Tuesday, August 14, 2012 - 8:10 PM Updates will resume on Wednesday morning. Good evening.

John Hawkins -- Townhall.com     7 things to expect if Obama is elected to a second term   So far, the message of the Obama campaign essentially seems to be, "I'm unable to effectively govern because Republicans won't do everything I want. Re-elect me so I can deliver more of the same. Oh, also Paul Ryan wants to push old people off a cliff while Mitt Romney will give you cancer." That doesn't tell you much about what Obama would try to do in his second term, but given that he appears to be largely indifferent to the law...

Anthony Martin -- The Examiner     Perry claims Second Amendment a 'states' rights' issue   In the aftermath of Monday's shooting near Texas A&M University, Gov. Rick Perry, R-Texas, told Fox News that the Second Amendment is a "states' rights" issue that each state should be able to decide for itself, according to Politico. -- Perry made the statement in answer to a question concerning whether or not Texas would seek to implement tighter gun control laws as a consequence of the shooting...

U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith    Rep. Smith decries White House tyrant's amnesty dictate   ..."There is little that's clear about the President's jobs agenda but it's crystal clear that he has placed opportunities for illegal immigrants to work in the U.S. at the top of his list. With unemployment at 8.3%, it's unconscionable that the Obama administration's amnesty program actually requires illegal immigrants to apply for work authorization in the U.S. This undercuts the 23 million unemployed or underemployed Americans..."

NAFBPO   Disturbing photos       Latest NAFBPO update from south of the border    Apatzingan, Mich., Mex. -- The sound of AK 47’s broke the seeming peace of this valley over the weekend, with at least 11 federal police killed and one wounded at a hospital. Patients hid under mattresses, physicians, nurses and other staff sought cover in every corner due to the strength and intensity of the confrontation. The patrol vehicle used to transport the officers to the hospital was torched. Although authorities have tried to not report the facts, residents have, saying...

New York Daily News     New York gives $450 K to aid and abet illegal aliens   Just days before young, [illegal aliens] can begin to apply for work permits, state officials Monday announced $450,000 in grants to groups that can help them out. -- President Obama's move --- announced with great fanfare in June --- lets immigrants who came to the U.S. illegally as kids or overstayed their visas apply for a temporary legal status called "deferred action."

Geoff Earle -- New York Post    Harass morass at DHS   The number of Immigration and Customs Enforcement workers who claimed they faced retaliation from superiors has more than doubled since Janet Napolitano took over, according to data obtained by The Post. -- The stats --- which also show an increase in sexual-harassment claims --- come as James Hayes, a senior law-enforcement official, moves ahead with a lawsuit charging he faced a "hostile work environment"...

Dave Gibson -- The Examiner     Invader charged with molesting 7-year-old girl in New Jersey   On Sunday, Pascack Valley police arrested Gonzalez Ramirez-Martinez, 50, two weeks after he allegedly molested a 7-year-old Hackensack girl. -- According to Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli, his office was notified by the state Division of Child Protection after she reported being sexually assaulted, at which time a warrant was issued for the illegal alien's arrest...

California Watch    S.F. police underreport arrest rates for Latinos, Asians   The San Francisco Police Department has underreported the arrest rates of the city's two largest minority groups for years, misclassifying Latino arrestees as "white" and Asian arrestees as "other," The Bay Citizen has learned. -- The state has been publishing the erroneous statistics in a report called "Crime in California" since at least 1999, when the state Department of Justice first began posting the data online...

WND.com     DeMint: U.N. treaty threatens U.S. homeschoolers   In the past few weeks, two proposed United Nations treaties failed to advance. The small-arms treaty failed at the U.N. while opponents of the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) amassed enough votes to block it in the U.S. Senate. -- Now, Sen. Jim DeMint,R-S.C., says another U.N. treaty that threatens American sovereignty has been put back on the table by foreign diplomats and their internationalist allies in the federal government...

John Perazzo -- Front Page Magazine   Mark Potok: Hatemonger   In the wake of the recent murder of six worshippers in a Sikh temple outside of Milwaukee, the Southern Poverty Law Center reported that the killer, 40-year-old Wade Michael Page, was "a frustrated neo-Nazi" as well as a musician who had performed with two "racist skinhead bands." Moreover, SPLC said that it had been listing the website of "Label56" --- the distributor of albums produced by one of Page's bands --- as a "hate site" since 2006...

Art Moore -- WND.com     Manifesto puts Hillary chief in Saudi plot   Although President Obama lavishly praised her over the weekend as an "American patriot," a manifesto commissioned by the ruling Saudi Arabian monarchy effectively places the work of an institute that employed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's deputy chief of staff at the forefront of a grand plan to mobilize U.S. Muslim minorities to transform America into a Saudi-style Islamic state...

Fox News Latino    Ryan has mixed record on immigration    Madison, Wisc. -- Newly anointed GOP vice presidential contender Rep. Paul Ryan comes from a state where Latinos are barely 4 percent of registered voters. -- That may be one reason that Ryan rarely has addressed immigration or Latinos in much of a high profile way in his congressional career. -- But when presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney's choice for running mate has taken some action...

Detroit News     Corruptocrats In Action: U.S. to lose $25 billion on auto bailout  The Treasury Department says in a new report the government expects to lose more than $25 billion on the $85 billion auto bailout. That's 15 percent higher than its previous forecast. -- In a monthly report sent to Congress on Friday, the Obama administration boosted its forecast of expected losses by more than $3.3 billion to almost $25.1 billion, up from $21.7 billion in the last quarterly update... [Comrade Obama wants to repeat this flop with all industries]

Fox News Latino     Open borders crowd already whining about Paul Ryan   Mitt Romney's selection of Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan as his running mate is additional proof of the 'disconnection' of Republicans with the reality of the majority of Hispanics in the United States, several pro-immigrant groups said Monday. -- The Romney-Ryan ticket, presented officially on Saturday at a campaign rally in Norfolk, Virginia, has injected new energy into both the conservative base of the Republican Party...

Freedom Outpost     DHS purchases massive explosive nitrates... scrubs history Can anyone explain what the [DHS] needs with 700 pounds of High Density Ammonium Nitrate and 700 pounds of A-5 Flake RDX? Well the DHS placed a solicitation by way of the [TSA] for these products with a delivery date of August 31, 2012. For those of you in the know, these are the ingredients to build a makeshift bomb. However the project claims it is for "Canine Explosive Training Aids."....

American Border Patrol        Photo of the day    An amazing thing happened yesterday. Our Photo of the Day featured an A-20 attack bomber because Glenn Spencer got a call from a supporter who happened to be an A-20 attack bomber in World War II. ...

Anthony Martin -- The Examiner    Document shows CFR plan to limit U.S. sovereignty   On Sunday a news report published at the Examiner indicated that there are heightened suspicions that the U.S. government is essentially being held hostage by a powerful global consortium of politicians, government bureaucrats, large banking moguls, university professors, and members of the mainstream media. -- That powerful global consortium was identified by a trusted source as the Council on Foreign Relations...

We the People -- California's Crusader Rally - Oppose Obama / Napolitano Amnesty August 15 - 9 AM PDT - San Bernardino, Calif. -- Read more...

Nicholas Ballasy -- Daily Caller    Gingrich: Obama campaign the 'most methodically systematic dishonest team' ever Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who made a run for president in the 2012 Republican primary, told The Daily Caller that he views the Obama campaign as the "most methodically systematic dishonest team we've ever seen in American politics." -- Gingrich said President Barack Obama has decided to "divide the country as viciously" as needed to beat Republican candidate Mitt Romney...