The Daily Dolt http://www.thedailydolt.com Now With 20% More Patriotism! Wed, 22 May 2013 21:55:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 IRS Update: America’s Most Hated Gov Agency Pretty Terrible at Public Relations http://www.thedailydolt.com/2013/05/22/irs-nonprofit-chief-lois-lerner-i-have-done-nothing-wrong-fifth-amendment/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=irs-nonprofit-chief-lois-lerner-i-have-done-nothing-wrong-fifth-amendment http://www.thedailydolt.com/2013/05/22/irs-nonprofit-chief-lois-lerner-i-have-done-nothing-wrong-fifth-amendment/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 16:59:30 +0000 Linda (The Daily Dolt) http://www.thedailydolt.com/?p=8138
Lois Lerner, the IRS's nonprofit division chief, pled the 5th Amendment at today's Senate hearing, claiming, "I have not done anything wrong."

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Dick Cheney Benghazi attack "one of the worst incidents." Well, besides the Bush presidency, that is. Bush had the most embassy attacks in history. Video

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]]> http://www.thedailydolt.com/2013/05/15/dick-cheney-benghazi-embassy-worst-bush/feed/ 9 Hispanic Republican Beginning to Think Party Doesn’t Care Much for Hispanics http://www.thedailydolt.com/2013/05/14/pablo-pantoja-gop-florida-hispanic-director-leaves-republican-party-registers-democrat/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pablo-pantoja-gop-florida-hispanic-director-leaves-republican-party-registers-democrat http://www.thedailydolt.com/2013/05/14/pablo-pantoja-gop-florida-hispanic-director-leaves-republican-party-registers-democrat/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 14:04:18 +0000 Linda (The Daily Dolt) http://www.thedailydolt.com/?p=8058
Pablo Pantoja, the Republican National Committee's Florida Director of Hispanic Outreach, pens amazing email: I'm leaving GOP in protest & joining Democrats

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]]> http://www.thedailydolt.com/2013/05/14/pablo-pantoja-gop-florida-hispanic-director-leaves-republican-party-registers-democrat/feed/ 2 Michele Bachmann: 9/11 Was a Sinside Job http://www.thedailydolt.com/2013/05/12/michele-bachmann-claims-911-benghazi-were-judgment-from-god/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=michele-bachmann-claims-911-benghazi-were-judgment-from-god http://www.thedailydolt.com/2013/05/12/michele-bachmann-claims-911-benghazi-were-judgment-from-god/#comments Sun, 12 May 2013 17:50:45 +0000 Mike Blejer http://www.thedailydolt.com/?p=8019
Michele Bachmann claims September 11, 2001 and the 2012 Benghazi embassy attacks were judgments from God, calls for 9/11 Day of Prayer and Fasting.

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Texas Senator John Cornyn at Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on immigration complains about the judicial nomination process he's blocking. More derp: claims illegal immigrants "wearing some form of turban" are crossing the border.

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The website for the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) was hacked this week, redirecting users to hundreds of advertisements for erectile dysfunction. The site, which recently underwent a super hip BuzzFeed makeover, was temporarily unable to serve up definitely-going-viral-any-moment-now content such as, “13 Animals That Are Really Bummed on Obamacare’s Third Birthday.” The SEO-friendly links [...]

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  According to  Tea Party Rep. Billy Long (R-MO), residents of Missouri’s 7th congressional district simply cannot get enough of the draconian sequester cuts that are universally reviled by the rest of the nation: The people that I’ve talked to seem to be doing well. In fact, when I got out in restaurants here in [...]

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]]> http://www.thedailydolt.com/2013/05/03/congressman-calls-for-more-sequestration-for-constituents-shorter-political-career-for-self/feed/ 2 Congressman: Let’s Just Eliminate Useful Information Altogether http://www.thedailydolt.com/2013/05/01/south-carolina-congressman-lets-just-eliminate-useful-statistics-altogether/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=south-carolina-congressman-lets-just-eliminate-useful-statistics-altogether http://www.thedailydolt.com/2013/05/01/south-carolina-congressman-lets-just-eliminate-useful-statistics-altogether/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 17:42:08 +0000 Linda (The Daily Dolt) http://www.thedailydolt.com/?p=7846
Tea Party Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.) has proposed a bill that would end the government's ability to provide any of the major economic indices, including reliable unemployment or GDP figures.

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Speaking in opposition to immigration reform, former Tea Party Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) argued this week that the U.S. government needs to start profiling “young Muslim men” in light of the Boston bombings, because we’re at war with them: We’re at war, and this country got a stark reminder last week again that we’re at war. And [...]

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Taking time off from their busy schedule supporting discriminatory voter-ID measures, telling their employees whom to vote for, and funding climate change skeptic organizations, Charles and David Koch are making a play to purchase The Tribune Company’s eight newspapers. Though Koch Industries spokeswoman Melissa Cohlmia says it is “longstanding policy not to comment on deals or [...]

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