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Below is one of the latest cartoons from two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Ramirez.

View more of Michael Ramirez’s cartoons on CFIF’s website here.

Below is one of the latest cartoons from two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Ramirez.

View more of Michael Ramirez’s cartoons on CFIF’s website here.

Timothy Lee, CFIF’s Senior Vice President of Legal and Public Affairs, discusses why the fight to overturn the FCC’s so-called “Net Neutrality” Order should continue, litigation surrounding he Order, and why this isn’t just an issue for the telecommunications industry.

Listen to the interview here.

The Center for Individual Freedom yesterday joined a coalition of 20 free market, taxpayer advocacy, and limited government grassroots and public policy organizations on a letter urging Congress to pass Trade Promotion Authority (TPA).

“TPA is a necessary step to get Congress moving on a long-stalled trade agenda,” the letter reads. “Without it, there is little hope that this Congress will make any progress on advancing free trade, a conservative public policy goal which all our organizations support.”

Read the full letter here.

In an interview with CFIF, Professor John Eastman, the Henry Salvatori Professor of Law & Community Service at Chapman University and Founding Director of the Constitutional Jurisprudence Clinic, discusses whether Ted Cruz can serve as president if he was born in Canada and the Texas immigration case challenging President Obama’s Executive Fiat.

Listen to the interview here.

Lee:  2016: Obama’s Presidency Has Decimated His Own Party
Ellis:  ObamaCare’s Fault: IRS Overworked, Understaffed Going into Tax Season
Malkin:  The NAACP’s Fomenters of Fear
Shapiro:  The Secret Life of Barack Obama

Podcast:  Work for Welfare and the IRS’ Looming Controversial Rules
Jester’s Courtroom:  Crafting a Lawsuit

Editorial Cartoons:  Latest Cartoons of Michael Ramirez
Quiz:  Question of the Week
Notable Quotes:  Quotes of the Week

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Below is one of the latest cartoons from two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Ramirez.

View more of Michael Ramirez’s cartoons on CFIF’s website here.

In an interview with CFIF, Ryan Wiggins, Owner and Chief Strategist for Full Contact Strategies, LLC, discusses the role of a political media consultant in the legislative process and the big issues facing Florida and other state legislatures, including Medicaid expansion, mental health, prison reform and medical marijuana.

Listen to the interview here.

In this week’s Freedom Minute, CFIF’s Renee Giachino discusses Hillary Clinton’s response to the scandal involving her email during her time as Secretary of State.

Charen:  It’s Not Just Iran You Can’t Trust
Malkin:  Obamacare’s 1095-A Nightmare
Lee:  Innovation Act: Much-Needed Patent Litigation Reform While Protecting IP Rights
Ellis:  Tom Cotton Schools Obama, Iran Leaders on the Constitution
Sowell:  The ‘Disparate Impact’ Racket

Podcast:  Third Time’s a Charm to Strike Legal Blow to ObamaCare?
Jester’s Courtroom:  Sizzling Hot Lawsuit Fizzles Out

Editorial Cartoons:  Latest Cartoons of Michael Ramirez
Quiz:  Question of the Week
Notable Quotes:  Quotes of the Week

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In an interview with CFIF, Sally Pipes, President, CEO and Taube Fellow in Health Care Studies at the Pacific Research Institute, discusses oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in the King v. Burwell case, the damaging effects of ObamaCare, and what state lawmakers and members of Congress should be doing now to prepare for a potential ruling that derails the Affordable Care Act.

Listen to the interview here.

Below is one of the latest cartoons from two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Ramirez.

View more of Michael Ramirez’s cartoons on CFIF’s website here.

Lee:  Netanyahu Echoes Churchill, While Obama Channels Chamberlain
Senik:  Will Carly Fiorina Be the Sleeper Candidate of 2016?
Ellis:  White House: Obama “Very Interested” in Unilaterally Raising Taxes
Harsanyi:  Netanyahu Was Right to Bring Up the Holocaust
Shapiro:  The Hillary Cover-Up and the End of Democracy
Sowell:  The Honesty Gap

Podcast:  U.S. Policy Toward Iran’s Nuclear Program
Jester’s Courtroom:  A Crazy Lawsuit

Editorial Cartoons:  Latest Cartoons of Michael Ramirez
Quiz:  Question of the Week
Notable Quotes:  Quotes of the Week

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In an interview with CFIF, Quin Hillyer, Contributing Editor of National Review magazine, a Senior Editor for the American Spectator magazine and a nationally recognized authority on the American political process, discusses how “a bracing dose of pessimism” can wake Americans up from a stupor, Hillary Clinton’s contributions problem and policy positions while she was Secretary of State, and the relaunch of his website, quinhillyer.com.

Listen to the interview here.

Below is one of the latest cartoons from two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Ramirez.

View more of Michael Ramirez’s cartoons on CFIF’s website here.

Below is one of the latest cartoons from two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Ramirez.

View more of Michael Ramirez’s cartoons on CFIF’s website here.

In this week’s Freedom Minute video, CFIF’s Renee Giachino discusses the plan by President Obama and the FCC to seize unprecedented regulatory control over the Internet by reclassifying Internet service as a public utility. 

Senik:  The Liberal Response to ISIS: A New Deal for Jihadis
Lee:  As If Non-Interventionism’s Record of Success Is Any Better
Sowell:  Damaging Admissions
Ellis:  Comprehensive Timeline Details Obama Admin Thrashing of Immigration Laws
Malkin:  The “Jobs for Jihad Delinquents” Program

Alert:  Take Action to Fight Regulatory Overreach
Video: Stop the Government’s Internet Takeover
Podcast:  Tax and Spend Mess
Jester’s Courtroom:  A Wild Ride to the Courthouse

Editorial Cartoons:  Latest Cartoons of Michael Ramirez
Quiz:  Question of the Week
Notable Quotes:  Quotes of the Week

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In an interview with CFIF, Dr. Gerard Gianoli, a Neuro-otologist in Louisiana and Doc Squads member, discusses how it is time for America’s doctors to put forward innovative solutions to solve the problems in our healthcare system that have only been made worse by ObamaCare, and how to say goodbye to third-party medical payments through alternative practice models.

Listen to the interview here.

Below is one of the latest cartoons from two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Ramirez.

View more of Michael Ramirez’s cartoons on CFIF’s website here.