TMB: AIPAC ‘Neutered’ on New Iran Sanctions‏ Plus More

AIPAC ‘Neutered’ on New Iran Sanctions  

BY ADAM KREDO The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is staying silent about a new congressional amendment that would level fresh economic sanctions on Iran, leading some insiders to say that the pro-Israel lobbying group has been “neutered” following a high profile defeat last month.

 

Reid Rage

BY ANDREW STILES Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) took to the Senate floor on two separate occasions Wednesday to attack libertarian philanthropy barons Charles and David Koch.

 

‘The Imperial Presidency’

BY ELIZABETH HARRINGTON Members of Congress and constitutional law experts testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, warning that the legislative branch is in danger of ceding its power in the face of an “imperial presidency.”

 

EPA Officials Obstructed Fraud Investigation

BY CJ CIARAMELLA Several Environmental Protection Agency employees obstructed an investigation into the mismanagement that allowed a senior EPA official to bilk taxpayers for nearly $900,000, the EPA Inspector General said in a letter to Sen. David Vitter (R., La.) released Wednesday.

 

Five Questions for Edward Snowden

BY THE EDITORS The Washington Free Beacon has long considered itself an anti-traitor website. But we would very much like to interview Snowden. Here are five questions for him.

 

El Salvador Could Be the Next Venezuela

BY DANIEL WISER El Salvador could morph into another Venezuela if the current ruling party retains control in presidential runoff elections next month, a leading expert on the region tells the Washington Free Beacon.

 

D.C. > New York City

By Sonny Bunch

New Yorkers love to jabber on about how great their city is. I’m curious to see how that holds up in the DeBlasio era, given that the new mayor is just as antagonistic toward freedom as Michael Bloomberg was and he seems intent on making rich and poor suffer equally.

UCLA Student Curses and Cries After Anti-Israel Measure Fails By WFB StaffA UCLA student burst into tears and launched into a mostly incomprehensible anti-Israel rant on Wednesday after her fellow students voted to defeat a student council resolution aimed at divesting from the Jewish state.