Today’s Rebellion News – August 20th 2014

Obama: U.S. won’t stop confronting Islamic State, appalled by Foley murder
(Washington Times – Ben Wolfgang)
*Lead Story*

Washington wonders: Why did Obama bother to come back from vacation?
(Hot Air – Ed Morrissey)
*Must Read*

NRA launches anti-Bloomberg ad campaign
(USA Today – Fredreka Schouten)

Federal Judge Takes Extraordinary Steps in IRS Lawsuit
(Breitbart – Tom Fitton)

China’s Toxic Smog Problem Is Getting Worse
(American Interest – Walter Russell Mead)

Teen Arrested, Suspended for Shooting a Dinosaur (In a Story He Wrote)
(Reason – Robby Soave)

Study: TSA full-body scanners failed to detect guns, explosives
(The Hill – Keith Laing)

Flash Point: New Oil-by-Rail Rules
(The American – Kenneth P. Green)

ACLU: Nebraska cops ‘grossly misuse’ Tasers
(Watchdog – Deena Winter)

Surprise! Perry Grand Juror Is Also a Partisan Democrat Activist
(PJ Media – Bryan Preston)

Mitch McConnell: I’ll Rein in Obama Spending After Midterms
(Newsmax – Drew MacKenize)

Who Was Journalist James Wright Foley?
(Townhall – Sarah Jean Seman)
*Must Read*

Job Turnover Data Show Lots Of Churning, Little Job Creation
(Investor’s Business Daily – Edward P. Lazear)

ABC Reports Obama Team Knew In Advance of ISIS Plans to Kill U.S. Journalist
(NewsBusters – Cheri Jacobus)

Corruption in Cleveland
(National Review – Jillian Kay Melchior)

A calmer night in Ferguson: Will the peace last?
(Christian Science Monitor – Gram Slattery)

Disclosure regs a Trojan horse to kill political speech, expert says
(Human Events – MD Kittle)

Los Angeles’s Great Flood
(City Journal – Rory Cohen)

The Clery Act: Greater Campus Safety, Or Just Greater Cost?
(Forbes – George Leef)

How Agriculture’s Growth Promoters Might Work: A Mouse Study Sheds Some Light
(Wired – Maryn McKenna)

Regulatory robbery: Dentists lobby to stop beauticians from whitening customers’ teeth
(Washington Examiner – Timothy P. Carney)