Matt Ross

Just a few thoughts while watching today’s House Oversight Committee hearings about the IRS scandal: Thought bubble over Doug Shulman’s head: “Y’know, in retrospect, I should have pleaded the Fifth, too.” #Guilty #Perjury — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) May 22, 2013 Shulman is now picturing himself on the evening news getting perp-walked in an orange [...] - Matt Ross

The news that Ibragim Todashev was shot to death by an FBI agent in Orlando last night has gotten widespread attention because of the connection between Todashev, a Chechen immigrant, and Boston marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev: The FBI spent three hours Tuesday interviewing both Todashev and a friend, Khusen Taramov, who told Orlando’s WESH-TV that agents had taken [...] - Matt Ross

– compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Senate Panel Approves Sweeping Immigration Bill Leahy’s same-sex marriage amendment defeated; Hatch’s increase in tech visas approved Government Drops One Charge Against Wikileaker Charge of leaking State Department cable dropped Top Figures Barred From Iran’s June Ballot Former president Rafsanjani, aide to Ahamdinejad among many booted from ballot POLITICS [...] - Matt Ross

My 14-year-old son stayed home from school today sick, and put the TV on the Military Channel where, among other shows, we watched a documentary about the Battle of Hill 875 in Vietnam. To call this a battle is something of a misnomer: It was a horrible blunder, a senseless slaughter caused by poor strategy [...] - Matt Ross

Ex-Diplomats Report New Benghazi Whistleblowers with Info Devastating to Clinton and Obama – Roger L. Simon, PJ Media Benghazi witness points finger at Clinton on lapses in consulate security – Julian Pecquet, The Hill New whistleblowers coming forward on Benghazi? – Ed Morrissey, Hot Air Lawmakers dig into life-and-death issues of Benghazi – Byron York, [...] - Matt Ross