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Senik:  U.S. Politics in the Age of Instability
Lee:  Copyright: “First Sale” Doctrine Unsuitable for Digital Goods
Alert:  Hey Obama, Hands Off the Internet!

Podcast:  School’s Out, But Lunchroom Fight Continues
Jester’s Courtroom:  Lawsuit Reaches New Heights

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, Daren Bakst, Research Fellow in Agricultural Policy at The Heritage Foundation, discusses the massive food costs of the new school lunch requirements, major declines in student participation, food waste, lack of flexibility and First Lady Michelle Obama’s criticism of the House of Representatives for considering a one-year reprieve for certain schools.

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.

From the squalid conditions in the VA to Obama skipping the traditional Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery to go on vacation, CFIF’s Renee Giachino laments the lack of respect afforded the U.S. military by this administration.

Timothy Lee, CFIF’s Senior Vice President of Legal and Public Affairs, discusses net neutrality and the misguided push to have the federal government regulate the Internet.

Listen to the interview here.

Ellis:  If You Defer Action, Illegal Immigrants Will Come
Senik:  With Cantor Loss, Liberals Whistling Past the Graveyard
Alert:  Take Action to Stop Net Regulation

Video:  “Suck it Up and Salute”
Podcast:  The Gov’t Should Keep Its Regulatory Hands Off the Internet
Jester’s Courtroom:  Throwing a Curve Ball

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, Erin Murphy, partner at Bancroft PLLC, discusses her successful legal argument before the U.S. Supreme Court in McCutcheon v. FEC, in which the Court held the federal aggregate limits on campaign contributions unconstitutional.  Ms. Murphy also discusses her work on Bond v. United States, a case recently decided by the Court involving a poisoned mailbox.

Listen to the interview here.

Lee:  VA Scandal Scapegoating: Don’t Blame Insufficient Spending, Bush or Iraq and Afghan Wars
Senik:  Barack Obama, Presidential Kamikaze
Ellis:  Minnesota’s First “Unsession” Repeals 1,175 Laws

Podcast:  New CO2 Emissions Rules: A Misguided Pursuit
Jester’s Courtroom:  Some Kind of Friend

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, Lance Brown, Executive Director of Partnership for Affordable Clean Energy, discusses the EPA’s misguided attempt to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, the costs associated with the recent proposal and why President Obama is wrong in suggesting that reducing carbon will prevent asthma or heart attacks.

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.

Senik:  Mind the Gap: The Dangerous Distance Between Civilians and the Military
Lee:  New ObamaCare Fissures Emerge, as Stunned Labor Unions Chafe at Higher Costs
Ellis:  Is Indiana Governor Mike Pence Falling into ObamaCare’s Medicaid Trap?

Video:  The Freedom to Criticize Government
Podcast:  The Radical Environmentalist War on Private Property
Jester’s Courtroom:  A Prayer for Relief from Ridiculous Lawsuit

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

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In this week’s Freedom Minute, CFIF’s Renee Giachino discusses the latest push by Congressional Democrats to amend the U.S. Constitution to grant Congress the power to further stifle political speech. 

In an interview with CFIF, Marita Noon, Executive Director of Energy Makes America Great, discusses the latest dubious efforts by extreme environmentalists to keep private property owners from selling, developing or using their land.

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.

CFIF’s Renee Giachino discusses the national scandal engulfing the Veterans Administration (“VA”), the systemic dysfunction that plagues the VA, and the need for meaningful and comprehensive reform of a system that has failed to adequately serve our veterans and their families with the respect and service they deserve.

Lee:  “Net Neutrality” and “Title II”: A Brief Primer on Two Dangerous Ideas
Senik:  Yes, the VA Is a Real Scandal; No, Obama Won’t Do Anything About It
Ellis:  How to Calculate Your ObamaCare HIT (Health Insurance Tax)

Podcast:  Boko Haram: Terrorism in Nigeria
Jester’s Courtroom:  This Lawsuit is Priceless

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, Caitlin Poling, Director of Government Relations at the Foreign Policy Initiative, discusses terrorism in Africa, the kidnapping situation in Nigeria and why in 2012 then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton decided Boko Haram did not warrant a foreign terrorist organization designation.

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.

Senik:  Liberal Insanity on Mental Health
Lee:  While IRS Scandal Deepens, Liberals Undertake a Rewrite of the First Amendment
Ellis:  ObamaCare Exchanges Wasting Huge Sums of Taxpayer Money

Video:  The Respect Our Veterans Deserve
Podcast:  Conservatism’s Disagreements with Progressivism
Jester’s Courtroom:  Here We Go Again 

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

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