What’s interesting in the news today?

The President’s proposed budget is taking heat from the left.

From TheHill

“Progressive groups and lawmakers, including Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), are  blasting the Obama administration for cuts to Social Security and other programs  expected to be unveiled in the president’s budget next week.

One  progressive group, Democracy for America, is threatening primary challenges to  those Democrats who support the cuts.”

““The Senate just last month went on record in opposition to the president’s  approach. In poll after poll, the American people are overwhelmingly against  cutting Social Security. And organizations representing a broad spectrum of  millions of Americans from the AFL-CIO to the American Legion to AARP to NOW  have urged the president not to make this terrible mistake,” Sanders said in a  statement.”

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The White House is fighting a subpoena from the Catholic Church on the birth control issue.

From Reuters

“The Obama administration has gone to court to try to block a subpoena from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York seeking White House documents about the government’s requirement of insurance coverage for birth control.

The subpoena requesting documents from President Barack Obama and his senior advisers would be burdensome to fulfill, the administration said in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Citing U.S. Supreme Court precedent, the suit also argues that civil subpoenas of the president’s executive office are inappropriate except in extraordinary circumstances.”

Not surprising. There’s a lot they don’t want seen.

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The new unemployment numbers are out. While the rate lowered, things are actually worse. More fuzzy math and disappeared workers.

From CNSNews

“A record 89,967,000 Americans were not in the labor force in March, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is an increase of 663,000 from the 89,304,000 Americans who were not in the labor force in February.

Since President Barack Obama was first inaugurated in January 2009, 9,460,000 people have dropped out of the labor force.”

Here’s some nice Tweets to put it in perspective for ya’.

James Pethokoukis@JimPethokoukis

Recovery? Anyone?

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Jake Tapper states the obvious.

From TheWashingtonTimes

“Mr. Tapper quoted the president as saying, “It is possible for us to create  common sense gun safety measures that respect the traditions of gun ownership in  the country, and hunters and sportsman, but also make sure that we don’t have 20  children in a classroom  gunned down by a semi-automatic weapon — by a fully automatic weapon in that  case.”

Mr. Tapper corrected Mr. Obama, pointing out that the weapons used in the  Newtown, Conn., massacre were semi-automatic. He also reminded his audience  about an interview on ABC’s “Nightline” just days after the shooting in which  Mr. Bloomberg described the weapons used in the attack with characteristics only  fully-automatic weapons possess.

“It might help the advocates of gun control if, in their advocacy for  stricter measures, they seemed more familiar with what they are trying to ban,” Mr. Tapper said.”

They have no clue. Most don’t even seem to have a basic understanding of what they’re talking about.

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Trayvon Martin’s parents have settled a civil suit with the Homeowners Association.

From FoxNews

“Trayvon Martin’s parents have settled a wrongful death claim for an amount  believed to be more than $1 million against a Florida homeowners association  where their teen son was killed, Fox News confirms. ”

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This one I find personally insulting, as I’m sure will many other vets. This is what happens when liberals with agendas run the military. The Army claims it was an isolated incident. And where did this govt employee get this info on scary terror groups like us? Why the SPLC of course. Disgusting.

From FoxNews

“A U.S. Army training instructor listed Evangelical Christianity and Catholicism as examples of religious extremism along with Al Qaeda and Hamas during a briefing with an Army Reserve unit based in Pennsylvania, Fox News has learned.

We find this offensive to have Evangelical Christians and the Catholic Church to be listed among known terrorist groups,” said Ron Crews, executive director of the Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty. “It is dishonorable for any U.S. military entity to allow this type of wrongheaded characterization.”

The incident occurred during an Army Reserve Equal Opportunity training brief on extremism. Topping the list is Evangelical Christianity. Other organizations listed included Catholicism, Al Qaeda, Hamas, the Ku Klux Klan, Sunni Muslims, and Nation of Islam.”

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And lastly this. I linked to something on this before, but then the judge issued a gag and the subject was dropped. Needless to say, prosecutors sought to keep this info from the record. And the public.

From HotAir

“In a revelation that may have Colorado voters rethinking their state’s push on gun control, court documents revealed that the mass shooting in Aurora that killed 12 and injured 70 more could have been prevented by law enforcement.  The psychiatrist for suspect, James Holmes, had warned campus police that Holmes was dangerous and homicidal a month before the shooting took place.  Lynne Fenton even told the police that Holmes had begun to stalk and threaten her, and yet no action was apparently taken:

Lynne Fenton, a psychiatrist at the Denver campus, told police that Holmes had also “threatened and harassed her via email/text messages” in June 2012. He is standing trial for the July 20 shooting rampage that killed 12 and injured 70 during a midnight premiere of the latest Batman movie. …

Soon after the shooting, university police said they had not had any contact with Holmes, a graduate student doing neuroscience research. But a search warrant affidavit released Thursday revealed that an officer had told investigators that Fenton had contacted her to report “his danger to the public due to homicidal statements he had made.””

“The prosecution had tried to keep these records sealed, and it’s not difficult to see why.  (They can be viewed at KUSA’s website, where they were posted last night.) The narrative from political and law-enforcement leaders in Colorado has been that this could have been anyone with a gun who just flipped out, and a society without gun control cannot hope to stop it.  But Holmes didn’t just flip out shortly before the murder, and police had ample warning of the danger he presented.”

More gun laws wasn’t the solution to this. The police enforcing existing laws may have prevented it. There were plenty of laws broken that would warrant arrest. Yet he wasn’t even interviewed. Amazing.

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