Democratic Lawmaker Hits Justice as ‘Uncle Thomas’
Former Rep. Allen West poured scorn on the upper-class white democratic state legislator who called Justice Thomas a racial epithet.
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Alaska, Other States No Longer Subject to Key Provisions of 1965 Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that states no longer can be judged by voting discrimination that went on decades ago, a decision that argues the country has fundamentally changed since the racially motivated laws of the civil rights era. Alaska is one of the states affected by this decision.
Glenn Greenwald: Snowden’s Files Are Out There if ‘Anything Happens’ to Him
Snowden has shared encoded copies of all the documents he took so that they won’t disappear if he does, Glenn Greenwald tells Eli Lake.
Obama Admin. Slashing Combat Brigades at 10 US Bases
In a massive restructuring, the U.S. Army is slashing the number of active duty combat brigades from 45 to 33, and shifting thousands of soldiers out of bases around the country as it moves forward with a longtime plan to cut the size of the service by 80,000.
Obama Admin. Tells Egyptian Christians to not Protest Muslim Brotherhood
As Egyptians of all factions prepare to demonstrate in mass against the Muslim Brotherhood and President Morsi’s rule on June 30, the latter has been trying to reduce their numbers, which some predict will be in the millions and eclipse the Tahrir protests that earlier ousted Mubarak.
DOJ Defunds Youth Programs that Reference God
A Louisiana lawman is livid over the federal government’s decision to cut off funds for two programs to help troubled young people, all, he says, because he refused to sign a pledge to bar prayer or any mention of God at their meetings.
From Benghazi to Nuclear Terrorism
Former Director of the CIA James Woolsey just published an article in the Wall Street Journal documenting how the US has become so vulnerable to international terrorism that even the ridiculous government of North Korea could now detonate a small nuclear weapon above the America.
Texas Abortion Bill Falls After Dispute Over Late-Night Vote
Texas’ lieutenant governor acknowledged early Wednesday that Republicans missed their deadline to pass new abortion restrictions after protesters screamed down lawmakers as the final 15 minutes passed before the special legislative session’s deadline.
Teen Impaled on Horn of Texas Tech Bull Statue (+video)
A woman who was with a group of children playing a late-night game of hide-and-seek when a Texas teen impaled himself on the horn of a bull statue says she isn’t exactly sure how it happened but that the boy’s death was a “pure accident.”
Taliban Guns Send a Message About Obama’s Peace Process
While much of the world is focused on the indignities being heaped on the United States by Russia, China and Ecuador in the fugitive Edward Snowden affair, the Taliban on Monday demonstrated their own contempt for the Obama administration.