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December 20th, 2013 at 10:45 am
Liberty Update
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This week’s edition of the Liberty Update, CFIF’s weekly e-newsletter, is out. Below is a summary of its contents:

Lee:  Gallup:  Obama Has Driven Americans’ Fear of Government to Record High
Senik:  Obama’s Inequality Canard
Ellis:  ObamaCare is Broken. Republicans Shouldn’t Fix It.
Hillyer:  How to Win the Next Budgetary Fight

Video:  2013’s Naughty and Nice List
Podcast:  The Latest IRS Targeting – Interview w/Former FEC Chairman Brad Smith
Jester’s Courtroom:  Christmas “Grinch” Gets 70 Years

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

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December 19th, 2013 at 2:56 pm
Podcast – The Senate Filibuster Rules Change: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
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In an interview with CFIF, Carrie Severino, Chief Counsel and Policy Director of the Judicial Crisis Network, discusses the Senate filibuster rules change and judicial nominations to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

Listen to the interview here.

December 18th, 2013 at 11:07 am
Ramirez Cartoon: Sheep In Wolf’s Clothing
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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.

December 13th, 2013 at 12:05 pm
This Week’s Liberty Update
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Center For Individual Freedom - Liberty Update

This week’s edition of the Liberty Update, CFIF’s weekly e-newsletter, is out. Below is a summary of its contents:

Lee:  Groundhog Day? IRS Renews Targeting of Libertarian, Conservative Groups
Ellis:  ObamaCare Defender Fudges the Truth Even Further
Senik:  Obama’s Obsequious Foreign Policy
Hillyer:  What’s Left in the Media? (Almost Everything)

Video:  2013’s Naughty and Nice List
Podcast:  The Truth About the IRS Scandals
Jester’s Courtroom:  As the World Turns

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

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December 13th, 2013 at 9:50 am
Podcast: The Truth About the IRS Scandals
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In an interview with CFIF, Charles C. Johnson, investigative journalist and researcher, discusses the IRS’s most recent proposed rules regarding political activity of non-profit social welfare organizations, and what can be done about the latest IRS scandals ranging from targeting of conservative groups to leaking of tax information.

Listen to the interview here.

December 6th, 2013 at 11:50 am
This Week’s Liberty Update
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Center For Individual Freedom - Liberty Update

This week’s edition of the Liberty Update, CFIF’s weekly e-newsletter, is out. Below is a summary of its contents:

Lee:  New Tax Numbers Rebut Obama’s Class Warfare Pivot
Senik:  Big Government, Eroding the Founders’ Design
Ellis:  John Roberts and ObamaCare, Part II

Podcast:  Is Over-Regulation Impacting Transportation Safety?
Jester’s Courtroom:  Will the ACT Fail the Confidentiality Test?

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

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December 6th, 2013 at 10:20 am
Nelson Mandela: 1918 – 2013
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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.

December 6th, 2013 at 9:14 am
Podcast: Is Over-Regulation Impacting Transportation Safety?
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In an interview with CFIF, Marc Sribner, Research Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, discusses transportation safety and security, vehicle automation and self-driving, and airline merger and antitrust nonsense, all in the context of government over-regulation.

Listen to the interview here.

December 5th, 2013 at 8:57 am
Ramirez Cartoon: The Obama Foreign Policy
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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.

December 2nd, 2013 at 3:12 pm
Podcast: Right to Work
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Aloysius Hogan, Senior Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, discusses recent efforts to repeal laws that require workers to pay union dues as a condition of employment, why union membership offers little value, and a Supreme Court challenge to union practices.

Listen to the interview here.

December 2nd, 2013 at 1:38 pm
RADIO SHOW LINEUP: CFIF’s Renee Giachino Hosts “Your Turn” on WEBY Radio 1330 AM
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Join CFIF Corporate Counsel and Senior Vice President Renee Giachino today from 4:00 p.m. CST to 6:00 p.m. CST (that’s 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. EST) on Northwest Florida’s 1330 AM WEBY, as she hosts her radio show, “Your Turn: Meeting Nonsense with Commonsense.”  Today’s guest lineup includes:

4:00 (CST)/5:00 pm (EST): Lt. Colonel Oliver North, USMC (Ret.) and former member of National Security Council staff: “American Heroes on the Homefront: The Hearts of Heroes;”

4:30 (CST)/5:30 pm (EST): Marc Scribner, Research Fellow at Competitive Enterprise Institute: Airline Merger and Antitrust Nonsense;

5:00 (CST)/6:00 pm (EST): Charles Johnson, Investigative Journalist and Researcher: “The Truth about the IRS Scandals;” and

5:30 (CST)/6:30 pm (EST): Sally Pipes, President and Chief Executive Officer of Pacific Research Institute: Here Come More ObamaCare Lawsuits 

Listen live on the Internet here.   Call in to share your comments or ask questions of today’s guests at (850) 623-1330.

December 1st, 2013 at 9:51 am
Ramirez Cartoon: Trouble Filling Jimmy Carter’s Shoes
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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.

November 25th, 2013 at 11:46 am
Ramirez Cartoon: Mr. Reid Goes to Washington
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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.

November 22nd, 2013 at 11:00 am
This Week’s Liberty Update
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This week’s edition of the Liberty Update, CFIF’s weekly e-newsletter, is out. Below is a summary of its contents:

Lee:  Fifty Years Later: JFK Conspiracy Theories Rightfully Erode
Ellis:  Five Huge Problems With Latest ObamaCare “Fix”
Senik:  Want to Reduce Corruption? Reduce the Size of Government

Podcast:  Interview w/ Jennifer Gratz on Affirmative Action
Jester’s Courtroom:  Threat of Lawsuit Cancels Christmas for Some Children

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

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November 19th, 2013 at 9:30 am
Ramirez Cartoon: You Can Keep Your Health Plan, BUT…
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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.

November 15th, 2013 at 1:19 pm
Podcast: Battle Continues in Education over Common Core
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In an interview with CFIF, Michael Brickman, National Policy Director at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, discusses Common Core, the national education curriculum adopted by 45 states and the District of Columbia, and the impact of Common Core on American competitiveness.

Listen to the interview here.

November 15th, 2013 at 12:00 pm
This Week’s Liberty Update
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This week’s edition of the Liberty Update, CFIF’s weekly e-newsletter, is out. Below is a summary of its contents:

Senik:  Obama’s Rhetorical Skill Now His Biggest Liability
Hillyer:  Mr. Obama’s Utter Destructiveness
Ellis:  Obama Admin Caves to Union Pressure, Proposes Tax Exemption

Video:  The Buck Stops Nowhere
Podcast:  Battle Continues in Education over Common Core
Jester’s Courtroom:  Take Me Out to the…Courtroom

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

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November 15th, 2013 at 9:17 am
Video: The Buck Stops Nowhere
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From the IRS targeting of conservatives to Benghazi to now ObamaCare, CFIF’s Renee Giachino discusses how there is no real accountability in the Obama Administration.

Watch this week’s Freedom Minute below.

 

November 13th, 2013 at 4:50 pm
Ramirez Cartoon: What Obama Meant Was…
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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.

November 8th, 2013 at 10:30 am
This Week’s Liberty Update
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Center For Individual Freedom - Liberty Update

This week’s edition of the Liberty Update, CFIF’s weekly e-newsletter, is out. Below is a summary of its contents:

Senik:  Is Obama Even Interested in His Job Anymore?
Ellis:  ObamaCare Lies & Incompetence May Be Enough To Bring It Down
Hillyer:  Can Cuccinelli Continue?

Video:  Honoring the U.S. Armed Forces
Podcast:  Six Reasons Why ObamaCare Will Fail
Jester’s Courtroom:  Yelp Writers Sue for Help

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

If you are not already signed up to receive CFIF’s Liberty Update by e-mail, sign up here.