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In this week’s Freedom Minute, CFIF’s Renee Giachino discusses how everyday American workers are being used as political pawns to advance the job-killing agenda of big labor unions.  

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.

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.

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

Senik:  10 Big Lies from the Obama Administration
Ellis:  Obama Preaches Newest Version of Tax “Bracket Creep”
Hillyer:  Lawless Obama Courts Defeat
Lee:  Warren Buffett: Hypocritical and Factually Incorrect in Calling for Higher Taxes
Ellis:  Obama Lectures Carmakers on How to Run a Business

Freedom Minute Video:  The President’s Vacation from Reality
Podcast:  CEI’s Sam Kazman Discusses New Fuel Economy Mandates
Jester’s Courtroom:  Team Loyalty Leads to Lawsuit

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.

In an interview with CFIF, Sam Kazman, General Counsel at the Competitive Enterprise Institute and head of its Death by Regulation project, discusses why the administration’s proposed ultra-CAFE standards risk lives, compromise auto reliability and increase costs for consumers.

Listen to the interview here.

In this week’s Freedom Minute, CFIF’s Renee Giachino comments on President Obama’s 10-day holiday in the posh New England retreat of Martha’s Vineyard as the nation’s economy reels and everyday Americans are forced to tighten their family budgets.

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.

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

Hillyer:  Against Bernanke’s Market Manipulations
Lee:  Do Recent Events Show the World Is Falling Apart, or Reaffirm Timeless Principles?
Ellis:  Liberals Can’t Tell the Truth About Social Security Funding
Senik:  Debt Crisis Reveals America’s Quarter-Life Crisis
Rep. Jeff Miller:  The Battlefield Cross

Freedom Minute Video:  The Nanny State: Coming to a Lemonade Stand Near You
Podcast:  “Stealing You Blind” – Interview with CEI’s Iain Murray
Jester’s Courtroom:  Dog’s Best Friend Seeks $11 Million

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.

In an interview with CFIF, Iain Murray, Vice President for Strategy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, discusses his latest book, “Stealing You Blind: How Government Fat Cats Are Getting Rich Off Of You,”  and how the U.S. government has become a money pit filled with golden pensions, suffocating regulations and layers of bureaucracy.

Listen to the interview here.

In this week’s Freedom Minute, CFIF’s Renee Giachino discusses how overzealous authorities are shutting down children’s lemonade stands across the country.  Giachino asks the question, “Could there be any more perfect metaphor for how government gets in the way of achieving the American dream?”

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.

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

Ellis:  Connie Mack: Trying to Balance the Budget a Few (Trillion) Pennies at a Time
Lee:  What Constitutes “Poverty” In America Today
Senik:  Out of Balance: Why the Critics Are Wrong About the Balanced Budget Amendment
Hillyer:  Smaller Torts Make for Savory Politics

Freedom Minute Video:  The President’s “Balanced Approach”: Still More Government Than We Can Afford
Podcast:  The Judicial Fate of ObamaCare
Jester’s Courtroom:  Cross Makes Plaintiffs Physically Ill

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.

In an interview with CFIF, Todd Gaziano, Director of the Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at the Heritage Foundation, discusses the outlook for the 26-state lawsuit against ObamaCare, which is soon to be decided at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.

Listen to the interview here.

In this week’s “Freedom Minute,” CFIF’s Renee Giachino explains why President Obama’s “balanced approach” of tax increases and spending cuts for fixing the nation’s fiscal woes is far from balanced in terms of its effects on the American people and U.S. economy.

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.

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

Hillyer:  Next Step: Growth
Lee:  Mutiny: Even Liberal Democrats Blast Obama’s New Auto Mandates
Senik:  Leaving the Heavens Behind: What the End of the Space Shuttle Program Means for America’s Future

Freedom Minute Video:  John Kasich’s “Silent Revolution” in Ohio
Podcast:  Why We Should Fear the Food Police
Jester’s Courtroom:  With This Ring, I Thee Sue

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.

In an interview with CFIF, Julie Gunlock, senior fellow at the Independent Women’s Forum, discusses the government’s growing involvement in our food choices and why it is not the government’s job to tell adults what they can or cannot eat.

Listen to the interview here.