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June 3, 2015
Union Ramps Up Efforts To Oppose Fast-Track For President
'Join us in calling our representatives in Congress to urge them to stop this runaway trade deal'
Michael McCaul says effort to counter violent extremism lacks structure
House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul said the nation's effort to counter violent extremism lacks structure, sufficient manpower and adequate funding, and is calling on the Department of Homeland Security to step up its efforts.
The Texas Republican said President Obama's three-year-old strategy has been hobbled by mismanagement ...
Tax Dollars, Official Data Lost To Shoddy Cloud Computing Contracts
Taxpayer dollars could be lost thanks to the government's inability to form effective cloud computing contracts.
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Carly Fiorina Reports Net Worth of $59 Million
The former Hewlett-Packard CEO also released two years worth of tax returns on Wednesday.
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Boston Terrorist Wanted to Kill Pamela Geller
(John Hinderaker) More news is leaking out about Usaama Rahim, the 26-year-old would-be terrorist who was shot by police in Boston. CNN reports that Rahim's original plan was to behead Pamela Geller: Usaamah Rahim, who was fatally shot after waving a military knife at law enforcement officers in Boston, was originally plotting to behead Pamela Geller, an activist and conservative blogger, law enforcement sources told CNN on Wednesday. But he and his
Source: Power Line
Ever Looked Yourself Up? New Site Reveals More Than You'll Believe!
Search Your Name Now to Find Out...
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Is This How You Prevent the Enforcement of 'Stupid, Pointless Regulations' Without Changing the Law?
"I want to have an incentive for the bureaucrats to back off."
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Is This How You Prevent the Enforcement of 'Stupid, Pointless Regulations' Without Changing the Law?
"I want to have an incentive for the bureaucrats to back off."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Chris Matthew's Wife Running For Congress As Democrat
The wife of MSNBC personality Chris Matthews, Kathleen Matthews, launched her candidacy for Maryland's 8th Congressional District seat on Wednesday. Matthews, seeking to replace Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) who is running for Senate, is vowing to fight for liberal causes, including abortion rights, raising the minimum wage, equal pay for women. Matthews is a former ...More
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'Virtual U.S. Embassy Tehran' helps U.S. connect with Iranians on Facebook
While full diplomatic relations with Iran remain a distant dream of the Obama administration, a small clutch of American officials have spent the past three years quietly building a "Virtual U.S. Embassy Tehran" that now boasts more than a half-million Facebook fans and a digital footprint that sources say is ...
Sister of Reality Star Josh Duggar Says She Was a Victim, but Wants to Defend Her Brother
"…so overboard and a lie."
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CNN Host Asks Target Of Jihadist Beheading Plot If She's 'Stoking The Flames' [VIDEO]
'Who self-promotes to get killed?'
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Guest Puts Live Interview on Hold to Be a Mom, Resulting in Jake Tapper's 'Favorite' Live TV Moment of 2015
"Jake, I'm sorry. I'm a mom too."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Lincoln Chafee, bum of the week
(Paul Mirengoff) During the first half of 1941, Joe Louis, the heavyweight champion of the world, took on a series of challengers at the rate of one per month. Sportswriters dubbed the challengers "the bum of the month club." In the past month or so, Hillary Clinton is picking up weak challengers for the Democratic presidential nomination at the rate of about one per week. First came Bernie Sanders, a 73 year-old
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Geraldo Rivera: Vince Vaughn Is Like Timothy McVeigh on Guns Rights
Geraldo Rivera slammed Vince Vaughn on Tuesday's airing of Fox News' The Five, claiming the actor's pro-gun statements reminded him of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. Co-host of The Five, Greg Gutfeld, began the show discussing the media's reaction to Vaughn's recent comments. "The Second Amendment is most lavishly defended" amendment in "all the Constitution of the United States," ...More
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3,700 illegal immigrant 'Threat Level 1' criminals released into U.S. by Homeland Security
Most of the illegal immigrant criminals Homeland Security officials released from custody last year were discretionary, meaning the department could have kept them in detention but chose instead to let them onto the streets as their deportation cases moved through the system, according to new numbers from Congress.
Some of ...
Twitter Users Vow To #BoycottESPN For Giving Courage Award To Caitlyn Jenner
'Elective surgery isn't courage or bravery...'
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Here's the Joe Biden Joke That Now Has Ted Cruz Apologizing
"It was a mistake…"
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The Power Line team is talking 2016 live on YouTube right now
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Texas Executes 67-Year-Old Lester Bower for Fatally Shooting 4 Men Over 31 Years Ago
He's the eighth Texas inmate put to death this year.
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Antidotes to Silly Commencement Addresses
(Steven Hayward) So it's college commencement time, which means graduates are typically subjected to appallingly trite commencement addresses from appallingly trite celebrities whose mediocrity goes unnoticed even when on full live display in front of the new graduates of some of our finest universities. Which may say something about the substantive quality of higher education today. One antidote is the six-minute video George Will has done this week for Prager University on
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Barbarism: Family Beats Girl To Induce Abortion, Burns Remains
Four accused of beating pregnant teen, another with sexual assault
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Boston Terror Suspect Originally Plotted to Behead High-Profile Conservative Activist: Report
"This is a showdown for American freedom."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Lincoln Chafee Talks Peace with ISIS, Forgiveness for Edward Snowden, and the Metric System for All
The former Republican-turned-independent-turned-Democrat laid out the themes of his presidential campaign on Wednesday.
Source: Bloomberg Politics
What If Operation Choke Point Was Used Against Progressive-Friendly Businesses?
Democrats, be careful what you wish for, as it could be visited upon you ten-fold.
Via: The Daily Caller
U.S. Says 10,000 Islamic State Militants Killed in Nine-Month Campaign
PARIS (Reuters) - More than 10,000 Islamic State fighters have been killed since the international coalition started its campaign against the militant group nine months ago in Iraq and Syria, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday.
Source: Washington Free Beacon
With $50 million in new funding, TJ Parker and PillPack take aim at the pharmacy establishment
Growing up in Concord, New Hampshire, TJ Parker kind of figured that he would end up one day running the family pharmacy business. Parker filled various roles for the pharmacy his father ran, working behind counter or delivering medications to the nursing homes and assisted living facilities. He even color-coded one customer's pill bottles so that she knew which time of the day to take each medication. So it was quite […]
Source: PandoDaily
Scott Walker: 'I hope in the future we'll re-establish the Patriot Act'
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on Wednesday called for a full reauthorization of the Patriot Act, a day after the U.S. Senate voted to rewrite the post-9/11 law and overhaul the NSA's bulk data collection program.
Mr. Walker, a potential 2016 GOP presidential candidate, said on "Fox and Friends" that he ...
Hillary's Campaign Relaunch Bumps Roosevelt Island Children's Event, Blood Drive
Go to the back of the line, kids. Go to the back of the line. Geoff Earle, NY Post: Hillary Clinton's campaign didn't pick the best time to stage a major campaign rally at Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island later this month. According to the park's website, a specially planned event for tots called […]
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Biologists, State Park Rangers Puzzle Over Why a Dozen Piles of Worms Lined Up in the Middle of the Road
"We were all fascinated by what happened."
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IRS Approves Marijuana Church That Says 'God' Is Sexist
'LOVE is our GOD/GODDESS without sexism'
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Has ISIS Resorted To Spray-Painting Threats At American Elementary Schools?
The bravery of targeting a grade school has all the marks of ISIS
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Share a Bathroom With Other People? Here's Something You May or May Not Want to Know About Your Toothbrush
"Better hygiene practices are recommended."
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Bobby Jindal to Announce June 24 Whether He's Running for President
The conservative Louisiana governor would join a large and growing Republican field.
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Ministry Responds to Firestorm Over Famed Megapastor's Quest for Coveted $65 Million Private Aircraft: 'We Plan to Acquire a Gulfstream G650 Because It Is the Best'
"I dare you to tell me I can't dream!"
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
CRB: Which side are you on?
(Scott Johnson) Just in time for summer reading, the spring issue of the Claremont Review of Books has arrived. Subscribe here for the heavily subsidized, ridiculously low price of $19.95 and get immediate online access thrown in for free. If you enjoy books and politics, the CRB is the best magazine going. If you enjoy reading about books about politics, ditto. Courtesy of our friends among the CRB editors, I took an
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Elementary School Kitchen Manager Bought Kids Lunches. She's Been Fired for It but Says She'd Do It Again.
"I had a first grader in front of me, crying, because she doesn't have enough money for lunch."
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How to Make Friends and Influence Elections
This California winemaker has a private plane and a boat. Now he has a super PAC, too.
Source: Bloomberg Politics
California Lawmakers Pass Bill to Raise Smoking Age to 21
"Stop allowing tobacco companies to make the deadly product so readily available to our youth."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Lincoln Chafee Set to Enter Democratic Presidential Field
The former Rhode Island governor says he'll focus on the middle class, and will attack Hillary Clinton for her vote to authorize the Iraq War.
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Police Now Arresting For 'Manspreading' on NYC Subways
If you are a man living in liberal NYC, you might want to sit with your legs crossed or close together while riding on the subway from now on, or you could face a brush with the law–even jail time. Two men have been arrested in New York for 'manspreading' – the act of taking up ...More
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Kansas lawmakers approve further limits on local gun rules
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas legislators have approved a bill to prevent cities and counties from imposing special taxes on firearms or from using zoning ordinances to limit gun sales.
The House passed the measure on a 96-14 vote Tuesday. The Senate approved it on a 35-3 vote Monday, and ...
FEC Attempts to Strong-Arm Anti-Hillary Group
illary PAC on Tuesday responded to federal regulators' attempts to force the group to change its name with a simple declaration: "No."
Source: Washington Free Beacon
NC House panel to debate updated gun bill
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - House Republicans have decided to move forward with an updated bill on gun regulations that ultimately still would repeal North Carolina's pistol permit application system run by local sheriffs.
The House Rules Committee prepared to meet Wednesday morning to discuss a new version of the legislation ...
McConnell's role in surveillance bill bewilders his friends
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, generally seen as a master congressional deal-maker, walked into a legislative dead end on domestic surveillance that left some of his friends bewildered.
The Kentucky Republican had repeatedly insisted on continuing the government's bulk collection of Americans' phone data. That put him ...
House panel backs bill amending gun background checks bill
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon House committee advanced legislation Tuesday that makes changes to a bill requiring background checks for most private firearm transfers.
The House Judiciary Committee approved a measure allowing people to lend firearms to a friend for seven days without having to visit a licensed gun ...
Two World War I Heroes Finally Awarded Medal Of Honor
'Never too late to say thank you'
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FBI Arrests Man in Connection With Terrorism Investigation of Boston Man Fatally Shot by Officers
The charges are related to an investigation of Usaama Rahim, who was under 24-hour surveillance by terrorism investigators before he was shot and killed Tuesday.
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
New Black Panther Party Members Admit Planning to Kill Prosecutor, Blow Up Police Station
Two members of the New Black Panther Party who met in Ferguson during protests over Michael Brown's death admitted to plotting to bomb a police station and kill the prosecutor involved in the case. Olajuwon Ali Davis, 23, and Brandon Orlando Baldwin, 24, plead guilty to multiple explosive and gun related charges in federal court Tuesday. ...More
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"Ex Machina" brilliantly captures the horror and hubris of the modern tech CEO
(If you live in New York, you can still catch Ex Machina on the big screen at Nitehawk Cinema. It's definitely worth seeing in a theater, and also Nitehawk is the best). If somebody told you the basic plot but little else about the 2015 science fiction film Ex Machina, you'd be forgiven for thinking, well, that the world doesn't need another film like Ex Machina. The directorial debut of longtime Danny Boyle […]
Source: PandoDaily
The Price Of Transgender Acceptance
There's more to this issue than equal treatment
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