As if it weren’t bad enough that a record 47.7 million people—and growing—get food stamps from the U.S. government, federal records reveal that a whopping 1/3 of Puerto Rico’s population receives them. This cost American taxpayers an astounding $2 billion last year, according to figures released by the government agency—the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)—that

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Here is a story that demonstrates politicians are getting quite creative when it comes to defending transgressions; an Ohio congresswoman believes a fellow lawmaker convicted of a felony should receive leniency because he’s “charming” and “entertaining.” This includes being the highlight of “karaoke nights” during burdensome congressional sessions, “when things got tough or extremely difficult

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Stop the presses! Another one of President Obama’s brilliant clean-energy ventures has collapsed after taking tens of millions of dollars from American taxpayers, in this case to develop a special wheelchair-accessible “green” van. The news comes just weeks after a separate company that got nearly $200 million from the government to develop hybrid vehicles folded.

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Buried deep in the colossal immigration bill that’s floating around Congress is an obscure little section that rewrites the current immigrant visa waiting list to allow millions to cut in front of the line via new categories of family-sponsored immigrants. As if it weren’t bad enough that the measure, known as the Schumer-Rubio bill after

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After months of denial, the Obama administration is finally admitting that China’s military did in fact mount attacks on U.S. government computer systems, likely accessing sensitive and classified information. The mainstream media, specifically one of the nation’s largest newspapers, reported the China invasion months ago though the administration has refused to acknowledge the crisis. It’s

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Determined to give poor minorities the same quality medical care as their wealthier, white counterparts, the Obama administration allocated another $40 million this month to yet another government program aimed at eliminating the disparities. The driving force behind the costly effort is to single out—and eliminate—healthcare inequalities between ethnic minorities and their more affluent and

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The global warming madness seems to have reached a plateau with several members of Congress sponsoring a resolution claiming that it will actually push millions of women into prostitution! This appears to be the icing on the cake for a U.S. government-backed movement fueled by climate change alarmists. In the last few years a variety

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What happens to a company that fleeces American taxpayers out of $757 million? Rather than blacklist it, the U.S. government rewards it with a monstrous, not-bid contract extension worth more than $4 billion. This may seem inconceivable, but it’s not uncommon among many government agencies. In this case, the Department of Defense (DOD), the Pentagon,

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For decades the U.S. government has knowingly given illegal immigrants food stamps, according to a former certification case worker who denounced the costly practice back in the 1980s but was essentially ordered to keep a lid on it. The retired assistant case manager, Craig McNees, was in charge of vetting food-stamp applicants in north Florida

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Surprise surprise; the Obama administration’s minority farmer cash giveaway has proven to be a “magnet for fraud” and a “runaway train driven by racial politics,” according to a mainstream newspaper that’s well known for its pro Obama coverage not to mention strict political correctness. Yet in a lengthy piece the paper trashes the administration’s multi-billion-dollar

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