July 30, 2015

White House Responds to Latest Graphic Planned Parenthood Video: 'Tactic of Extremists on the Right'

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White House calls Planned Parenthood videos 'fraudulent'

The White House Thursday described damning undercover videos about Planned Parenthood as "fraudulent" and said President Obama won't support an effort in Congress to defund the organization.

White House press secretary Josh Earnest said the undercover videos of Planned Parenthood officials describing the sale of fetal tissue for research were ...

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Report: EPA Broke The Law To Push CO2 Regulations

'The public needs to consider this illegality and cynical lawlessness when the President stands up... to lecture us all about how they're just doing the right thing.'

Via: The Daily Caller

Man Confronts 'Flashdance' Actress for Leaving German Shepherd in Hot Car — a Nearby Camera Caught Her Response

"In Dunbar …"

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Senate Sends Latest Stopgap U.S. Highway Funding Bill to Obama

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Hillary Clinton Classified Emails Contained Information From Five Intelligence Agencies

The five classified emails contained on Hillary Clinton's private email system contained information from five separate U.S. intelligence agencies.

Source: Washington Free Beacon

WaPo Says The Hill's '50 Most Beautiful People' List Is REALLY White

But are the stats deceptive?

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Here Are the Two GOP Senators Who Say They Will Oppose Bill to Defund Planned Parenthood

"I do not plan to cut access to basic health care and contraception for women." 

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Is Your City Lazy? Human Knows

Screen Shot 2015-07-30 at 10.36.38 AM Activity apps are all the rage right now thanks in part to any number of smartwatches and bands you can wear, as well as Apple's HealthKit initiative. There's a lot of activity going on out there, and we're finally tracking the data that goes along with it. With that data comes some interesting learnings. A company called Human, which has a fitness tracker for iOS that begs… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Ex-NY Senate leader heading to trial on corruption charges

NEW YORK (AP) - A former state Senate leader is set to go to trial this fall on charges he sold his office for the sake of his adult son.

A federal judge in Manhattan scheduled a Nov. 16 trial date for Dean Skelos and his 33-year-old son, Adam, on ...

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Why Speak Of Faction And Demagoguery?

On account of their subservience to power, demagogues have no conscience about its source.

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Man Cited for Playing the National Anthem on the Fourth of July Rejects Community Service Deal: 'To Me, That Is Admitting Guilt'

"Celebrating his freedoms as an American by playing one hell of a version of the National Anthem."

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Perelman, Immelt, Simons Help Graham Super-PAC Raise $3m

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Judge Blasts State Dept for Clinton Email Delays: 'Even the Least Ambitious Bureaucrat Could Do This'

A federal judge blasted the State Department during a court hearing Wednesday about the government agency's lack of response to Freedom of Information Act requests having to do with documents from Hillary Clinton and her staff.

Source: Washington Free Beacon

Pixar Alum-Led ToyTalk Teams Up With Mattel To Let Kids Chat With "Thomas The Tank Engine" And Friends

Screen Shot 2015-07-30 at 12.37.40 PM Though some adults still feel awkward about having conversations with their smartphone's mobile assistant, like Siri, kids today seem to have no qualms about chattering with our virtual helpers. My daughter, for example, thinks of Siri as just another of iPad's toys. She also regularly instructs me to "ask Google" for the answer, and hits up our smart speaker… Read More

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Group Launches Campaign to Help Hispanics Earn High School Diplomas

A non-profit organization is working to turn around the climbing high school drop-out rate in the Hispanic community.

Source: Washington Free Beacon

Florida Governor Orders Inspections of Planned Parenthood Facilities That Perform Abortions After 'Deeply Troubling' Videos

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Pelosi on Iran deal opponents: 'Have they even read it?'

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi wondered Thursday whether opponents of President Obama's Iran nuclear program agreement read the deal before coming out in opposition to it, and said she's certain she can keep enough Democrats in line to sustain an Obama veto and preserve his policy.

Praising both Mr. Obama ...

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'I Want to Disappear': Popular Megachurch Pastor Who Resigned After 'Moral Failure' Breaks His Silence in Incredibly Honest Open Letter

"I don't want a stage, a platform, a microphone, a spotlight."

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Lindsey Graham Super-PAC Raises $3 Million Since May: Politico

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Mika Likes Describing 'Morning Joe' as 'Popping Popcorn With The Top Off'

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911 Audio Captures Pro-Gun Texas Pastor's Amazing Act After He Shoots Alleged Church Burglar

"Do you know Jesus? The Lord Jesus?"

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Report: At Least 6 Stabbed at Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade

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Google Adds 8 Carriers To Its Android For Work Partner Ecosystem

android-work When Google officially launched its Android for Work program earlier this year, it had already signed up a wide range of partners to help bring Android for Work to market. Today, it is expanding this program by adding a new device manufacturer and — for the first time — carriers to its partner ecosystem. Read More

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Ivy League honors conservative justices by not honoring them

(Paul Mirengoff) Law professor John McGinnis finds that Ivy League schools are giving short shrift to conservative Supreme Court justices when they confer honorary degrees. Is anyone surprised? The numbers are stark. Of the fourteen honorary degrees bestowed by Ivy League institutions to living Supreme Court justices twelve went to those on the left of the Court. Justice Ginsburg is the champ: she has an honorary degree from every Ivy League university

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Top Obama Navy Nominee: Alternatives to Iran Nuclear Deal Exist Beyond War

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Islamic State 'growing' in Afghanistan: watchdog

Taliban leader Mullah Omar may be dead, but there's another security threat emerging in Afghanistan, with a government watchdog reporting increased concern in the U.S. and in Kabul that the Islamic State is gaining a foothold there.

The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction noted in a report Thursday that ...

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Ohio State Buckeyes Ranked No. 1 In 2015 College Football Coaches Poll

Defending national champs received 62 first place votes

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Muslim Landlord Reportedly Abducts, Rapes and Forces Christian Mom Into Islamic Marriage — and Her Terrified Family Is Demanding Her Release

"The husband signed a contract with a thumbprint, unable to read it…"

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Sanders Calls to Expand Medicare to All As Single-Payer System

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Study: Beer Creates Jobs

Beer creates jobs and is a boon for small business, according to a new study that credits the industry with creating nearly 2 million jobs.

Source: Washington Free Beacon

Planned Parenthood President: Our Critics Are Extremists

President of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America Cecile Richards dismissed critics as extremists Wednesday in the wake of videos showing how the group harvests fetal organs. "Since our very beginning, our health centers, providers and patients have come under outrageous attacks, political and otherwise," Cecile wrote in an opinion piece for The Washington Post. […]

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Man Next to This Moving Train Is About to Tempt Fate in a 'Crazy' Way

"I ain't ever seen anything like that."

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Groupon Launches Its Own Food Delivery Business, Groupon To Go

GTG_Launch Following its acquisition of food delivery service OrderUp earlier this month, Groupon is today announcing its own nationwide delivery and takeout service, Groupon To Go. The program is initially available in Chicago, where it has been in pilot testing with 500 restaurants since March, but the company says it will expand to other metro regions throughout the year, including Boston and Austin… Read More

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Trump could scramble GOP race even if he fades

(Paul Mirengoff) By now, almost everyone has seen the list of presidential candidates who had excellent poll numbers the year before the race, but who eventually faded or collapsed. I won't rehearse the full list, but think of Rudy Giuliani and Howard Dean. I believe Donald Trump will join this list, primarily because until fairly recently he was a Democrat and more liberal than conservative. But even if I'm right, Trump might

Source: Power Line

Dem Congressman: We'll Have to Renegotiate Iran Nuclear Deal Eventually

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Report: Classified Emails on Hillary Clinton's Private Server Contained Info From Five U.S. Intelligence Agencies

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MSNBC's Ed Schultz Tore Into Hillary Clinton For Dodging on the Keystone Pipeline

Before boarding a private jet, Hillary Clinton repeatedly dodged questions about whether or not she supports the Keystone oil pipeline. "As president, would you sign a bill—yes or no, please—in favor of allowing the Keystone XL pipeline," an man asked Clinton at a campaign event on Tuesday. In classic Clinton form, Hillary gave a non answer on the ...More

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Dunford Confirmed By Senate For Joint Chiefs Chairman

Dunford will step in on October 1

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'Here's a Stomach, Heart, Kidney': Fourth Undercover Planned Parenthood Video Claims to Show Doctor Pushing Sale of Aborted Baby Organs

"I don't see the legs. Did you see any legs?"

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Nixon's IRS: A reminder

(Scott Johnson) In his capacity as chairman of the relevant Senate subcommittee, Senator Cruz "gave a hard-hitting opening statement, comparing the [IRS]'s actual abuses of political opponents during the Obama presidency to Richard Nixon's unsuccessful attempt to use the agency to target political adversaries." So says Andrew McCarthy here at NR's corner, where he has posted the transcript of Senator Cruz's statement. Andy links to video of Senator Cruz's statement here. Reiterating

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Economy Grows 2.3% in Second Quarter of 2015

The U.S. economy grew in the second quarter of 2015 as real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 2.3 percent, according to Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) data released Thursday.

Source: Washington Free Beacon

Federal Judge Threatens to Haul IRS Commissioner Into Court, but Has Equally Harsh Words for Trial Lawyer

"I have nothing else to say other than you have a good day."

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Medicare's Unhappy 50th Anniversary

'We'll never know exactly how many MS or dementia patients would have been helped by therapy and never received it'

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Feds Investigating After Confederate Flags Found 'All Around' Church Where MLK Once Preached

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VCs Aren't Hard of Hearing for Innovation As Investments For Hearables Surge

Her_Earworn_Wearable Editor's Note: Ruochen Huang is an intern at CrunchBase and an undergraduate at the University of California, Berkeley. These days the hardware you put in your ear can do much more than just play music. Although new technologies are just coming to market, the earworn wearables sector has companies developing products that change the way people perceive devices worn in and around the… Read More

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'Excuse Me?': Donald Trump Has Answer Prepared When 'Combative' Reporters Press Him on 'Racist' Claims

"If I get the nomination I will win with the Hispanics."

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After ICE Failed to Deport Him, This Illegal Immigrant Went on a Rape and Murder Spree

Here's yet another horrifying reason why illegal immigration and crime in America correlate, despite what many in the media, politicians, and activists argue. One more rape and one more senseless murder would not have happened if Obama's U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement actually gave a damn about the "E" in its useless name. Indeed, Obama's series of ...More

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It Must Be Fun To Work At Rolling Stone These Days

What happens when you falsely accuse people of rape in a national magazine? Not good things. Not good things at all. Here's something that's not good news for Rolling Stone. Chuck Ross reports: Three University of Virginia graduates who are members of the the fraternity falsely accused of staging a gang rape in a now-debunked […]

Via: The Daily Caller

Soldier Asked to Produce ID for Cigarette Purchase — but Clerk's Alleged Response to Seeing It Had Him in 'Shock'

"She looked at me like she was offended."

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