A public policy group says a review of U.S. terrorist arrests shows the government’s collection of bulk phone records does little to prevent terrorism, adding fuel to a debate over whether the spy program should be ended.
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Hundreds of pages of declassified transcripts from the U.S. military’s top commanders present a picture of a woefully ill-postured military force whose assets were not in a position to quickly respond to the Benghazi terror attack — or other hot spots across Africa and the Middle East.
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Two former California police officers were acquitted Monday in the death of a homeless man after a violent struggle with officers that was captured on surveillance video.
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The man who led the U.S. Defense Department through its transition to allowing openly acknowledged homosexuals to serve in the military is set to take over the Boy Scouts of America as the iconic youth organization undergoes a similar historic change.
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Jurors in the trial of a German man charged with killing his 91-year-old wife were shown bloody crime scene photographs Monday and a portion of an interview with homicide detectives in which he referred to the couple’s relationship as a “marriage of convenience.”
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If you were watching MSNBC Live this morning, you might be wondering why former and current Alaska Republican senatorial candidate Joe Miller is retiring in the middle of his campaign.
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Taxpayers paid nearly $175 million for vacuum erection systems (VES), commonly known as “penis pumps,” from 2006 to 2011, according to an inspector general report released on Monday.
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What do George Soros, labor unions and money-grubbing former GOP Rep. Steven LaTourette all have in common? They’re control freaks. They’re power hounds. They’re united against tea party conservatives. And they all have operated under the umbrella of D.C. groups masquerading as “Main Street” Republicans.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-01-13 00:25:382014-01-13 00:25:38Beware of the Left-Wing-Funded “Main Street” Republicans
California Rep. Darrell Issa, the Republican chair of the House Oversight Committee, accused the Obama administration of waging “a war on guns” after new reports of “rogue” sting operations by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) conducted during 2013.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-01-13 00:20:192014-01-13 00:20:19Darrell Issa: Obama Administration Waging ‘a War on Guns’ with ‘Rogue’ ATF Sting Operations
Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates doubled down on criticisms against his former boss on Sunday, claiming that President Barack Obama failed to convince American troops that their sacrifice was worth it and saying that absence of conviction “disturbed” him.
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Democrats sharpened their swords Sunday over the New Jersey bridge scandal, with one state lawmaker suggesting impeachment is an option for Gov. Chris Christie — even as other prominent politicos said they were inclined to believe the governor’s side of the story.
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CNN Chief Jeff Zucker might not be very good at getting ratings for his Nielsens-challenged network, but he’s great at hurling insults. On Friday, Zucker tried to diminish both the Republican Party and Fox News by alleging that the GOP is being run out of Fox.
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Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state who leads all 2016 presidential polls, ranks dead last on a new top 10 poll of who Americans admire most, and at the bottom of who the world admires most, behind celebs like Angelina Jolie and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-01-13 00:01:052014-01-13 00:01:05Hillary Clinton Ranks Dead-Last on U.S. ‘Most Admired’ List, Behind Rush Limbaugh, Bush
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce says it will back “pro-business” candidates against Tea Party-styled opponents in this year’s elections, largely in response to conservative lawmakers fueling last year’s partial government shutdown fight.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-01-12 02:34:042014-01-12 02:34:04Conservatives Question US Chamber’s Plan to Spend Millions to Defeat Tea Party-Style Candidates in 2014
New Obamacare health insurance enrollees may feel a pang of envy when they eye the coverage plans offered by Walmart to its employees.
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A police car dash cam video obtained by MLive and The Grand Rapids Press shows the encounter between Grand Rapids Police officers and open-carry advocate Johann Deffert that sparked a federal lawsuit.
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More than a year before Maryland launched its health insurance exchange, senior state officials failed to heed warnings that no one was ultimately accountable for the $170 million project and that the state lacked a plausible plan for how it would be ready by Oct. 1.
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Gov. Sean Parnell on Friday announced a new way forward on a long-hoped-for natural gas pipeline that includes scrapping the terms of a 2007 law he says no longer works well for the situation.
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On March 24, 1971, I became the first reporter to inform readers that the FBI wanted the American people to think there was an “FBI agent behind every mailbox.” That rather alarming alert came from stolen FBI files I had found in my own mailbox at The Washington Post when I arrived at work the previous morning.
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In the near future, you won’t even need to know how to fire a rifle to be a crack shot.
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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, which represents a population greater than a number of states, has voted 3-2 to restore the cross to the San Gabriel Mission church on the L.A. County seal to accurately depict the Mission, which now appears on the county seal without its cross.
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U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has told a conservative conference that President Barack Obama is lawless, providing the right wing rhetoric that makes him so popular in his home state.
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Report: NSA’s Fourth Amendment Violations Have Zero Impact on Terrorism
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Chris StrohmA public policy group says a review of U.S. terrorist arrests shows the government’s collection of bulk phone records does little to prevent terrorism, adding fuel to a debate over whether the spy program should be ended.
The Benghazi Transcripts: US Military Woefully Unprepared for Attack, Documents Show
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by Jennifer GriffinHundreds of pages of declassified transcripts from the U.S. military’s top commanders present a picture of a woefully ill-postured military force whose assets were not in a position to quickly respond to the Benghazi terror attack — or other hot spots across Africa and the Middle East.
Officers Acquitted in Homeless Man’s Death
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Associated PressTwo former California police officers were acquitted Monday in the death of a homeless man after a violent struggle with officers that was captured on surveillance video.
Famous Name Leads Boy Scouts in ‘Gay’ Change
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by WNDThe man who led the U.S. Defense Department through its transition to allowing openly acknowledged homosexuals to serve in the military is set to take over the Boy Scouts of America as the iconic youth organization undergoes a similar historic change.
Police Interview Shown in Case of Slain DC Writer
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by AP STAFF WRITERJurors in the trial of a German man charged with killing his 91-year-old wife were shown bloody crime scene photographs Monday and a portion of an interview with homicide detectives in which he referred to the couple’s relationship as a “marriage of convenience.”
MSNBC: Joe Miller is Retiring? Not So Fast. . .
/12 Comments/in Featured, News /by Jeanne DevonIf you were watching MSNBC Live this morning, you might be wondering why former and current Alaska Republican senatorial candidate Joe Miller is retiring in the middle of his campaign.
Taxpayers Paid Nearly $175M for Penis Pumps Between 2006 and 2011
/3 Comments/in Featured, News /by Lachlan MarkayTaxpayers paid nearly $175 million for vacuum erection systems (VES), commonly known as “penis pumps,” from 2006 to 2011, according to an inspector general report released on Monday.
Beware of the Left-Wing-Funded “Main Street” Republicans
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by Michelle MalkinWhat do George Soros, labor unions and money-grubbing former GOP Rep. Steven LaTourette all have in common? They’re control freaks. They’re power hounds. They’re united against tea party conservatives. And they all have operated under the umbrella of D.C. groups masquerading as “Main Street” Republicans.
Darrell Issa: Obama Administration Waging ‘a War on Guns’ with ‘Rogue’ ATF Sting Operations
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Brendan BordelonCalifornia Rep. Darrell Issa, the Republican chair of the House Oversight Committee, accused the Obama administration of waging “a war on guns” after new reports of “rogue” sting operations by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) conducted during 2013.
Former SecDef Gates: Obama Didn’t Work to Make Troops Believe in their Mission
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Brendan BordelonFormer Defense Secretary Robert Gates doubled down on criticisms against his former boss on Sunday, claiming that President Barack Obama failed to convince American troops that their sacrifice was worth it and saying that absence of conviction “disturbed” him.
The Real Unemployment Rate?
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Ben BerkowitzThe U.S. Labor Department said Friday that the unemployment rate fell to 6.7 percent in December—but does that rate tell the real story?
‘Impeachment’? Dems Escalate NJ Bridge Probe, While Some Defend Christie
/3 Comments/in Featured, News /by News EditorDemocrats sharpened their swords Sunday over the New Jersey bridge scandal, with one state lawmaker suggesting impeachment is an option for Gov. Chris Christie — even as other prominent politicos said they were inclined to believe the governor’s side of the story.
CNN Chief Jeff Zucker: Fox News is Biased, Shills of GOP
/3 Comments/in Featured, News /by Tony LeeCNN Chief Jeff Zucker might not be very good at getting ratings for his Nielsens-challenged network, but he’s great at hurling insults. On Friday, Zucker tried to diminish both the Republican Party and Fox News by alleging that the GOP is being run out of Fox.
Hillary Clinton Ranks Dead-Last on U.S. ‘Most Admired’ List, Behind Rush Limbaugh, Bush
/3 Comments/in Featured, News /by Paul BedardHillary Clinton, the former secretary of state who leads all 2016 presidential polls, ranks dead last on a new top 10 poll of who Americans admire most, and at the bottom of who the world admires most, behind celebs like Angelina Jolie and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Conservatives Question US Chamber’s Plan to Spend Millions to Defeat Tea Party-Style Candidates in 2014
/21 Comments/in Featured, News /by Fox NewsThe U.S. Chamber of Commerce says it will back “pro-business” candidates against Tea Party-styled opponents in this year’s elections, largely in response to conservative lawmakers fueling last year’s partial government shutdown fight.
Surprise! Walmart Health Plan is Cheaper, Offers More Coverage than Obamacare
/3 Comments/in Featured, News /by Richard PollockNew Obamacare health insurance enrollees may feel a pang of envy when they eye the coverage plans offered by Walmart to its employees.
Video: Open-Carry Gun Advocate’s Confrontation with Grand Rapids Police that Sparked Lawsuit
/12 Comments/in Featured, News /by John AgarA police car dash cam video obtained by MLive and The Grand Rapids Press shows the encounter between Grand Rapids Police officers and open-carry advocate Johann Deffert that sparked a federal lawsuit.
Maryland Officials Were Warned for a Year of Problems with Online Health-Insurance Exchange
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by Aaron C. Davis and Mary Pat FlahertyMore than a year before Maryland launched its health insurance exchange, senior state officials failed to heed warnings that no one was ultimately accountable for the $170 million project and that the state lacked a plausible plan for how it would be ready by Oct. 1.
Google’s Military Robotics: Humanoid Robots Future of Ground Warfare?
/5 Comments/in Featured, News /by Scott ClelandGoogle CEO Larry Page has rapidly positioned Google to become an indispensable U.S. military contractor.
Alaska Governor Unveils New Plan for Gas Pipeline
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by Associated PressGov. Sean Parnell on Friday announced a new way forward on a long-hoped-for natural gas pipeline that includes scrapping the terms of a 2007 law he says no longer works well for the situation.
Remembering An Earlier Time When a Theft Unmasked Government Surveillance
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Betty MedsgerOn March 24, 1971, I became the first reporter to inform readers that the FBI wanted the American people to think there was an “FBI agent behind every mailbox.” That rather alarming alert came from stolen FBI files I had found in my own mailbox at The Washington Post when I arrived at work the previous morning.
Smart Rifle Never Misses, Now Comes in Semi-Automatic Form
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by Cadie ThompsonIn the near future, you won’t even need to know how to fire a rifle to be a crack shot.
Data Shows More Young Veterans Committing Suicide
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by Alan ZaremboThe rate among 18- to 29-year-old men climbed 44% over 3 years, a new analysis shows, although it declined among older male veterans.
LA County Votes to Restore Cross to Seal; ACLU Has Dracula-like Response
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Rees LloydThe Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, which represents a population greater than a number of states, has voted 3-2 to restore the cross to the San Gabriel Mission church on the L.A. County seal to accurately depict the Mission, which now appears on the county seal without its cross.
Cruz: President Has Engaged in Pattern of ‘Lawlessness on a breathtaking scale’
/17 Comments/in Featured, News /by CBS Houston/APU.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has told a conservative conference that President Barack Obama is lawless, providing the right wing rhetoric that makes him so popular in his home state.