Politics
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Republican Lawmakers: Get rid of the crony wind tax
Kansas Republican Rep. Mike Pompeo joined 54 other House members in calling a wind energy subsidy cronyism and demanding it…
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Police in Ferguson to release name of officer in fatal shooting: What could go wrong? *UPDATE*
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Think Progress exploits death of Robin Williams to push its political agenda
The death of Robin Williams spurred many posts across the Internet. Most spoke of the sense of loss of the…
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Hillary’s thin on courage, Barack’s thin of skin, events this week demonstrate (Video)
The interplay that has taken place between former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama tells volumes about…
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Tweet of the Day: Obama parties while Ferguson burns
We’ll get to the tweet presently. First a few words from The Wilderness. That’s the name of a blog (h/t…
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*UPDATE* Developing: Antonio French detained in Ferguson
At the time of this writing, Antonio French’s last tweet was three hours ago. Anyone who is closely following the…
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Judge rules AR-15s not covered under Constitution, and are ‘dangerous and unusual’
A federal judge upheld Maryland’s ban of AK and AR-styled weapons, erroneously referring to as “assault rifles,” and ruled their…
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Obama to lift ban of Libyans attending U.S. flight schools, receiving nuke education
The Obama administration is lifting a 31-year-old rule prohibiting Libyan nationals from attending flight school or receiving nuclear science education…
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Rev. Al Sharpton, Islamic groups stir the pot in Ferguson, MO
Ferguson, Mo., has become a war zone, as outsiders descend on the small town to beat their chests over the…
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Here’s how easy would it have been for Osama bin Laden to enter the U.S. (video)
James O’Keefe II, the conservative political activist who first came to the public eye by exposing shenanigans at ACORN, has…
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GAO: Investors in low-income community projects double-dipping on tax credits
Approximately 62% of projects benefiting from a federal tax credit also received other forms of federal, state or local assistance…
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Leaflets posted in Rome urge citizens to boycott Jewish-owned stores
Adding to the anti-Semitic fever sweeping Europe, leaflets urging a boycott of Jewish-owned stores in the capital of Italy were…
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Candidate Obama promised to curb vacations, leisure time if elected (Video)
A video recently surfaced that shows then-Senator Barrack Obama acknowledging that a president must necessarily curtail vacations and leisure time.…
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War zone: Media in town where black teen was shot told to leave or face arrest
Tensions are high in Ferguson, Mo., as police are out in droves after widespread rioting and looting resulted in major…
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Islamic State extremists tweet photos of children sporting jihadist garb (Video)
Where is former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg when you need him? Evidently the Islamic radicals sympathetic to Jihad are not…
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The IRS isn’t the only federal agency spending taxpayer millions on unions
It was recently reported in this space that hundreds of employees of the Internal Revenue Service do union business full-time…
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How much did Sen. Mary Landrieu’s ‘staff retreats’ cost taxpayers?
A recent Washington Post-ABC News poll found 51% of Americans disapprove of the way their Congressional representative is “handling his or her job.”…
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Gun-grabber Bloomberg taking aim at Milwaukee county sheriff (Video)
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has a bone to pick with Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr.…
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Bagpipes seized at northern border, murderers given a pass down south (Video)
Security at the southern border has deteriorated into what one person described as a “catch and release” program of often…
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Fact checkers call lefty billionaire Tom Steyer’s ads against GOP candidates false
Liberal billionaire Tom Steyer has been increasing his ad buys promoting environmentalist causes and candidates. There’s just one problem: many…
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Flashback: Obama repeatedly said he can’t grant amnesty on his own (Video)
Perhaps the most egregious example of President Obama’s hypocrisy is his handling of the immigration fiasco. Lately he’s been threatening…
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Picture of the Day: A preview of the midterm elections?
We could have run this baby through Photoshop and added the label “Democratic Party” to the car, but it’s much…
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NY Common Core ‘English’ test contains article that ‘nudges’ kids toward accepting global warming
Following repeated requests from parents, the state of New York released the text of half the questions used in its new Common…
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Teachers union president wants to ‘punch Common Core opponents in face’ (Video)
That good old-fashioned liberal civility that we heard so much about after the shootings in Tuscon in 2011 was on…
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Paging Dr. Carson: The rise of Ben Carson and the GOP’s fractured flock of 2016
“’What do you think about Dr. Ben Carson as the GOP candidate for president in 2016?” Republican friends frequently ask…
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Gen. McCaffrey: Obama using ‘military power’ to make ‘political gestures’ (Video)
Four-star (full) Gen. Barry McCaffrey (U.S.A., ret.) told NBC political analyst Chuck Todd that President Obama’s intent to use limited…
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Quite possibly John Kerry’s dumbest comment ever
The administration has been on quite a roll during the U.S.-Africa Summit being held in Washington, D.C. On Tuesday, Vice…
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Report: Obama barely ever met with Eric Shinseki concerning VA scandal
“If you engage in an unethical practice, if you cover-up a serious problem, you should be fired period. It shouldn’t…
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Video: Overly dramatic Rep. Luis Gutierrez claims Republicans ‘hate children’
Actually, it was more emphatic than that. The Illinois Democrat actually declared redundantly that Republicans “despise and hate” all children. But I’m…
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An open letter to Barack Obama from a soon-to-be ex-doctor
Somehow, one gets the sense that this open letter to Barack Obama is not one that he will share in…
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The Bergische Synagogue, Kristallnacht, and the Barmen Declaration
The Bergische synagogue was rebuilt in the town of Wuppertal after being burnt to the ground in 1938 during the “night of…
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