"Are you willing to talk to the FBI?"
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August 27, 2015
The Power Line Show, Episode 25: Eliana Johnson and the State of the Race
(John Hinderaker) Today John, Paul and Steve got together for Episode 25 of the Power Line show, along with Eliana Johnson, Washington Editor for the National Review. We kicked around the latest news and Washington gossip about the presidential race on both sides of the aisle. The remainder of the podcast was spent talking about the Vester Flanagan murders and related topics. Such as, the political misuse of mass murder; the futility
Source: Power Line
Inside the Beltway: Vexed voters go off on Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush
American voters are hard to please. Or maybe they're just annoyed, or have early onset election fatigue. Consider that 1,653 likely U.S. voters were asked by Quinnipiac University to describe Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republican hopefuls Donald Trump and Jeb Bush in the single word of their choice ...
Senate Judiciary Chair Questions Hillary State Department's 'Unusual Arrangement'
'Secretary Clinton is the only Secretary of State to have served every single day of her tenure without a permanent IG'
Via: The Daily Caller
Report: John Boehner Shocks at Fundraiser by What He Calls Ted Cruz: "I About Fell on the Floor'
"I don't think it's terribly Speaker-like"
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Vine ❤️ Music
Vine, the six-second looping video app from Twitter, has today announced a significant feature update that brings more attention to the audio in users' videos. Starting tomorrow (Friday), Vine users will have more control over their vines with the ability to add music to their content. While it was previously possible to add music to vines by using a separate device to play the music,… Read More
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More Boxing the Pox on Vox
(Steven Hayward) Vox's historical illiteracy is not their only embarrassment this week. Philosopher Brian Leiter, who runs one of the most widely-read academic blogs (Leiter Reports), tells the story of how Vox solicited an article from Torbjorn Tannsjo, a well-regarded philosopher at Stockholm University, about the concept known as the "repugnant conclusion," which is a recondite approach to thinking about population issues. (If you're really curious, see this, but otherwise never mind.)
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Donald Trump vs. Ted Cruz: How one anti-establishment candidate soared above the other
Ted Cruz spent more than two years using his seat in the Senate to fight the Republican establishment on behalf of conservative principles, often enduring the scorn of his own party's brass.
Donald Trump, the billionaire businessman and reality TV star who hasn't spent a second in public office, just ...
Why Was Obama's Response to the WDBJ Shooting So Low Key? We Asked Communication Experts for Their Thoughts
"It is incumbent on him to carve out time."
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A Battle Royale Of Digital Assistants: The Big 5
Facebook is the latest tech titan to try and bring a consumer-focused digital assistant to the largely uninterested populace. M is a largely text-based hybrid assistant that can rely on human knowledge when need be to help answer queries that are a little bit more complicated and may require a human touch. Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Facebook now all have their own digital assistants… Read More 
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Video Captures Moment Black Transgender Lives Matter Activists Disrupt Hillary Clinton Campaign Stop
"Senator Clinton! It is a state of emergency!"
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Brands Without Wax
The ancient Romans had a word to describe the most precious artistic works of the time: sincere. A technique made popular at the time involved inserting wax into a sculpture's cracks as it aged to preserve its life. From a distance, a work treated in this regard was remarkably indistinguishable from its original. Read More 
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Jeb Bush Lands Eric Cantor Endorsement and Mockery from Donald Trump
The billionaire front-runner can't resist trolling Bush and the former House majority leader.
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Bloated U.S. voter rolls could lead to lawsuits
America's voter rolls are so bloated that dozens of counties have more people registered than there are adults living there, according to two new studies released Thursday that the authors said could lead to lawsuits forcing states to clean things up.
True the Vote, a Texas group that works for ...
Meet The Boston Bomber Juror Who Is Having Second Thoughts
'If I had known that, I probably -- I probably would change my vote'
Via: The Daily Caller
Bobby Jindal Had a Simple Request for Obama's Speech in New Orleans — the President Ignored It
"I would ask you to respect this important time of remembrance by…"
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Glenn Beck Now Wants to Raise $10 Million for Victims of Religious Persecution in the Middle East
"I hoped that we would never come to a time like this"
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Obama: New Orleans Has Made Progress But Work Isn't Done
President Barack Obama comments on the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina during his remarks at a new community center in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans. (Source: Bloomberg)
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141 counties have more registered voters than eligible live citizens
(Paul Mirengoff) The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF), of which our friend Christian Adams is president, has put 141 counties on notice that they have more registered voters than people alive. These counties encompass 21 states. Michigan leads the way with 24 counties, followed by Kentucky (18) and Illinois (17). Here is the list of such counties. The notification letters sent by PILF are a prerequisite to bringing a lawsuit against the
Source: Power Line
Female Funders Launches, Challenging 1,000 Women To Become Angel Investors
Looking to build a bridge over the technology industry's (and the technology investment industry more specifically) chasm-sized gender gap, a group of successful women entrepreneurs, investors, and corporate executives have launched Female Funders — a site dedicated to providing women with the tools they need to begin angel investing. The site's launch comes with a… Read More 
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Obama praises New Orleans' recovery 10 years after Katrina
On the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, President Obama praised the recovery of New Orleans Thursday and said he had kept his promise to help the city rebuild.
"Across the board, I've made the recovery and rebuilding of the Gulf Coast a priority," the president told residents at a community ...
#NotAllMuslims Keep Disabled Toronto Man Out Of Subsidized Housing
In any dispute between two groups of designated victims, Muslims win by default. Muslims vs. gays, Muslims vs. women, Muslims vs. ethnic minorities… even Muslims vs. people in wheelchairs. Marco Chown Oved, Toronto Star: A young wheelchair user has been taken off the waiting list for a publicly subsidized apartment because he is not a […]
Via: The Daily Caller
Watch How Anti-Israel Protest Leader Responds When We Ask Her if Hamas Is a Terrorist Organization
"Do you think of Hamas as a terrorist organization?"
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California Lawmakers Pass Toughest U.S. Law Requiring Equal Pay
California lawmakers approved legislation mandating equal pay for women in what the bill's author called the toughest such law in the U.S.
Source: Bloomberg.com news
Former Facebook And Instagram Marketer Eric Edge Joins Photo Startup PicsArt
PicsArt is announcing that it has hired Eric Edge as its vice president of marketing. Edge spent the past last four-plus years at Facebook (where he led the company's marketing efforts in Europe, the Middle East and Africa), then at Facebook-owned Instagram (where he worked on brand strategy). He told me he hadn't been planning to leave, but when he learned about PicsArt, he… Read More 
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Trump, Cruz to Attend Rally Against Iran Deal on Capitol Hill
Republican presidential candidates Ted Cruz and Donald Trump will both appear together at a rally against the Iranian nuclear deal on Capitol Hill in September, according to reports on Thursday.
Source: Washington Free Beacon
Kobach: Trump correct on immigration proposals
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach said he agrees with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's proposals to build a wall along the southern border and end "birthright citizenship" for children born to parents who are in the U.S. illegally.
Kobach advised Mitt Romney on immigration policy ...
Old Women Battle With Razor, Pepper Spray On JetBlue Flight
Some people REALLY hate sitting on planes
Via: The Daily Caller
Mark Zuckerberg Announces Major Facebook News: 'For the First Time Ever…'
"We just passed an important milestone."
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Hillary Clinton Finds Her Voice Making Gun Violence Plea Following Roanoke Murders
The Democratic front-runner delivered one of her best moments on the campaign trail so far.
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Vox: The Web Site For Dummies
(John Hinderaker) This is hilarious: Vox.com, the web site into which NBC is about to pour $200 million, tweeted this earlier today. It's a screen shot because Vox deleted the tweet in response to intense ridicule: I guess this is what happens when you get your news from uneducated 20-somethings with little or no experience, employment or otherwise. Hey, NBC: if you want to reconsider, you can buy our whole site for
Source: Power Line
U.S. Charges Arizona Man with Supporting Islamic State
NEW YORK (Reuters) - An Arizona man was indicted on Thursday for supporting the militant group Islamic State by helping a New York City college student travel to Syria for military-style training, U.S. authorities said.
Source: Washington Free Beacon
Facebook Hits 1 Billion Users In A Single Day
Facebook just heralded a huge milestone, on Monday nearly 1 in 7 humans logged on to its site. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg detailed the accomplishment in a post from his personal Facebook profile: On Monday, 1 in 7 people on Earth used Facebook to connect with their friends and family. When we talk about our financials, we use average numbers, but this is different. This was the first time… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Trump, Cruz to hold joint event to blast Iran deal
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) - GOP presidential candidates Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are expected to headline a Capitol Hill rally against President Obama's proposed nuclear agreement with Iran, both candidates confirmed Thursday.
Trump, the Republican front-runner by far, announced the event during a 45-minute speech in South Carolina. Cruz aides ...
Beck Says Donald Trump Will Likely Lose Many Supporters Over Quotes Like This
"He's not a straight shooter"
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Report Commissioned by Planned Parenthood Finds Graphic Abortion Videos Were Distorted to 'Smear'
Center for Medical Progress founder responds: "Planned Parenthood's abortion providers are far more honest about the brutal reality of their work than the paid political consultants at the national office."
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Chrome Starts Telling Autoplaying Videos To STFU
We've all been there: you're exploring the vast interwebs, opening tabs rapid fire like the middle-clickin' master you are. Suddenly one of the zillion tabs you've got open in the background starts autoplaying some terrible ad — now your laptop is yelling to your entire office about man part pills or free ipads or something. Google wants to end this. Read More 
Source: TechCrunch