Video News Report: Lois Lerner 'very close' to top official in Cincinnati Office

News reporter Ben Swann at WXIX Fox 19 in Cincinnati is one of the best in the business at his level. He's a dogged reporter who doesn't take the path of least resistance. Well, he's done it again. In fact, if the IRS had it to do over agin, it probably wouldn't have selected Cincinnati as the city to house its tax-exempt office.

This is true journalism from a local reporter. Note how Swann presents the organizational chart and explains that Lerner visited the head of the Cincinnati - Cindy Thomas - office multiple times. In fact, Thomas apparently visited the office more than did the woman between those two on the organizational chart - Holly Paz - did.

Pulitzer-worthy, indeed.

Then again, getting a Pulitzer these days is often a badge of shame.

Via Breitbart:

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Video: Senate candidate from Massachusetts (and former Navy SEAL) calls Democrat Opponent 'Pond Scum'

Gabriel Gomez is a former Navy SEAL who is running for Senate in 2014. His opponent is Rep. Ed Markey, a smarmy Democrat. In an ad, Markey's group juxtaposed an image of Gomez with an image of Osama bin Laden in an attempt to depict Gomez as going after Obama for killing bin Laden. Obviously, Gomez's problem was with the fanfare that came with bin Laden's killing. When a reporter asked Gomez about his problem with Markey's ad, the response included a reference to Markey being 'pond scum'.

For the record, in addition to being 'pond scum', Markey is also a registered socialist.

Via WFB:



Here is the ad that prompted Gomez to refer to Markey as 'pond scum'.



When it comes to Republicans in the Senate, we could use a lot more of these guys and a lot fewer McCains.

Video: Ted Cruz Rips John McCain from Senate floor; does so without saying his name while also using the term 'Wacko Birds'

Another awesome Ted Cruz Senate floor speech. He packs a whole bunch of deliciousness into this one it's difficult to chronicle. First, the root argument. Essentially, at the heart of Cruz's argument is that a super majority threshold should be required to raise the debt ceiling.

Everything else includes the following:

1. Outing his Republican colleagues for engaging in a Kabuki dance.
2. Ripping John McCain more politely than anyone could have possibly done.
3. Getting even more mileage out of McCain's 'wacko birds' comment a few months ago in response to Rand Paul's filibuster.

Though you don't McCain in this video, he was obviously in the room and was likely quite red.

h/t Hot Air