December 4, 2015

Loretta Lynch Vows DOJ Will Prosecute Those Who Use 'Anti-Muslim' Speech

ag lynchAttorney General Loretta Lynch pledged to a group of Muslim activists on Thursday that she would take aggressive action against anyone who used "anti-Muslim rhetoric" that "edges toward violence," one day after a radicalized Muslim husband and wife heinously murdered 14 people in San Bernardino, California. "We stand with you in this," Lynch said in her address ...More

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Poll: 'The Donald' Trumps GOP Rivals

Mark Halperin and John Heilemann discuss the results of a CNN/ORC poll on "With All Due Respect."

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State senator from East Boston to join lobbying firm

BOSTON (AP) - A veteran state senator plans to give up his seat to join a lobbying firm.

Since 2007, Sen. Anthony Petruccelli has represented a district that includes the Boston neighborhoods of East Boston, North End and Beacon Hill, along with Winthrop and Revere and portions of Cambridge.

The ...

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San Bernardino Shooters Took Advantage Of Flaw In Immigration System

Only 118 out of 36,425 applicants in 2014 got rejected.

Via: The Daily Caller

ABC News Obtains First Photo Purporting to Show San Bernardino Terror Suspect Tashfeen Malik

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'It Was a Shock': Sarah Palin Opens Up About Being Fired From Fox News

"More power to Fox News — it's private enterprise."

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European Regulators Investigating Clinical Trial of Drug Led By Obama FDA Nominee

President Obama's nominee to head the FDA helped "design and oversee" an approved drug whose clinical trial is now under investigation by European regulators.

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Vanderbilt poll finds support for modest gas tax increase

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - As Gov. Bill Haslam crisscrosses the state trying to build support for a gas tax increase, a new Vanderbilt University poll finds voters are willing to pay more to improve roads and bridges.

That's a contrast to a similar poll in May that found only 25 ...

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Court Case To Force Women To Sign Up For The Draft Gets HUGE Boost

'That legal determination won't affect … our timetable for the implementation'

Via: The Daily Caller

High School Says Department of Education 'Acted in Bad Faith' in Transgender Locker Room Settlement

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Homeless Man Befriended Store Clerk Years Ago After She Let Him Use Her Phone. When She Was Held Up at Gunpoint, It Was His Turn to Help.

"I asked Steve you know, 'Why did you do that? … And he told me, 'Because you have kids.'"

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The Power Line Show, Episode 30: San Bernardino

(John Hinderaker) This morning the whole Power Line crew assembled to discuss the issues of the day—specifically, the terrorist attack in San Bernardino, the crazed liberal responses thereto, and the attack's public policy implications with respect to, most notably, immigration. And also, of course, the incident's potential impact on the 2016 presidential race. The remainder of the show was devoted to campus craziness in its various manifestations—hoax "hate crimes," absurd demands by

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To Push Moments, Twitter Starts Shoving The Notifications Tab To The Side

twitter-lightning-glacier3200 If you're a Twitter for the web user (or Android) like I am, then you know exactly where all of the tabs are that you need to speedily read tweets, replies and so forth. Twitter, monkeying around with the service as they do, has started experimenting with switching some places of the tabs you use the most. The "Notifications" tab sits nicely next to "Home" on the… Read More

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State Department Satisfied With Visa Process That Allowed Terrorist Into U.S.

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NY lawmakers vow to nix pensions of corrupt politicians

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The conviction of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is giving momentum to efforts to revoke the state pensions of corrupt state politicians - a proposal that will require the consent of lawmakers and voters alike.

Silver, a Manhattan Democrat, is eligible to receive an annual pension ...

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Christie: Democratic Gun Control Proposals Are 'Just Like Eating Cotton Candy, It Does Nothing Good'

'It just makes you feel good for a couple of minutes'

Via: The Daily Caller

Congress Passes $305 Billion Infrastructure Bill, Obama Expected to Sign

"This bill is not perfect, but it is a common-sense compromise." 

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White House: 'Self-Evident' We Need to Ban Guns for Those on No-Fly List, Despite Incidents of Americans Wrongly Included

"Shouldn't there be a higher bar for depriving someone of a constitutional right than curbing their travel?"

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Undefeated Iowa Football Team Means Big Political Ad Dollars for Local TV

When the undefeated Hawkeyes play Saturday, ahead of the state's February caucuses, a 30-second ad will go for up to $25,000.

Source: Bloomberg.com news

Why Decision Science Matters

keychoice Nearly everyone is familiar with the DirecTV commercials in which actor Rob Lowe and NFL quarterbacks Eli Manning and Tony Romo appear as unflattering alter-egos of themselves — "peaked in high school" Rob Lowe, "bad comedian" Eli Manning, "artsy craftsy" Tony Romo, etc. The burgeoning adoption of data science in companies like Uber, Netflix and… Read More

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