Daniel Hanson,FloydReports.com

The Obama administration has drafted a new,little-noticed executive order that would plainly stifle free speech. The “Disclosure of Political Spending by Government Contractors” order is still a draft,but if the administration has its way,the order will be in full force soon.

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Obama’s Biggest Fat Cats Net Government Jobs

Fred Schulte,John Aloysius Farrell,and Jeremy Borden,Politico.com

Telecom executive Donald H. Gips raised a big bundle of cash to help finance his friend Barack Obama’s run for the presidency.

Gips,a vice president of Colorado-based Level 3 Communications,delivered more than $500,000 in contributions for the Obama war chest,while two other [...]

Cartoon of the Day:Hurricane Obama Touches Down on the Economy

Who’s Buying Barry? Obama’s Swimming in Dubious Campaign Contributions

Susan Stamper Brown,FloydReports.com

President Obama had a busy week. After helping to eliminate the world’s number one terrorist,Obama switched gears to focus on raising a record $1 billion in campaign contributions. Rather than capitalizing on bin Laden’s demise by using an event to rally allies in a focused campaign to finish the [...]

Billion Dollar Barry’s Re-Election Campaign

Ford Jordan

Barack Obama recently announced on his website that he would be starting his re-election campaign more than a year-and-a-half before the election in November 2012. One of the reasons for the early launch of his presidential campaign is the large amount of money he aims to raise. If President Barack Obama succeeds [...]

Democrats Raise Twice as Much "Foreign Money"as GOP

Michael O’Brien and Hayleigh Colombo,The Hill

Democratic leaders in the House and Senate criticizing GOP groups for allegedly funneling foreign money into campaign ads have seen their party raise more than $1 million from political action committees affiliated with foreign companies.

House and Senate Democrats have received approximately $1.02 million this [...]

Justice Alito to Skip State of the Union

Theodore Kettle,NewsMax

Asked if he would attend the State of the Union address next year,after the TV cameras this year caught him objecting to President Obama’s denigration of the country’s highest court,Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said,“I doubt that I will be there in January.”

Delivering the Manhattan Institute’s prestigious [...]

Joe Biden update:He's fined $219,000 for campaign violations

From Top of the Ticket

Due to an unfortunate (and no doubt accidental) error of timing,the news of a nearly quarter-million-dollar federal fine levied against the vice president of the United States,Joe "What Checks?"Biden,was announced Friday —a hot summer day when hardly anyone was [...]