December 17, 2015

New Jersey Lawmakers Seek Christie End-Run With Ballot Moves

As Governor Chris Christie campaigns for the Republican presidential nomination, lawmakers back home in New Jersey are trying to get around him by taking their proposals directly to voters, drawing attention to his record running the state.

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The Spreading Virus: Emory Edition

(Steven Hayward) Oberlin (and Missouri, and Yale, and Claremont, and Princeton, and. . .) isn't the only campus where the asylum keepers (that is, administrators) are as nutty as the inmates. Black students of Emory have likewise issued a list of demands, by now quite familiar, which you can read in full here. A few key excerpts: Due to the systematic oppression faced by Black students throughout the world via colorism, racism,

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Obama Admin Rejected Plan To Check Visa Applicants' Social Media

ap_tashfeen-malik-syed-farook_ap-photo3-wi-640x480The Obama Administration rejected a proposal to vet the social media accounts of visa applicants in search of possible links to terrorism, including that of the jihadist who butchered 14 innocent people in San Bernardino earlier this month, according to according to an internal Department of Homeland Security memo obtained by MSNBC. EXCLUSIVE: DHS rejected ...More

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Israeli Tech University Launches Degree-Granting Chinese Institute

JERUSALEM – Israel's Technion, whose engineering and science graduates have fuelled Israel's reputation as the "Start-up Nation," participated today in a ground-breaking ceremony in China for a joint Israeli-Chinese technology institute aimed at replicating in China Israel's success in innovation and entrepreneurship.

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The Bruv Who Yelled 'You Ain't No Muslim, Bruv' Ain't No Muslim, Bruv

It was a moment that brought leftists around the world together in one big cluster of self-righteous smugness: "You ain't no Muslim, bruv." That's what a bystander, known only as "John," proclaimed to knife-wielding lunatic Muhaydin Mire in a London subway station earlier this month. Mire had just tried to behead someone, and he said […]

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December 16, 2015

Is Marco Rubio the GOP's Best Shot?

Republican strategist Katie Packer Gage and Democratic strategist Bill Carrick discuss the CNN Republican debate and the 2016 race on "With All Due Respect."

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Obama, Bloomberg discuss gun control at White House

President Obama met with former New York City mayor and gun control advocate Michael Bloomberg Wednesday to discuss stricter gun regulations as the president readies executive action on firearms.

The White House said Mr. Bloomberg and the president "discussed ways to keep guns out of the hands of those who ...

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Rush Limbaugh Makes Comment About Rubio and Establishment That Might Surprise Some Tea Party Voters

"Huge."

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Why Janet Yellen Nailed It With Fed's Rate Hike

Bloomberg's Stephanie Ruhle breaks down the Federal Reserve's decision to raise rates on "With All Due Respect."

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Ominibus bill rewards Department of Education overreach

(Paul Mirengoff) On Friday, the House will vote on the year-end omnibus spending bill, formally known as the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016. As Heritage Action says, the bill should have been an opportunity for conservatives to reassert their prerogatives on a host of important issues, ranging from appropriate spending levels to substantive action on refugee resettlement, executive amnesty, Planned Parenthood, and many more. Instead, the omnibus spending bill falls far short

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New Relic CEO: "Thankful We're Not In That Unicorn Bucket"

lewis_cirne Lew Cirne, founder and CEO of the seven-year-old software analytics company New Relic, has a lot for which to be thankful. Near the very top of his list? The fact that New Relic went public a year ago, after raising roughly $214 million from investors. (Its market cap today is $1.78 billion.) We talked earlier today about what's keeping so many other companies from doing the same. Our… Read More

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Clinton: 'I Don't Know That I Ever Have' Taken Money From Fossil Fuel Industry

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Former New Mexico secretary of state prepares for jail

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Former New Mexico Secretary of State Dianna Duran agreed Wednesday to turn herself in to deputies at the end of the week to serve 30 days in jail as partial punishment for siphoning money from her election account to fuel a gambling addiction.

Under a ...

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No Bankruptcy Provision In End Of The Year Spending Bill For Puerto Rico

The commonwealth holds around $70 billion in public debt

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'It…Pissed Me Off': Move by 'Vindictive' Disney Leaves Quentin Tarantino Seething With Anger

"They are going out of their way to f*** me."

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After Ruling Chattanooga Shooting to be Act of Terror, Navy Will Award Purple Hearts to Victims

"This determination allows the Department of the Navy to move forward immediately…"

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A Call To Arms Against McCarthy 2.0

Screen Shot 2015-12-16 at 6.38.02 PM This week, I learned that the bill in question (HR-158) has Obama's support, has cleared the House of Representatives with a whopping 407-19 majority, and is on track to be passed by the Senate within days. While the bill attempts to help make Americans safe from terrorism, it's not only unlikely to do so, but risks implementing a discriminatory regime that could be used against… Read More

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Mistrial in Freddie Gray Case: What's Political Impact?

Mark Halperin and John Heilemann discuss the mistrial declared by a Baltimore judge in the first trial in the case of the death of Freddie Gray on "With All Due Respect."

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Sen. Inhofe: Paris Climate Deal Devoid of Substance

Sen. James Inhofe (R., Okla.) described the final deal reached over the weekend during climate talks in Paris as devoid of substance on a press call with reporters Wednesday.

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Inside the Beltway: President Frank Underwood returns with a vengeance

Behold, it's "FU2016," a spiffy new website for a fictional presidential campaign, and as canny a marketing tool as any real candidate could muster. The "FU" stands for Frank Underwood, the president of the U.S. as defined by actor Kevin Spacey in the Netflix series "House of Cards." The website ...

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