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Obama Ten Days Ago: We Should “Reject These Voices” Which Say Government Is...
President Obama’s commencement address delivered at Ohio State University just ten days ago are sure coming off as ironic given the scandals uncovered in the last week. “Unfortunately, you’ve grown up...
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Obama Administration Seized Phone Records From The US House
According to Congressman Devin Nunes (R-CA), we’re missing the boat on the Justice Department phone record grab scandal. Yeah, it’s bad that the Associated Press was targeted, but it’s also worth...
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Obama’s Justice Department Spied On Fox News Reporter In 2010
In 2009 the Obama administration was at war with Fox News, up to and including trying to exclude the top-of-the-ratings cable network from pool reports, something that only ended with other members of...
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North Dakotans Got An Early Preview Of Obama’s Politics By Any Means Necessar
Each day it seems we’re treated – if that’s the right word for it – to a new and depressing headline about mistreatment of conservative groups and individuals by the IRS. We’ve not yet plumbed the...
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Attorney General Won’t Answer Whether Or Not Congress Has Been Spied On
Attorney General Eric Holder today faced questioning from Illinois Senator Mark Kirk on whether or not the phone calls of members of Congress were included in the NSA’s seizing of millions of Verizon...
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Reservation Drug Bust Gets Blamed On Oil Patch
Big news in North Dakota today is the bust of a drug ring by federal officials, but the headlines about the bust are a little misleading. “Federal indictments accuse 22 people in drug ring in N....
View ArticleAffirmative action supporters offer “conflicting arguments” in the name of...
By Kevin Mooney | Watchdog.org Affirmative action policies that include race and gender preferences will face another critical challenge before the U.S. Supreme Court in the fall when it hears an...
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Obama Administration Launches Fracking Investigation
The Department of Justice has launched an anti-trust investigation into fracking companies like Halliburton and Baker Hughes, suggesting anti-competitive practices by the two companies: Gina Talamona,...
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Absurd: North Dakota Ranked Second Most Corrupt State In The Nation
This report from Business Insider has been making the rounds in left-wing political circles in North Dakota, and it’s even been picked up by some of the state’s media outlets. The article, which bases...
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Who Knew North Dakota’s Heidi Heitkamp Was A Southern Democrat?
There’s a lot of gnashing of teeth on the left today after the Senate shot down President Obama’s nomination of Debo Adegbile to a civil rights post in the Department of Justice. Adegbile was a...
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The End Of North Dakota’s Oil Boom Is Here
I think North Dakota’s oil boom is over, and the closing of a business in Williston has convinced me that it’s true. The Williston Herald is reporting that the Bakken Club, a business that made...
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Rod St. Aubyn: Projected Oil Prices And The Legislature
Rob had an interesting blog story on Saturday evening about the possibility that the oil boom in Western North Dakota may be over. With the lower oil prices partially caused by OPEC’s war against...
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New York Times Profiles Corruption, Murder Involving Heidi Heitkamp “Friend”
Political corruption is an unfortunate fact of life on many American Indian reservations, and the Fort Berthold Reservation is certainly a noteworthy example. And, as has often happened with tribal...
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The Outdoor Heritage Fund Doesn’t Need Fixing, It Needs Repeal
This election year North Dakota had a titanic debate over a constitutional amendment – Measure 5, specifically – which would have diverted hundreds of millions of tax dollars into a slush fund for...
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Does North Dakota Really Deserve Bad Grades For Teacher Preparedness?
Over the holiday you folks probably saw a lot of this headline: “North Dakota receives bad grades in teacher preparedness” The article, written by Anna Burleson of Forum Communications, details a...
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Head Of Troubled NDSU Development Foundation Steps Down
It’s been a rough year for foundations at North Dakota’s universities. At UND in Grand Forks the now-defunct UND Research Foundation dumped the unprofitable REAC Building on the taxpayers after it...
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James Kerian: It’s Not The Voters’ Opinions That Matter, It’s How Much They Care
Most people disagree with you. If you care about anything in politics (it doesn’t matter where you are on the ideological spectrum) most people disagree with you. You might be tempted to believe...
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Cost Of Gasoline Is Near Historic Lows
Gas prices, since they’re one of the most universal and visible costs of day-to-day life, are always of great concern to Americans. We live in a big, wide-open country and driving isn’t just a luxury....
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ND Lawmakers Will Have Two Choices On Income Taxes: Eliminate It, Or Phase It...
Rep. Al Carlson, the House Majority Leader, has announced that he will be introducing legislation which would take North Dakota’s personal and corporate income tax rates down to zero. But back in...
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NDUS Vice Chancellor Accused Of Manipulating Hiring Process For Auditor
Back in November I reported that two of the North Dakota University System’s top accountability personnel – Chief Auditor Timothy Carlson and Compliance Officer Kirsten Franzen – had been placed on...
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