RENEW AMERICA 02/12/2015

There is only one way to stop Obama from setting jihadists free: impeachment ANDREW C. MCCARTHY — You're not going to like this. Our commander-in-chief is recklessly releasing jihadists from Guantanamo Bay. The president's Bush-deranged base is buoyed by the all-out effort to fulfill his vow to shut down the detention camp. But the vast majority of Americans remain opposed, and increasingly alarmed... (more) Will Obama be impeached now that Republicans control both houses of Congress? (Stephen Stone) A path to impeachment (Stephen Stone) Do your part to impeach and remove Obama (Stephen Stone) Two-thirds of Republicans think impeaching Obama would be justified (Huffington Post) More articles on impeachment... February 12, 2015 President Obama's latest lawlessness demands impeachment CONSERVATIVE HQ — Just when you thought the lawlessness of President Barack Obama and his henchmen had reached its limit in his unconstitutional executive amnesty orders and memos, another even more astonishing example of illegal behavior regarding immigration has been revealed.... (more) February 12, 2015 Will Saudi prince thwart terror probes? CLIFF KINCAID — CNN has a problem: one of its hosts, Michael Smerconish, is uncovering evidence about the Saudi role in 9/11. But a CNN analyst, Frances Townsend, has been rubbing elbows with one of the alleged Saudi financiers of al-Qaeda. Perhaps they ought to get together and compare notes.... (more) February 12, 2015 Dems on FEC open to new regs on donors, Internet WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Claiming that thousands of public comments condemning "dark money" in politics can't be ignored, the Democrat-chaired Federal Election Commission on Wednesday appeared ready to open the door to new regulations on donors, bloggers and others who use the Internet to influence policy and campaigns.... (more)  Dems on FEC move to regulate Internet campaigns, blogs, Drudge (Washington Examiner) February 12, 2015 FCC commissioner: Proposed internet regulation 'mimics Obamacare' BREITBART — Republican FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai said that proposed Internet regulation "mimics Obamacare" both in process and substance, was "adopting a solution that won't work to a problem that doesn't exist using legal authority we don't have," and would lead to "billions of dollars in new taxes" on Wednesday's "Mark Levin Show."... (more)  FCC Commish: "This is a massive power grab, government at its worst" [VIDEO] February 12, 2015 Cruz blasts Obama's defense of terrorists WORLDNETDAILY — Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, came out swinging against President Obama in remarks made Wednesday at the Defeat Jihad Summit presented by the Center for Security Policy. Cruz compared the president's timidity in the face of terrorism and his refusal to condemn murderous Muslim extremists with the "courageous" bravery of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in risking his own life to call out "the radical Islamic terrorists that are perverting his faith."... (more) February 12, 2015 Rush Limbaugh: GOP doesn't want to stop Obama's executive amnesty NEWSMAX — Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh says that the Republicans aren't really "serious about opposing [President Barack] Obama's executive amnesty" because they don't really want to stop it.... (more) February 12, 2015 Obama's birth certificate to sink Brian Williams' 'replacement'? WORLDNETDAILY — It could be out of the frying pan and into the fire for "NBC Nightly News" if Brian Williams' rumored successor in the anchor role gets the job.... (more) February 12, 2015 State says 'Roe' an error, asks Supremes to fix BOB UNRUH — In a newly adopted resolution that is strikingly similar to the U.S. Declaration of Independence, lawmakers in South Dakota have set out the circumstances, listed their grievances, provided their justifications and called on the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade.... (more) February 12, 2015 Chris Kyle's widow breaks down on the stand describing the last time she saw him DAILY MAIL — Chris Kyle's widow broke down in tears on Wednesday as she described the last time she saw her husband alive on the day he died, telling a Texas courtroom, 'We said we loved each other and gave each other a hug and kissed.'... (more) February 12, 2015 Vaccines and Autism: What you need to know NEWSMAX — The increase in numbers of American children diagnosed with autism is frightening. Autism cases have skyrocketed between 20 and 30 fold since the early 1970s, according to the Centers for Disease Control.... (more) February 12, 2015 Say her name: vaccine victim Hannah Poling CLIFF KINCAID — Brian Williams' "chopper whoppers" about his exploits as a correspondent flying into Iraq are making him look foolish. It's not clear whether he can survive in the anchor chair. But don't think the Williams case means that the media are now on guard for misrepresentations and false claims. The controversy over vaccines has been another media low point. We are being told they are completely safe with no side effects. That's a blatant lie.... (more) February 11, 2015 White House doubles down: Climate change more dangerous than terrorism WASHINGTON TIMES — The White House insisted Tuesday that the dangers posed by climate change are greater for average Americans than the threat of terrorism. Speaking to reporters, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Americans no longer face the same threat of attack that they did prior to Sept. 11, 2001, crediting the administration's efforts to degrade organizations such as al Qaeda.... (more) February 11, 2015 Democrats to Obama: Help Ukrainians defend themselves NEWSMAX — A growing number of congressional Democrats have joined Republicans in pressing the Obama administration to give Ukraine weapons to defend itself against Russia, which has already seized and annexed Crimea and supports separatist forces who have turned much of Eastern Ukraine into a war zone.... (more)  House introduces bill to arm Ukraine (Washington Examiner) February 11, 2015 Folks do the randomest things ANDREW C. MCCARTHY — I don't understand why folks are giving President Obama and his spokes-minions such a hard time over his insistence that Ahmedy Coulibaly, the terrorist who just happened to be Muslim committing terrorism that had nothing to do with Islam, was just "randomly" picking out folks in Paris to kill when he randomly came upon a grocery that just happened to be Jewish and, coincidentally, to have Jews in it, whom he randomly killed.... (more) February 11, 2015 Rand Paul: 'Alarming' that the Fed is trying to stop audit WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Sen. Rand Paul isn't happy that the Federal Reserve is mobilizing against his legislation that would subject the central bank's monetary policy decisions to an audit. "It is alarming that the Federal Reserve, which was granted Monopoly money-making power, is now specifically trying to stop my legislation," the Kentucky Republican wrote in a column published by the conservative publication Breitbart Tuesday.... (more) February 11, 2015 A handful of cheese dust MICHELLE MALKIN — Before the nation's Food Nanny guilt-trips you into ditching boxed dinners on a frazzled night, know this: The first lady profited from cheese dust before she was against it. In the new issue of Cooking Light magazine, Michelle Obama takes another sanctimonious stand against processed foods... (more) February 9, 2015 Tom Delay: Obama is an 'apologist for Islam' NEWSMAX — President Barack Obama's comparison of the savagery of the Islamic State (ISIS) to the brutality of the Crusades reveals he is an "apologist for Islam," former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay says.... (more) February 9, 2015 Obama's jarring insult of Christians PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY — President Barack Obama inserted a jarring note in his speech to the annual Prayer Breakfast by insulting Christians with an inappropriate reference to the Crusades and charging that people "committed terrible deeds in the name of Christ."... (more) February 9, 2015 Justice Thomas objects to court's signal on gay marriage MY WAY — The Supreme Court is inappropriately signaling it intends to clear the way for gay marriage across the nation, Justice Clarence Thomas complained Monday in a stinging dissent to the court's refusal to block the start of same-sex marriages in Alabama.... (more)  Thomas, Scalia slam high court gay marriage ruling in Alabama case (Newsmax) February 9, 2015 Judicial defiance in Alabama: Same-sex marriages begin, but most counties refuse WASHINGTON POST — On the day that same-sex unions became legal in Alabama, local officials in dozens of counties on Monday defied a federal judge's decision and refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, casting the state into judicial chaos.... (more) February 9, 2015 Netanyahu rejects criticism: I am determined to address Congress HAARETZ — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that he is determined to address the U.S. Congress on Iran's nuclear program. Netanyahu rejected the criticism in the United States and Israel, saying that "while some are busy with protocol or politics, a bad deal with Iran is taking shape."... (more) February 9, 2015 Bobby Jindal: Dividing people by skin color dumb NEWSMAX — "You mean I'm not white? I'm shocked at this revelation!" Louisiana's GOP Gov. Bobby Jindal, of Indian heritage, was humorously reacting to questions at a Christian Science Monitor reporters' breakfast about a portrait of the governor hanging in the capitol in Baton Rouge, showing Jindal with a distinctly lighter skin tone than he actually has, USA Today reported.... (more) February 9, 2015 'American Sniper' could become highest-grossing 2014 domestic release NEWSMAX — "American Sniper" has "Mockingjay" in its sights. The war drama is poised to surpass the most recent edition of "The Hunger Games" as 2014's top-grossing release, analysts say. The Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow pic has made $282.4 million thus far, putting it in third place on the charts, behind "Mockingjay -- Part 1," which has earned $335.7 million, and "Guardians of the Galaxy," which has grossed $333.2 million.... (more) February 9, 2015 Obama's 332-page plan to control the internet BREITBART — Ajit Pai, the sole Republican Commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), inferred in a Tweet that President Barack Obama's secret, 332-page "Net Neutrality" document is a scheme for federal micro-managing of the Internet to extract billions in new taxes from consumers and again enforce progressives' idea of honest, equitable, and balanced content fairness.... (more) February 9, 2015 'Gay marriage' -- is the law what the judge says it is? ALAN KEYES — It looks as if the U.S. Supreme Court means to tackle the "gay marriage" issue this term. As their sworn oath requires it, they will presumably do so in terms of the Constitution of the United States. Sadly, the opinions thus far delivered by the lower federal courts hardly justify this assumption... (more) Previous news