MEDIA FAIL: POLL SHOWS OBAMA LOST PUBLIC TRUST

◼ While our corrupt media has done its best to turn the page on Barack Obama's myriad of scandals, the deep-dive numbers in a new Fox News poll are absolutely devastating for the president. These numbers also reflect what we are seeing in other polls and Obama's overall approval ratings -- though the media are willfully ignoring reporting on both. - John Nolte/Breitbart

-- 56 percent of voters believe Obama did not try to rescue the doomed garrison in Benghazi, Libya because he didn’t want to risk his re-election.

-- 62 percent agree that Obama’s NSA phone surveillance constitutes “an unacceptable and alarming invasion of privacy rights.”

-- 63 percent believe that Obama’s Justice Department seized reporter’s records for political reasons, compared to 29 percent who take the administration’s national security argument to be true.

-- 68 percent believe that the White House isn’t telling the truth about the targeting of the president’s political enemies by the IRS. Just 24 percent believe the White House line that Team Obama neither directed nor was aware of the targeting.

-- 74 percent said that when it comes to openness and transparency, the Obama administration is either the same or worse than George W. Bush’s administration.

The first number, showing a full 56% believe Obama ignored the pleas for help from our diplomats in Libya for political purposes, is a mind-blower. It also proves that the mainstream media's attempt to downplay the scandal, and to vigorously fight against the truth getting out, is simply not working. - More, at the link.

Why the IRS IG Stopped with an Audit

◼ Probably in part because the Obama administration intimidates inspector generals. - National Review Online, by Gerald Walpin

This administration’s treatment of IGs is not conducive to active, independent, and objective inspectors general, and explains at least in part why key questions about the IRS still have not been asked or investigated.

Ralph Nader: 'Has There Been a Bigger Con Man in the White House Than Barack Obama?'

◼ Appearing on Democracy Now!, Nader asked host Amy Goodman, "Has there been a bigger con man in the White House than Barack Obama?" (video follows with transcript and commentary): - Noel Shappard/Newsbusters

Readers are advised that Nader made these recent comments on June 4 prior to Edward Snowden's revelations concerning the National Security Agency reviewing everyone's phone records.

Imagine what Nader might say about Obama now.

GCHQ intercepted foreign politicians' communications at G20 summits

◼ Exclusive: phones were monitored and fake internet cafes set up to gather information from allies in London in 2009 - Ewen MacAskill, Nick Davies, Nick Hopkins, Julian Borger and James Ball/The Guardian

Foreign politicians and officials who took part in two G20 summit meetings in London in 2009 had their computers monitored and their phone calls intercepted on the instructions of their British government hosts, according to documents seen by the Guardian. Some delegates were tricked into using internet cafes which had been set up by British intelligence agencies to read their email traffic.

The revelation comes as Britain prepares to host another summit on Monday – for the G8 nations, all of whom attended the 2009 meetings which were the object of the systematic spying. It is likely to lead to some tension among visiting delegates who will want the prime minister to explain whether they were targets in 2009 and whether the exercise is to be repeated this week.

The disclosure raises new questions about the boundaries of surveillance by GCHQ and its American sister organisation, the National Security Agency, whose access to phone records and internet data has been defended as necessary in the fight against terrorism and serious crime. The G20 spying appears to have been organised for the more mundane purpose of securing an advantage in meetings....

Ted Cruz celebrates Father’s Day: My Dad has been my hero

◼ On his Facebook page this morning, Sen. Ted Cruz celebrated Father’s Day by paying tribute to his father Rafael, who left Cuba to come to America. - Charlie Spiering/Washington Examiner @charlesspiering

"I'd like to wish all the fathers out there a wonderful Father’s Day. Take your kids to the park, hug them tightly, tell them you love them, and thank God for them and for His many blessings on your family. There’s no more important job than being a father, and a strong, loving Dad gives every child the foundation he or she needs to brave this world.

My own Dad has been my hero my entire life. He is a man of faith and deep integrity, a man who loves liberty with all his heart. His truly American story of fleeing oppression in Cuba with nothing more than $100 to his name and finding success through hard work and perserverence has inspired me my entire life. Today, my Dad is a pastor, and through his life I have seen every day his love and faith in Jesus. Each Dad should endeavor to reflect our heavenly Father’s love for us, and my Dad has done that throughout my life.

Five years ago, I became a Dad myself, and I learned firsthand just how strong a father’s love could be. There is nothing I would not do for my two daughters. I continue to fight each and every day to preserve this Shining City on a Hill for them–-working to ensure that my girls inherit the same blessed land of liberty and opportunity that each of us has been so priviliged to enjoy–is what keeps me going. For the first time in American history, our children are facing growing up in a country that may well be worse off than it was for the previous generation. This is completely and utterly unacceptable; we cannot selfishly spend away the futures of our children. And I know millions of mothers and fathers across the State share that very same commitment, to turn our country around." - ◼ Ted Cruz

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

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Paul Ryan on Facebook
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Happy Father's Day to the great Dads across America! Thank you for supporting your families, setting good examples of working hard, and selflessly sharing your time and energy; and thank you for the strength you provide the country's foundation. God Bless our fathers.

- Sarah Palin on Facebook
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◼ Remembering My Dad on Father’s Day - Newt Gingrich

◼ Honoring Our Fathers – Both Earthly and Heavenly - Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein
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Today is Father's Day and we would like to send our best to all the fathers out there.

We would also like to give thanks for one of our party's founding fathers, Abraham Lincoln. President Lincoln freed the slaves, preserved our nation, and gave us a Party through which we can achieve growth and opportunity - Republican Party of Louisiana
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“A father carries pictures where his money used to be.”
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Happy Father's Day!