Pat Dollard

The edited image now reads: Commentary Magazine: Now this is just getting silly. The Obama White House is gearing up for a Supreme Court case in which it will defend its refusal to list “Jerusalem, Israel” on the passports of Americans born in the Israeli capital. As part of its preparations the administration recently scrubbed [...]

Los Angeles Times: Reporting from Washington— The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said Wednesday that three supervisors in its controversial Fast and Furious gun-trafficking investigation were transferred to lateral jobs, not promoted. “They did not receive salary or grade increases, nor did they assume positions with greater responsibility,” the agency said in [...]

Hartford Courant: HARTFORD — Union leaders announced this afternoon that state employees have voted to ratify a labor savings and concessions agreement that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has been counting on to bridge a $1.6 billion budget gap over the next two years, sources familiar with the voting said this morning. Voting ended Wednesday. Approval [...]

Spiegel: The last three nights have seen an unprecedented wave of car torchings in Berlin, but police are not sure who to arrest. Politicians on the left and right warn the attacks could lead to more dangerous forms of protest. Meanwhile, the failure to stop them could sway September’s mayoral election. Erhart Körting, in charge [...]

The Hill: A Gallup poll released Wednesday shows only 26 percent of voters surveyed approve of President Obama’s handling of the economy, a new low for the administration. 71 percent of voters surveyed said they disapproved of the president’s economic policies. Gallup reports that 24 percent approve of the president’s handling of the federal budget [...]

(Reuters) – An Israeli air strike killed the leader of an armed Palestinian faction, a top lieutenant and three other members in the southern Gaza Strip Thursday, the group said, hours after Israel blamed gunmen from the territory for cross-border attacks. The Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), a faction that often operates independently from Gaza’s Islamist [...]

The Hill: Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) criticized his congressional colleagues Tuesday, calling them “cowards” and a “class of career elitists,” adding that it was a good thing he wasn’t allowed to carry a weapon on the Senate floor. “It’s just a good thing I can’t pack a gun on the Senate floor,” Coburn told a [...]

Fox News: President Obama on Thursday for the first time called on Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down, while announcing a new set of sanctions against the regime. In a written statement, Obama accused the government of perpetrating a “sustained onslaught” against its people. He said the regime has tortured protesters and shown a [...]

Politico: Asked on a conference call with bloggers this evening why Republicans can’t just impeach Barack Obama, Herman Cain answers that it’s mostly a matter of legislative politics, POLITICO’s Elizabeth Titus reports: “That’s a great question and it is a great — it would be a great thing to do but because the Senate is [...]

JERUSALEM (AP) — Squads of gunmen armed with heavy weapons and explosives crossed into southern Israel from Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Thursday, killing seven Israelis in an audacious series of attacks, officials said. The violence stoked concerns about Palestinian militants exploiting instability in Egypt. The attacks began around midday and lasted for about three hours. [...]

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