Food-Stamp Use Rises; Some 15% Get Benefits; Many Game System (+video)
The number of recipients in the food stamp program, formally known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), is at 47.6 million, or nearly one in six Americans.
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NSA Scandal Sparks Hacker Rebellion
The result is that U.S. efforts to recruit hackers may have taken a substantial blow, and Moody suggests it may now be much harder to “keep up the pace of technological development within the spying program.”
DOJ Memo Asserts that All US Phone Calls Are ‘Relevant’ to Terrorism
The Justice Department on Friday released its legal rationale for why all U.S. phone calls are “relevant” to terrorism investigations.
Reid on Immigration Reform: ‘If We Go to Conference, We Will Win’
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Friday that if House Republicans end up sending their collection of immigration bills to a conference with the Senate, Democrats and illegal immigration advocates would win.
‘Mother F***er Racist Sons of B**ches From Hell’: Wedding Venue Gets Threats, Fears Shut Down After Refusing Gay Couple’s Nuptials
Another business is facing retribution for declining service to a same-sex couple. Betty and Dick Odgaard, owners of Görtz Haus Gallery in Grimes, Iowa, are catching the ire of gay rights advocates after they declined offering their venue to Lee Stafford and his fiance Jared.
Darrell Issa Subpoenas Treasury Department Over Auto Bailout Documents
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., sent a subpoena today to Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew regarding the 2009 taxpayer-funded $50 billion bailout of General Motors.
Obama to the Vineyard: America Is Monarchy in All but Name
Obama goes directly to Camelot’s spa on The Cape. “Camelot” is what we unabashedly called the place when Jack Kennedy was the first king of America, because it reminded Jackie Kennedy of King Arthur. Really.
Obamacare Installs New Scrutiny, Fines for Charitable Hospitals that Treat Uninsured People
Charitable hospitals that treat uninsured Americans will be subjected to new levels of scrutiny of their nonprofit status and could face sizable new fines under Obamacare.
Iowa Evangelical Leader: Ted Cruz Is ‘A Liberal’s Worst Nightmare’
In an interview you will only see on The Brody File, influential Iowa evangelical leader Bob Vander Plaats, head of The Family Leader organization says that Sen. Ted Cruz, “is a liberal’s worst nightmare.”
US Shale Oil Threatens to Derail OPEC’s Future: IEA
The rise of North American oil supplies could test the future of OPEC which may have to curb supply to accommodate rising shale oil volumes, a new report has found.