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Nation

A Smoking Gun: Paul A. Rahe
ACLU on Obama NSA Snooping: ‘It Is Beyond Orwellian’: JWF
NSA Secretly Mining Data from 9 US Internet Companies: Pundit Press

It’s About More Than Cell Phone Records, It’s About Liberty: Doug Mataconis
Differences between Bush, Obama NSA surveillance programs: Malkin
Not Just VZ: Records on 3 Billion Calls Collected Per Day: Jason Howerton

Schumer Backing Illegal Aliens Who Steal Americans’ Identities: LoneCon
Valerie Jarrett: Holder will be in his position for quite a while: Scoop
Dearborn’s Arab Festival Settles Lawsuit Cancels 2013 Festivities: MagNote

Economy

Real Unemployment Nears 25 Percent: ShadowStats
Obama Isn’t Creating Jobs; He’s Creating Welfare: Dossier
Top 50 Highest Paid Athletes for 2013 - After Taxes: ATR

ObamaCare stalls even in Democrat-controlled Illinois: Marathon
Harry Reid’s Ploy to Plow Through the Farm Bill: Foundry
Master Sergeant Punished for Serving Chick-fil-A at Party: RWN

Scandal Central

IRS Tax Exempt Head Sarah Hall Ingram at WH 165 Times: Kyle Becker
3 Months Ago, DNI Clapper Told Congress NSA Does Not Collect Data on Millions of Americans: Ace
FBI Lied to Congress about Fla. Saudi Family’s Ties to 9/11 Hijackers: JW

Climate & Energy

EPA confesses to handing out farmers’ personal information to activist-lawyers: Moe Lane
Bummer: Globull Warming Theory Has Failed: William Teach
Poll Finds that Everybody Loves Keystone: J.R. Reed

Media

Mark Levin: ‘We have the elements of a police state’: Jeff Poor
Obama in 2008: No warrantless wiretaps if you elect me: JWF
The religious bigotry of the Virginian Pilot: MoneyRunner

Poor Baghdad Jim McDermott Wails “Stop It!” At Megyn Kelly’s Tough Questioning: Nice Deb
Video: The Human Cost of the IRS Scandal + the 10 Questions The Regime Must Answer: Nice Deb
The IRS Doesn’t Know Where Its Receipts Are: John Hawkins

World

Susan Rice: A Hopeless Choice for a Hopeless Second Term: John Yoo
Obama nominee for UN Ambassador promoted US force against Israel: Protein Wisdom
We're in for a helluva' ride, America: Sarah Palin

Fort Hood Was a Large-Scale Attack on the United States: Elephant
The Encirclement Gathers Pace: China Enters Into a “Strategic Partnership” With Mexico: Trevor Loudon
After Nasralla Statements On Syria, Calls Emerge For Sunnis To Wage Jihad Against Hizbullah, Shi'ites: MEMRI

Sci-Tech

INFOGRAPHIC: How Do The World's Race Cars Compare With Each Other?: Jalopnik
3-D Printing a Jet Engine Component: David Foster, Chicago Boyz
NSA spying scandal fallout: Expect big impact in Europe and elsewhere: David Meyer, GigaOm

Cornucopia

‘A Conspiracy So Immense’ — Was FDR Aide Harry Hopkins a Soviet Agent?: Robert Stacy McCain
China Blues: MOTUS
Weld County commissioners propose formation of new state, North Colorado: Greeley Tribune

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QOTD: "This Administration also puts forward a false choice between the liberties we cherish and the security we demand. I will provide our intelligence and law enforcement agencies with the tools they need to track and take out the terrorists without undermining our Constitution and our freedom.

That means no more illegal wire-tapping of American citizens. No more national security letters to spy on citizens who are not suspected of a crime. No more tracking citizens who do nothing more than protest a misguided war. No more ignoring the law when it is inconvenient. That is not who we are. And it is not what is necessary to defeat the terrorists. The FISA court works. The separation of powers works. Our Constitution works. We will again set an example for the world that the law is not subject to the whims of stubborn rulers, and that justice is not arbitrary.

This Administration acts like violating civil liberties is the way to enhance our security. It is not." --Senator Barack Obama (2007)