Politics
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Beneath the November jobs report: 73% of new hires are government employees
The BLS November jobs report is out and the news is good. It shows 146,000 new jobs and the unemployment…
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Controversy at the Republican Study Committee (Update)
From Ars Technica, via John Hawkins, a staffer at the RSC is losing his job: The Republican Study Committee, a…
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Obama was for eliminating charitable deductions before he was against it
Since the fight over the fiscal cliff began nearly a year ago (yes, a year ago!), a number of commentators…
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Feminist group: Obama’s cabinet needs to be 50% female
The election is over, and payback season has begun. Voting blocs who turned out in force for Barack Obama are…
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Maybe gun control is a good idea after all
Yes, like many of you, I don’t really want to abandon the Second Amendment. But just think about it for…
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Detroit councilwoman demands government 'bacon' after city voted for Obama
Since Detroit voters overwhelmingly voted for Barack Obama, City Councilwoman JoAnn Watson says the president owes the city a bailout.…
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Assuming Assad asks asylum…
…will he go to Cuba, Venezuela, or Ecuador? The embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is considering the possibility to claim…
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Maddow, Sharpton, other MSNBC hosts meet with president at WH
The headline sounds straight out of The Onion. Alas it was BuzzFeed that reported on Tuesday that Rachel Maddow, Al…
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The fiscal cliff drama could turn out to be the bane of Obama’s presidency
On Monday, New York Times columnist Jeff Zeleny was a guest “all-star panelist” on FOX News Channel’s Special Report with…
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A month after the election, Obama campaign still asking for donations
As Barack Obama sets to work crafting his legacy as the nation’s 44th president, one achievement that is already carved…
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About that video, Ambassador Rice
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) reportedly emerged dissatisfied from her interview with Amb. Susan Rice, potential nominee for Secretary of State.…
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Which side is more anti-science: left or right?
In a recent interview with GQ Magazine, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) elicited a storm of controversy after he was asked…
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Racist Hillary Clinton prefers John Kerry to Susan Rice as replacement
Opposition to President Obama’s putative nomination of Susan Rice to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state can mean only…
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President uses racial code to demean Romney at White House lunch
Paging Touré! Your keen analytical skills are needed to parse the latest “dog-whistle” incident involving President Obama. For those unfamiliar…
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Did food celeb Anthony Bourdain blow whistle on Secret Service kegger?
If food shock jock Anthony Bourdain has demonstrated one thing, it is that he is not afraid to mince words…
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Former Salvation Army exec charged for stealing Christmas toys
Yes, Virginia, there is a Grinch. His name is David Rennie, and although he didn’t succeed in stealing Christmas, it…
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New Obama survey: White males need not stand up and be counted
The election may be over, but the battle for the hearts and minds of the American people continues to rage…
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Painting shows Obama as Christ on the Cross
As Joe Newby noted in a recent column, actor Jamie Foxx did a shout-out to God at Sunday night’s Soul Train…
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Obama returns to campaign trail to sell his fiscal cliff solution
Somebody give this man a road map! The individuals with whom President Obama needs to palaver over the looming “fiscal…
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Jamie Foxx: Barack Obama 'our lord and savior'
There’s a new god in town, according to Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx, and his name is Barack Hussein Obama. Seriously.…
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There’s a new Pharoah in town
Eyes on the ball, folks. In strategic terms, the most important thing that has happened in the last 10 days…
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DesJarlais keeps making excuses
During the 2012 campaign, Congressman Scott DesJarlais (R-TN) was busted for a variety of personal and professional violations of conscience…
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Will Obama end up repealing Obamacare himself?
The reasons why Barack Obama won a second term are likely to be debated for some time, but a survey by the…
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Obama’s re-election and the lessons of ‘white affirmative action’
Much has been made of Mitt Romney’s controversial remark that Barack Obama’s success in clinching a second term was rooted…
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Obama’s 47% solution
The 2012 election is now history. Mitt Romney’s infamous “47%” line will rate at best a footnote in history textbooks, which is…
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