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March 25th, 2013 at 2:56 pm
Ramirez Cartoon: Election 2012 Autopsy
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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.

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March 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:  Dangerous “Marketplace Fairness Act” Would Increase Sales Taxes and Expand State Taxation Authority
Hillyer:  Labor Nominee Puts Landrieu in Quandary
Ellis:  Gun Control Could Kill Senate’s Democratic Majority

Podcast:  SCOTUS Roundup and Cybersecurity – Interview with Wiley Rein LLP’s Megan Brown
Jester’s Courtroom:  College Settles Animal House-like Suit

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

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March 22nd, 2013 at 9:32 am
Podcast: Combating Cyber-Terrorism and SCOTUS
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In an interview with CFIF, Megan L. Brown, a partner at Wiley Rein LLP in Washington, D.C., discusses President Obama’s Executive Order on cyber-security and provides a general overview of cases decided and yet to be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court this term.

Listen to the interview here.

March 22nd, 2013 at 8:43 am
Ramirez Cartoon: Weapon of Mass Destruction
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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.

March 20th, 2013 at 8:20 am
Ramirez Cartoon: Banks of Cyprus
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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.

March 18th, 2013 at 10:56 am
Ramirez Cartoon: The Presidential Charm Offensive
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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.

March 15th, 2013 at 10:31 am
Video: Sequester Hysteria
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In this week’s Freedom Minute, CFIF’s Renee Giachino offers a dose of reality in response to the administration’s sequester hysteria.

March 12th, 2013 at 10:01 am
Ramirez Cartoon: Barack the Giant Slayer
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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.

March 11th, 2013 at 9:51 am
Ramirez Cartoon: Iran Nuclear Threat
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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.

March 8th, 2013 at 11:58 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:

Ellis:  Kerry’s Foreign Aid to Egypt Paving Way for Islamic State?
Lee:  CBO Report Shows Excessive Spending, Not Insufficient Taxation, Explains Our Deficits
Hillyer:  Conservatives Have Won Some Spending Victories

Podcast:  Do Sin Taxes Increase Public Health or the Public Coffers?
Jester’s Courtroom:  This Bud’s (and Lawsuit) for You

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

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March 8th, 2013 at 8:32 am
Podcast: Do Sin Taxes Increase Public Health or the Public Coffers?
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In an interview with CFIF, Michelle Minton, Consumer Policy Studies Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, discusses “The Wage of Sin Taxes,” why they do nothing to reduce societal costs, how NYC Mayor Bloomberg’s ban on big soda could spoil family pizza night, and what’s wrong with proposed energy drink bans.

Listen to the interview here.

March 6th, 2013 at 5:04 am
Ramirez Cartoon: The Wolf Who Cried Wolf
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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.

March 5th, 2013 at 10:52 am
Ramirez Cartoon: Exaggerating the Sequester Cuts
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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.

March 4th, 2013 at 3:06 pm
Pocast: Virginia AG Cuccinelli Discusses “The New Fight for American Liberty”
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In an interview with CFIF, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli discusses the role of the states to protect individual liberty and push back against an expansive federal government, and his new book, “The Last Line of Defense: The New Fight for American Liberty.”

Listen to the interview here.

March 1st, 2013 at 1:00 pm
This Week’s Liberty Update
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March 1st, 2013 at 12:20 pm
Podcast: Rep. Steven Palazzo Discusses His “Right to Refuse” Amendment
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In an interview with CFIF, Congressman Steven Palazzo (R-MS) discusses his proposed Constitutional Amendment (H.J. Res. 28) that, if passed and ratified, will effectively abolish ObamaCare’s mandate tax and permanently limit Congress’ power to impose taxes as  penalty simply for choosing not to purchase goods or services.

Listen to the interview here.

March 1st, 2013 at 9:00 am
Video: The Felons’ Full Employment Program
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In this week’s Freedom Minute, CFIF’s Renee Giachino argues that we should lock up and throw away the key on new EEOC regulations that say employers can now be sued for discrimination if they fail to hire convicted criminals.  

February 26th, 2013 at 10:37 am
Ramirez Cartoon: Obama’s Spending Problem
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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.

February 15th, 2013 at 11:20 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:  We’re #1?  America’s 39% Corporate Tax Rate Now Developed World’s Highest
Ellis:  Oklahoma Challenges IRS Interpretation of ObamaCare Subsidy
Hillyer:  The Right’s Rising Stars: Too Much of a Good Thing?

Freedom Minute Video:  Intellectual Property and the American Dream
Podcast:  Controversies Surrounding the Use of Drones – Interview w/Pepperdine Law Professor Gregory McNeal
Jester’s Courtroom:  Witness to Shooting Fires Off Lawsuit

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

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February 15th, 2013 at 10:13 am
Video: Intellectual Property and the American Dream
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In this week’s Freedom Minute, CFIF’s Renee Giachino discusses how recent efforts to erode fundamental intellectual property rights are in fact a direct assault on the American dream.