TMB: Extensive Collaboration Between EPA, Environmentalist Orgs, Emails Show‏ and more

Extensive Collaboration Between EPA, Environmentalist Orgs, Emails Show
By Lachlan MarkayInternal Environmental Protection Agency emails show extensive collaboration between top agency officials and leading environmentalist groups, including overt efforts to coordinate messaging and pressure the fossil fuel industry.

Chinese Defense Ministry Confirms Hypersonic Missile Test
By Bill GertzChina’s Defense Ministry on Wednesday confirmed that weapons designers recently conducted the first test of an ultra-high speed missile vehicle considered cutting edge military technology.

UCLA Prof Urges Those With ‘a Jewish Sounding Name’ to Lobby Against Iran Bill
By Adam KredoA UCLA professor is urging those who “have a Jewish-sounding name” to lobby their senators against a new bipartisan measure that would level sanctions on Iran.


Harry Reid Obstructing Vote on Iran Sanctions
By Adam KredoSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D., Nev.) ongoing refusal to permit a vote on new Iran sanctions legislation is drawing the ire of the majority of senators who support the bill.


Omnibus Bans Taxpayer Funding for Official Portraits
By Elizabeth HarringtonThe $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill, if passed, will save taxpayers money by banning federal funding for official portraits of the president, members of his cabinet, and Congress.

Ignoring Threat from Al Qaeda Endangers Homeland, Experts Warn
By Ellison BarberWitnesses attacked the premise that al Qaeda is no longer a prevalent threat to U.S. national security at a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing Wednesday.

The Provincialism of Film Critics
By Sonny BunchOver at the Federalist, Mollie Hemingway has a pretty interesting piece up comparing and contrasting the critical response to 12 Years a Slave and The Passion of the Christ. 


See the Americans for Prosperity Ad That Has Democrats Running Scared

By WFB StaffAmericans for Prosperity has released an ad targeting Sen. Kay Hagan (D., N.C.) for her support of Obamacare. Since September Americans for Prosperity has released multiple ads calling out Democrats by name for supporting Obamacare.