Lib Commentator Marc Lamont Hill Admits Obama Gave Foreign Policy Speech Today to Divert Our Attention From IRS, AP Scandals [Video]

Ditto.

Hill: "He [Obama] knows there's a sector of the American people who are on his butt right now because of that stuff (AP, IRS), but he knows those same people love war-hawk talk. So that's why he's out giving that speech today, to divert our attention"

Attorney General Eric Holder Signed off on Search Warrant of Fox News Reporter and Seizure of His Private Emails

Of course he did, none of this can happen without approval from the top.



Michael Isikoff NBC News

Attorney General Eric Holder signed off on a controversial search warrant that identified Fox News reporter James Rosen as a “possible co-conspirator” in violations of the Espionage Act and authorized seizure of his private emails, a law enforcement official told NBC News on Thursday.

The disclosure of the attorney general’s role came as President Barack Obama, in a major speech on his counterterrorism policy, said Holder had agreed to review Justice Department guidelines governing investigations that involve journalists.

"I am troubled by the possibility that leak investigations may chill the investigative journalism that holds government accountable," Obama said. "Journalists should not be at legal risk for doing their jobs."

Rosen, who has not been charged in the case, was nonetheless the target of a search warrant that enabled Justice Department investigators to secretly seize his private emails after an FBI agent said he had "asked, solicited and encouraged … (a source) to disclose sensitive United States internal documents and intelligence information."

Obama's comments follow a firestorm of criticism that has erupted over disclosures that in separate investigations of leaks of classified information, the Justice Department had obtained private emails that Rosen exchanged with a source and the phone records of Associated Press reporters.

New York City Mayor: Christine Quinn 24%, Anthony Weiner 18%

2nd place but primary is not 'til September 10th.

 

rasmussenreports
Former Congressman Anthony Weiner has officially entered the race to become New York City’s next mayor. The first step is the September 10 Democratic primary, and Weiner starts out in second place behind City Council Speaker Christine Quinn. The survey of 745 Registered Democrats was conducted on May 21 and 22, 2013. Christine Quinn 24%, Anthony Weiner 18%. Weiner announced his entry into the race early on the morning of the 22nd

In his new ad released yesterday, Weiner talks about the middle class and has plenty of scenes of him with his wife. (Screen grab)


He talks about second chances (similar to the first Mark Sanford ad) in this new spot and points out all the connections his family has to NYC. Not a bad first web ad from a campaign viewpoint.

WATCH: Code Pink Leader Shouts at President Obama During Speech

Code Pink's Medea Benjamin 5/23/13 (Getty)

Washington (CNN) – President Barack Obama's solemn remarks on drones and counterterrorism were interrupted at length Thursday by a protester who loudly advocated for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay prison – the same position Obama was stressing in his speech.

The woman shouting was identified as peace activist Medea Benjamin of the group Code Pink, whose members have been loudly interrupting congressional hearings and official speeches for years.

"You are commander-in-chief – you can close Guantanamo today," Benjamin shouted during a portion of Obama's speech in which the president outlined changes in policy that included an all-out push to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba. She later yelled, "It's been 11 years!"

Close-up video of the protester


Code Pink tweets

Reporter on IRS Scandal: Doesn't the Buck Stop with Pres.? Shouldn't He Have Known? Pelosi: Well, We Don't Blame John Boehner, This Happened in His Neighboring District in Cincinnati

OMG.

Here's video from her weekly presser today

Video: Inside the Elementary School When the Tornado Hit

Teacher at Briarwood Elementary records moment of impact on her cell phone. Screaming, horror and destruction captured on video

Watch.

KMART Releases New Ad: "Big Gas Savings," Sequel to "Ship My Pants" Commercial [Video]

'Big Gas Savings' sounds a lot like 'Big A** Savings'

New one from Kmart. Brilliant.



Brilliant because the last ad like this, 'Ship My Pants' was watched on YouTube 17,000,000 times, not to mention all the free airtime it got on cable news.

RNC Chairman Reince Priebus: You Don't Plead the 5th if You're Innocent

Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus said Thursday that embattled IRS official Lois Lerner did more harm than good when she opted to invoke the Fifth Amendment and refused to answer questions at a House committee hearing on the agency's targeting of conservative groups.

During an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Priebus said that pleading the fifth "implies there are some criminal aspects" of the IRS scandal. John Heileman, a writer for New York Magazine who was sitting on the show's panel, cried foul at that characterization.

"But you don't need to plead the fifth if you've done nothing wrong," Priebus said. "That's not true. That's not what the Fifth Amendment says," Heileman retorted.