by Matt Lacy – Hawaiian residents have also filed a secession petition with the Obama administration, effectively making the requests unanimous among all 50 states. The petitions have been filed on the White House web site under “We the People” which is designed to permit individuals to exercise their constitutional right to petition [...]
Tags: Colorado, Daily Caller, election, Florida, Fox News, Georgia, issue, Kentucky, mandate, Matt Lacy, movement, North Carolina, Obama, right, sign, Tennessee, Texas, time, union, White House
by Matt Lacy – As Congress attempts to discover the events in Benghazi where Americans including an ambassador were killed, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will not be able to testify because among other things she will be attending a wine tasting event in Australia. Administration officials, including the president himself for several [...]
Tags: Ambassador Susan Rice, Australia, CIA, Clinton, Congress, country, David Petraeus, event, Herald Sun, Hillary, Hillary Clinton, information, Islamic, Matt Lacy, Pakistan, protest, security, Susan Rice, UN, US
Since the Gazette first reported on a movement by residents in multiple states petitioning the Obama administration for secession, the issue appears to be gathering steam with a majority of states now wanting to leave the union. At the time of the Gazette’s article 22 states had summited petitions on the White House “We [...]
Tags: Alaska, Arkansas, ballot, California, election, executive, Gazette, issue, Louisiana, movement, Nebraska, North, Obama, sign, South Carolina, state, State Secession, Tennessee, Texas, US
by Matt Lacy – Colorado along with 21 other states have filed a petition with the administration requesting the right to secede from the United States and form a new government following President Obama’s reelection last week. Following Obama’s victory over Mitt Romney last week, the president and his supporters have said [...]
Tags: America, caption, Colorado, election, government, Louisiana, mandate, Matt Lacy, Missouri, North, Obama, person, show, South Carolina, state, Texas, United States, vote, week, White House
by Matt Lacy – Showing an incredible vote of “no confidence” in President Obama’s economy, several companies immediately announced a wave of layoffs with many more to follow. During the election, Obama insisted the economy under his watch was improving and that the “private sector was doing fine.” The first lady echoed similar [...]
Tags: America, American, choice, coal, control, election, Founding Fathers, guidance, Medical, Mitt Romney, Murray Energy, Obama, reason, Rom, self, Smith, text, The American, Washington Post, West Ridge
by Matt Lacy – The White House has denied reports that top commanders in the Middle East have been relieved over their commands for disobeying orders to stand down while the US ambassador and other Americans were being attacked by Muslim terrorists in Libya on the anniversary of 9/11. There have been unconfirmed [...]
Tags: Africa, American, Carter Ham, Central Command, fire, Fox News, investigation, Libya, Matt Lacy, Middle East, part, position, SEAL, target, team, top, US, USS, Washington, Washington Times
by Matt Lacy – Continuing a trend among military members who have serious concerns about President Obama’s tenure as commander-in-chief, over 500 former generals and admirals from all branches of the military have publicly came out in support of Romney. The admirals and generals announced their support for Republican challenger Mitt Romney in [...]
Tags: Anthony Jackson, ban, Central, Central Command, Facebook, Gary Stein, Jackson, James Conway, Marine, Marine Corps, Marine Corps Sgt, Matt Lacy, North County Times, Obama, page, path, problem, second, support, Washington Times
by Matt Lacy – In a move that has provided fuel for critics of government solutions to problems, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has been telling storm victims of Hurricane Sandy who are without power they should go to the Internet for information. Politico noted that FEMA has been advising people to use [...]
Tags: call, cell, coverage, disaster, emergency, Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, government, Hurricane Sandy, information, Matt, Matt Lacy, Matt Thome, Media, primary, Safe, Safe American Foundation, Sandy, technology, use
Source says Iran could agree to temporary halt in Uranium production to help Obama reelection by Matt Lacy – A source with ties with high ranking Iranian officials has reportedly warned about a potential “October Surprise” where the Iranian government agrees to temporarily halt uranium production prior to the U.S. presidential election in order [...]
Tags: American, Congress, debate, election, government, Homeland Security, information, Iran, meeting, New York Times, Obama, Qatar, rest, show, story, Supreme, Task Force, uranium, WND, woman
by Matt Lacy – State officials in Illinois have revealed that they paid over 1,100 inmates more than $2 million in unemployment benefits while they are in jail. According to the Associated Press, the Illinois Department of Employment Security said one inmate in the Cook County jail in Chicago was able to collect [...]
Tags: AP, Associated Press, Chicago, Cook County, Greg Rivera, ice, Illinois, John Cavaletto, Matt, Matt Lacy, money, online, person, process, rate, state, system, unemployment, unemployment rate, work
by Matt Lacy – Following a video exposing a salaried employee of the DNC encouraging and helping a woman commit voter fraud the DNC has decided to fire the Texas worker. The video was shot in the Houston office of Organizing for America which is an arm of [...]
Tags: ACORN, Attorney General Eric Holder, ballot, Democratic National Committee, DNC, Eric Holder, fire, Florida, help, Matt Lacy, Melanie Roussell, Project, Project Veritas, proof, staffer, Stephanie Caballero, Texas, TPM, vote, woman
by Matt Lacy – A shocking undercover video reveals an Obama supporter assisting an undercover reporter commit voter fraud by voting for the president in two different states. The fraud was uncovered by an undercover reporter for James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas which has captured undercover video of ACORN, a controversial national community organizing [...]
Tags: America, ballot, campaign, DNC, Eric Holder, Florida, help, man, National Committee, New York, Obama, organization, Project, Project Veritas, right, staffer, Texas, time, vote, voting
by Matt Lacy – For the second time in less than a week the government is facing scrutiny and criticism over its job reporting after a new report omitted data from a large state. On Thursday, the Labor Department touted the number of jobless claims as dropping by a sharp decline of 30,000 [...]
Tags: CEO, CNN, Department, Guy Berger, job, Labor Department, news, note, part, percent, rate, report, second, sign, state, Thursday, time, unemployment, unemployment rate, week
by Matt Lacy – The Commission on Presidential Debates is saying they are not concerned about Martha Raddatz, the moderator for Thursday’s vice presidential debate having a close relationship with president Obama. The Daily Caller noted that Raddatz hosted the president at her wedding in 1991 to Julius Genachowski who went on to [...]
Tags: ABC, commission, Daily Beast, Daily Caller, debate, Federal Communications Commission, Harvard, Harvard Law, harvard law review, Julius Genachowski, Martha, Martha Raddatz, Matt Lacy, moment, Neil Patel, Obama, Peter Eyre, story, Tucker Carlson, USA
by Matt Lacy – Senior officials at the State Department have no completely changed their story regarding the events surrounding attacks on the U.S. consulate in Libya, now saying the attack had nothing to do with an anti-Islam film despite multiple statements blaming the movie. In the days following the attack which left [...]
Tags: Department, State Department, story
by Matt Lacy – Criticism continues to mount over last week’s unemployment numbers which are now below the eight percent benchmark considered a hindrance to an incumbent president’s reelection. It has long been noted that no post World War II president has ever been re-elected with unemployment above the eight percent mark. Now [...]
Tags: BLS, campaign, DNC, drop, election, government, Jack, Jack Welch, job, Obama, part, percent, rate, reason, television, unemployment, unemployment numbers, unemployment rate, work, World War
by Matt Lacy – The increase in food stamp recipients under President Obama’s economy is causing an unintended consequence as local municipalities find themselves dealing with the loss of tax revenue resulting from the purchases. The number of people on food stamps has increased to a record 46.7 million people in June while [...]
Tags: burden, control, Department, Evans, food stamps, government, issue, July, June, Mayor Lyle Achziger, Obama, paper, program, SNAP, story, Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, tax, use, Washington Times, year
by Matt Lacy – An Iranian pastor who has been in prison for almost three years for the crime of converting to Christianity from Islam has finally been freed after intense international pressure was brought against the Iranian government. The American Center for Law and Justice, which has been vigorously fighting for Pastor [...]
Tags: ACLJ, American, Center, charge, Christian, Christianity, country, death, end, Iran, Iran Alive Ministries, Iraq, Islam, Islamic, left, life, Muslim, pastor, State Department, The American
by Matt Lacy – Despite being the highest paid teachers in the nation, over 90 percent of Chicago’s teachers voted to go on strike over higher pay and other issues. CBS Chicago reported that teachers in the city earn an average of $76,000 per year, putting it ahead of New York which pays [...]
Tags: Chicago, Chicago Public Schools, choice, insurance, Matt, Matt Lacy, nation, negotiations, New York, pay, percent, Rahm Emanuel, Robert, Robert Bloch, student, system, teacher, Teachers Union, union, year
by Matt lacy – Following intense media scrutiny of the Democratic platform’s choice to omit a reference to God-given rights and refusing to say Jerusalem was the capital of Israel, the party ramrodded through a change reinstating the phrases. In 2008, the platform plank read, “We need a government that stands up for [...]
Tags: God
by Matt Lacy – Illustrating a sharp contrast between the GOP convention where the theme was of Obama being a good man, but just over his head, A prominent Democratic leader is apparently striking a different tone with a by comparing the GOP to Hitler’s Nazi Party. The remarks came the day before [...]
Tags: care, convention, Democrat House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Party, Francisco, GOP, Harmeet Dhillon, Holocaust, House Minority Leader, interview, Joseph Goebbels, KCBS, leader, Matt Lacy, Nazi Party, North Carolina, Party, Republican Party, San, San Francisco
by Matt Lacy – Members of the mainstream media appear to be abandoning all pretense of objectivity, with a former ABC news producer saying on a hot mic that Ann and Mitt Romney are “happy to have a party with black people drowning.” Sources confirm the comment was made by David Chalian, Yahoo! [...]
Tags: ABC, African American, Al Sharpton, American, Artur Davis, bias, candidate, Chris, Chris Matthews, Ed Schultz, evening, food stamps, Matt Lacy, Mitt Romney, MSNBC, Party, Reagan, Republican, Republican Party, unemployment
by Matt Lacy – A government watchdog agency has revealed it has obtained documents regarding cooperation from the White House with a Hollywood filmmaker to help produce a film about the death of Osama bin Laden that was originally scheduled to be released in time for the November presidential election. [...]
Tags: CIA, e mail, election, George, Hurt Locker, information, July, mail, Marie, Marie Harf, Mark, Mark Boal, movie, New York, New York Times, Obama, SEAL, show, White House, Zero Dark Thirty
by Matt Lacy – The National Weather Service has submitted a request to purchase thousands of rounds of ammunition including hollow points which are intended to inflict maximum injury. The solicitation for the ammunition appeared on the FedBizOpps website and asked for 70,000 rounds of ammunition to be delivered to locations including Maine, [...]
Tags: body, Chris Vaccaro, DHS, Florida, Homeland Security, Jersey, Law Enforcement, Maine, Marine, Matt, Matt Lacy, National, National Marine Fisheries Service, national weather service, NOAA, NWS, organization, Scott Smullen, Service, Washington Post
by Matt Lacy – While the administration and leading Democrats have called for Romney to release years of tax returns, Romney supporters Donald Trump and Newt Gingrich have called on the administration to do likewise with the president’s college records. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has said he has information that Republican presidential [...]
Tags: call, College, Columbia, Columbia University, Donald, Donald Trump, Fox News, Fox News Greta Van Susteren, Harry Reid, Matt Lacy, Mitt Romney, newt gingrich, Obama, paper, press, problem, Senate Majority Leader, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, tax, Wayne Allen Root
by Matt Lacy – A Christian evangelist with a Pentecostal church in Maiduguri, Nigeria was killed in his own home by Muslim terrorists. Ali Samari, an evangelist with the Good News Church Maiduguri was killed at his residence by suspected members of the Boko Haram group. The group advocates instituting Sharia law in [...]
Tags: Ali Samari, Boko Haram, Christian, Christmas, Christmas Day, class, death, Good News, Good News Church Maiduguri, Holy Communion, home, Islam, Jan, law, Matt Lacy, Muslim, Nigeria, Nigerian Muslims, second, Sharia Law
by Matt Lacy – Officials with the Transportation Security Agency (TSA) said a woman who tested positive for possible explosive residue was able to pass through security and board a flight for Cleveland. The woman was at the United Airlines checkpoint at Terminal C at Newark Liberty International Airport, earlier this month when [...]
Tags: Agency, Ann Davis, area, board, conduct, day, Essex County Bomb Squad, flight, Fox News, Matt, Matt Lacy, month, Newark Liberty International Airport, Newark Star Ledger, screening, second, security, TSA, United Airlines, woman
by Matt Lacy – A local employer in Denver has dealt a blow to requirement’s by the administration that religious employers be forced to provide abortion inducing birth control drugs to employees regardless of the employer’s religious objections. The Colorado-based Hercules Industries which is in the heating and air-conditioning business is operated by [...]
Tags: ACLU, America, August, birth, choice, company, control, coverage, Denver, District Court Judge John Kane, government, Hercules Industries, lawsuit, mandate, Obama, Obamacare, press, right, Roman Catholics, The Colorado
by Matt Lacy – The head of an historical organization says Hobby Lobby was correct in its claims regarding America’s Christian heritage in a recent July 4th ad. Hobby Lobby, a Christian based company which is closed on Sundays purchased a full page ad this year for Independence Day titled, “In God We [...]
Tags: Article, Christian, Constitution, Court, decision, form, God, government, Hobby Lobby, James Madison, Jay, nation, part, right, Supreme, Supreme Court, today, use, Washington, word
Supporters to patronize chain Wednesday by Matt Lacy – Following statements by several government officials around the country saying they will not permit Chik-fil-A to open new restaurants because the owner supports traditional marriage, supporters are planning a day of support for the company. Dan Cathy, the current president, [...]
Tags: Boston, Cathy, Chicago, Christian, company, country, debate, Freedom Trail, God, government, interview, issue, Liberty Counsel, place, position, protest, second, sex, speech, support