June 21, 2015

'Absolutely Sickening': Blaze Readers React to Obama's Controversial Charleston Comments

"We've had more incidents like this only since you've been in office because you have succeeded in dividing our country racially, economically, politically, morally and ethically."

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Activists to File Lawsuit to Force Changes to Presidential Debates

They say rules governing who can participate in general-election debates are too restrictive.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

On the money

(Paul Mirengoff) The U.S. Treasury Department has decided that "a woman" will appear on the redesigned ten dollar bill. The image of Alexander Hamilton, who basically created our nation's financial system, presently graces the ten note. It looks like he will either appear on the reverse side of the bill or find a home on a separate series of tenners. Which woman will supplant Hamilton? Treasury Secretary Jack Lew doesn't know. He

Source: Power Line

Church of Scientology Lobbied Hillary's State Department

Guess who lobbied Hillary's State Department?

Via: The Daily Caller

Hillary's Interactive 'Annotations' Website Flops…Clinton Staff Accounts For A Lot of the Participation

Clinton staff, journalists try to save the enterprise

Via: The Daily Caller

Man Fatally Shot by Police After Reportedly Breaking Into Neighbor's House, Acting 'Insane' and Yelling 'Shoot Me!' at Officers

No officers were hurt in the shooting.

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Black gun rights advocate challenges Obama's call after church shooting for fewer firearms

President Obama and other black leaders called for tighter access to firearms last week in reaction to the mass shooting at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, but not Kenn Blanchard.

A former Marine, Christian pastor and author of "Black Man with a Gun," Mr. Blanchard wants more ...

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Did You Catch Angel Soft's Ad Wishing Moms a 'Happy Father's Day'? (POLL)

#HappyFathersDayMom

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New Details On Virginia Teen Turned ISIS Recruiter: 'We Were Hipsters. We Liked ISIS Before It Was Popular'

'We weren't floating with the trend'

Via: The Daily Caller

FlashCritic: China Gets Pass from Obama on 'Devastating' OPM Hack to Preserve Strategic Dialogue and Summit

The Obama administration continues to play down one of the nation's most damaging Chinese cyber espionage operations in order to maintain a dialogue with China and host a summit for its leader this fall.

Source: Washington Free Beacon

Inside the Beltway: Jeb Bush likable; survey mixed on other descriptions

He's like the friend of a friend. Voters know Jeb Bush; he seems familiar, though public impressions of the Republican presidential hopeful are still mixed. One-thousand Americans were asked to describe Mr. Bush in a single word of their own choosing — and here are the top-10, verbatim, based on ...

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Charleston Shooter's Family Pastor Speaks Out

'They do not understand either'

Via: The Daily Caller

Van Jones' Uplifting Observations About Charleston's Black and White Citizens: 'Something Is Happening Here'

"The white community here is as heartbroken as the black community is here."

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Watch Gov. Haley Answer NBC Host Asking 'Should We Rethink' The Second Amendment? [VIDEO]

South Carolina's governor keeps focus on victim's families when prodded about gun control.

Via: The Daily Caller

Dylann Roof Put a Gun to His Head and Pulled the Trigger Following Church Massacre, Victim's Son Says

"His plan was never to leave that church."

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

JOSEPH CURL: Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton problem growing out of control

ANALYSIS/OPINION:

Eight years ago, in summer 2007, there were two absolute shoo-ins for the presidential nominations. The Republican was head and shoulders above his challengers, his name known to every American. And the Democrat was simply unbeatable, with a team and a machine second to none.

Their names were Rudolph ...

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New Orleans Police Arrest Suspect in Killing of Officer After 24-Hour Manhunt — but Big Questions Remain

"We don't know how he was able to elude us, but we were relentless."

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18-Year-Old Bicycle Rider in Critical Condition With Skull Fracture, May Lose Hand After Late-Night Machete Attack

The victim lost a lot of blood after getting wounded in the head and hand.

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Analysis: Opening meetings, College Board ruling turns 30

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi Supreme Court's landmark ruling on open meetings and the state College Board is 30 years old this year.

The ruling removed any doubt the constitutionally created public bodies - including the state College Board - must comply with the Open Meeting Act.

Justice Lenore ...

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The Pope Steps In It Again

(John Hinderaker) Pope Francis is rapidly convincing me that he is not just a leftist, but a dope. Speaking to a group of young people in Turin, he departed from his script and launched into a rambling denunciation of, among others, arms manufacturers: "It makes me think of … people, managers, businessmen who call themselves Christian and they manufacture weapons. That leads to a bit a distrust, doesn't it?" he said to

Source: Power Line

Charleston Confederate Monument Vandalized With Red Graffiti: 'This Is the Root of Our Evil'

"Black Lives Matter"

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Karl Rove: Ignore Donald Trump Until He Files Paperwork

President George W. Bush's former adviser says he'll believe Trump when he sees the FEC filing.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Los Angeles Police Shoot Unarmed Man [VIDEO]

'The LAPD said it was standard procedure to handcuff any suspect'

Via: The Daily Caller

Mike Huckabee defends South Carolina against racism charges over Confederate flag

Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee swung back Sunday at those accusing South Carolina of racism over the Confederate flag, saying the state has more diversity in its top elected officials than a host of liberal blue states.

"Here's what I think the question underlying all of this is: We're asking, ...

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A look at the past week in the Oregon Legislature

SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Here's a look at highlights of the past week in the Oregon Legislature.

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ETHICS BILLS

After replacing John Kitzhaber in February, Gov. Kate Brown requested several bills aimed at strengthening ethics and public records laws. The first one reached her desk and earned her signature ...

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Dem. Strategist: Bernie Could BEAT Hillary In Iowa, New Hampshire [VIDEO]

'We shouldn't be surprised, there's so much enthusiasm for him'

Via: The Daily Caller

Former Israeli Ambassador Thinks Obama's Approach to Iran Would Have Been Different Had the Ayatollahs Been Anti-Black Racists Rather than Anti-Semites

"Obama would never say that anti-black racists are rational."

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

The Pope's Encyclical (1)

(Steven Hayward) About Laudato Si, the Pope's encyclical on the environment, some preliminary observations: First, although "encyclical" bears some etymological relation to "encyclopedia," Laudate Si is either too short to be considered an adequate treatment of the wide range of concrete issues and philosophical themes it treats, or too long because it tries to do too much but does it poorly. It raises specific scientific controversies it would have been better to

Source: Power Line

Carolina Panthers Donate $100K To Victims' Families In Charleston Shooting

Carolinas unite amid the Charleston shooting recovery

Via: The Daily Caller

Mom Says School Punished Third-Grade Daughter for Not Taking Common Core Test

No Common Core? No cupcakes. 

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Texas may be tea party heaven, but activists aren't happy

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas can sometimes feel like tea party heaven - the land of Ted Cruz, where the Legislature is packed with hard-right devotees and the governor himself heeds fringe fears about possible federal plots to seize the state.

But with so much power comes pressure, and the ...

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Toddler Among 10 Injured In Philadelphia Shooting [VIDEO]

'It looks like they just fired randomly into the street and hit whoever was in their way'

Via: The Daily Caller

Charleston Church Reopens Doors With Message of Hope and Faith, Days After Deadly Shooting

"Many of our hearts are broken, many of us are still shedding tears."

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NBC's Chuck Todd Dings Donald Trump On Sunday Show

It's as good a chance as any to get in a dig.

Via: The Daily Caller

Dem Strategist: We Shouldn't Be Surprised if Sanders Beats Clinton in Iowa and New Hampshire

Source: Washington Free Beacon

Nationals' Max Scherzer Tosses 'No No' Against Pittsburgh [VIDEO]

2nd no-hitter in Nationals franchise history

Via: The Daily Caller

DC Fire Department Still Hasn't Implemented Safety Protocols From 10 YEARS AGO

Whoopsie...

Via: The Daily Caller

At court in Charleston

(Scott Johnson) USA Today has posted a seven-minute video of the remarkable court hearing held in Charleston on Friday at which Dylann Roof made his first appearance following the heartbreaking murders of Rev. Clementa Pinckney, Rev. Daniel Simmons Sr., Sharonda Singleton, and churchgoers at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. Family members of the victims appeared. "One by one," the New York Times reported, "they looked to the screen in a corner of

Source: Power Line

Karl Rove: Only Way To Stop The Violence Is To Repeal Second Amendment

'The only way to guarantee ... is to remove guns from society'

Via: The Daily Caller

CNN Panel Discusses Troubling Polling Numbers for Clinton

Source: Washington Free Beacon

Iran (and Obama) vs. Israel (1)

(Scott Johnson) The Islamic Republic of Iran avows its desire to eliminate Israel. It is an avowedly anti-Semitic terror state. To state the obvious, it wars on Israel because Israel is the Jewish state. Iran's war against Israel is of course not simply verbal. It has armed Hezbollah with more than 100,000 missiles to use against Israel on demand. It seeks nuclear weapons that will make the elimination of Israel an afternoon's

Source: Power Line

Netanyahu: State Department Report on Iranian Terrorism Is a 'Wake-up Call' on Iran Nuclear Deal that 'Endangers' the World

Iran calls the report: "worthless."

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Grammy Award Winner Releases New Song in Honor of Charleston

"Love conquers all!"

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'Create More Liberty' in States to Win National Majority, Grover Norquist Says

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Rhythm of the Saints

It is nowadays fashionable to say that one is "on the right side of history." Such a statement of one's own sanctity wins arguments by demonstrating the speaker's piety. What remains unclear is the character of the great force or being toward which the speaker is pious: what is history? What makes history a force? Is the force the individuals who live or is there a logic to history that transcends the individuals? And how can there be a right and a wrong side to it?

Source: Washington Free Beacon

Officials debate whether to allow larger long-haul trucks

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi's transportation commissioners are urging U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran to help squash a proposal that would force the state to allow larger double-trailer trucks on its roads.

"I don't like Congress mandating that states do this," said Central District Transportation Commissioner Dick Hall, who signed a ...

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FBI Director's Statement on Charleston Church Massacre Is Raising a Few Eyebrows

"… terrorism has a definition under federal law."

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Scott Walker Fires Up Crowd, Names Radical Islam as World's Biggest Threat, Rips Iran Nuclear Deal

"I've got a message for you Mr. President: The number-one threat to the military, the number-one threat to America, the number-one threat to the world is radical Islamic terrorism."

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Scott Walker wows social conservatives with withering attack on President Obama

Just weeks away from possibly joining the 2016 race, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker thrilled a crowd of social conservatives Saturday night with a withering attack on President Obama's record while putting his potential GOP rivals on notice that he plans to run on his record as a get-it-done governor.

Mr. ...

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