Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is blaming his fellow Senate Republicans for opposing a movement in the House to defund ObamaCare, which ultimately caused Republicans to win few concessions in the deal to reopen the government and raise the nation’s debt ceiling.
Hillary Clinton made her first campaign appearance in nearly five years on Saturday to support Terry McAuliffe, her old friend who’s running as the Democratic nominee for governor in Virginia.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-10-20 00:23:142016-04-11 11:16:00Hillary Clinton Stumps for Terry McAuliffe
President repeats appeal for bipartisan co-operation later echoed by Hillary Clinton in Virginia campaign speech.
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Citing the famous prophecies of Fatima, traditionalist Roman Catholic Bishop Bernard Fellay warned in an address in Kansas City that Pope Francis is precipitating the church’s decline and could be a herald that the world is entering the age of the Antichrist.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-10-20 00:20:312016-04-11 11:16:01Bishop: Pope Leading Church to ‘Disaster’
The Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., is arguing in a new lawsuit that the Obama administration is engaged in a “conscious political strategy to marginalize and delegitimize” Catholic “religious views on contraception by holding them up for ridicule on the national stage.”
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Media Matters founder and Hillary Clinton ally David Brock has co-authored a 90-page e-book called “The Benghazi Hoax,” a tome intended as a counterweight of sorts to criticisms of the former Secretary of State and President Barack Obama over the 2012 attacks in Libya.
JPMorgan Chase and the Justice Department have reached a tentative $13 billion settlement over the bank’s questionable mortgage practices leading up to the financial crisis, people briefed on the talks said on Saturday.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-10-20 00:06:042016-04-11 11:16:02Tentative Deal Hands JPMorgan Chase a Record Penalty
The prolonged glitches with the ObamaCare website are frustrating many of the president’s most high-valued customers — the young, tech-savvy generation that helped him win two terms and whose participation is critical to the success of the health care exchanges.
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After his mayoral campaign sent vague signals yesterday about whether he would maintain Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s legal effort to restrict soda cup sizes at restaurants, Bill de Blasio vowed to do precisely that this afternoon.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-10-20 00:02:512016-04-11 11:16:03De Blasio Will Continue Bloomberg’s Soda Cup Fight
Conservatives can have a good year — if they want to.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-10-19 02:51:022016-04-11 11:16:03The Case for GOP Optimism
U.S. debt jumped a record $328 billion on Thursday, the first day the federal government was able to borrow money under the deal President Obama and Congress sealed this week.
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Business groups that want Republicans to compromise more with Democrats and Washington’s permanent political class on comprehensive immigration reform may declare war on Tea Party candidates by putting money behind moderate and centrist candidates in Republican primaries.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-10-19 02:35:232016-04-11 11:16:06Business Groups Preparing to Fight Conservatives Over Immigration
During the shutdown, 85 percent of government stayed open despite the hoopla reported in the media. Government is now 100 percent open. Debt-ceiling deadlines have been averted, but the real problem remains.
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A United Nations investigation has so far identified 33 drone strikes around the world that have resulted in civilian casualties and may have violated international humanitarian law.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-10-19 02:20:322016-04-11 11:16:06Drone Strikes by US May Violate International Law, Says UN
The federal Obamacare insurance marketplace is being pummeled by a damning series of new disclosures, expert criticism, Republican demands that the Health and Human Services chief resign and presidential displeasure as the tech-troubled website stumbles into its third week of operation.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-10-19 02:19:092016-04-11 11:16:07Bad to Worse: Obamacare Website Slammed by Critics
New Jersey Sen.-elect Cory Booker will officiate some of the first gay marriages in New Jersey early Monday morning, his office in Newark announced Friday.
More than 24,000 Mexicans live in Western North Carolina, according to the Consulate General of Mexico’s Raleigh, N.C., office. Nearly 9,000 of them live in Buncombe County, and about 8,500 in Henderson County.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-10-19 02:12:352016-04-11 11:16:07Mexican Consulate Plans Saturday, Oct. 19, Asheville Visit to Aid Immigrants
Rep. C. W. “Bill” Young, a Florida Republican who was the longest-tenured Republican in the House and served as the longtime top appropriator for the defense industry, died Friday at 82.
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The U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) on Friday released the initial results of an international survey of adult skills in literacy and mathematics, revealing that Americans rank 21st in “numeracy” and are tied for 15th in literacy among adults in 23 advanced economies.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-10-19 02:05:002016-04-11 11:16:08In 23 Advanced Economies: U.S. Adults Rank 21st in Math Skills
In an apparent attempt to rub Republicans’ noses in their defeat on the debt ceiling conflict, President Barack Obama said Thursday that they should “win an election” if they want to change his policies.
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If the U.S. government’s credit rating is the backbone of the public financial system, then the negative credit watch issued by Fitch Ratings on Tuesday is akin to a bulging disc.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-10-18 02:13:112016-04-11 11:16:09The U.S. Default Risk May be Passing, but a Downgrade Could Still Lie Ahead
The frustration, say immigration advocates, is reaching a fever pitch.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-10-18 02:09:182016-04-11 11:16:09They’re Not Going To Take It Anymore: New Generation Of Immigrant Advocates Take Radical Approach
Cruz: Blame Senate GOP for ACA Defeat
/7 Comments/in Featured, News /by Julian HattemSen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is blaming his fellow Senate Republicans for opposing a movement in the House to defund ObamaCare, which ultimately caused Republicans to win few concessions in the deal to reopen the government and raise the nation’s debt ceiling.
Hillary Clinton Stumps for Terry McAuliffe
/3 Comments/in Featured, News /by Emily Schultheis and Maggie HabermanHillary Clinton made her first campaign appearance in nearly five years on Saturday to support Terry McAuliffe, her old friend who’s running as the Democratic nominee for governor in Virginia.
Obama: Washington ‘Has to Change’ after Shutdown and Debt Ceiling Crisis
/11 Comments/in Featured, News /by Martin PengellyPresident repeats appeal for bipartisan co-operation later echoed by Hillary Clinton in Virginia campaign speech.
Bishop: Pope Leading Church to ‘Disaster’
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by Jerome R. CorsiCiting the famous prophecies of Fatima, traditionalist Roman Catholic Bishop Bernard Fellay warned in an address in Kansas City that Pope Francis is precipitating the church’s decline and could be a herald that the world is entering the age of the Antichrist.
Church: Gov’t Engaged in ‘Conscious Political Strategy to Marginalize and Delegitimize’ Catholic ‘Religious Views’
/7 Comments/in Featured, News /by Terence P. JeffreyThe Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., is arguing in a new lawsuit that the Obama administration is engaged in a “conscious political strategy to marginalize and delegitimize” Catholic “religious views on contraception by holding them up for ridicule on the national stage.”
Student Loan Borrowers Face Payment ‘Pitfalls’
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by Herb WeisbaumRepaying a student loan should be simple. But a new report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finds that’s often not the case.
Clinton Ally Pens E-Book: ‘The Benghazi Hoax’
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by Maggie HabermanMedia Matters founder and Hillary Clinton ally David Brock has co-authored a 90-page e-book called “The Benghazi Hoax,” a tome intended as a counterweight of sorts to criticisms of the former Secretary of State and President Barack Obama over the 2012 attacks in Libya.
Tentative Deal Hands JPMorgan Chase a Record Penalty
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Ben Protess and Jessica Silver-GreenbergJPMorgan Chase and the Justice Department have reached a tentative $13 billion settlement over the bank’s questionable mortgage practices leading up to the financial crisis, people briefed on the talks said on Saturday.
ObamaCare Site Glitches Run Risk of Turning Off Millenials
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by Fox NewsThe prolonged glitches with the ObamaCare website are frustrating many of the president’s most high-valued customers — the young, tech-savvy generation that helped him win two terms and whose participation is critical to the success of the health care exchanges.
Dick Cheney Feared Assassination by Shock to Implanted Heart Defibrillator
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Richard LuscombeFormer US vice-president, who recently had a heart transplant, worried that electronic pulse to cardiac device might kill him.
De Blasio Will Continue Bloomberg’s Soda Cup Fight
/5 Comments/in Featured, News /by Ross BarkanAfter his mayoral campaign sent vague signals yesterday about whether he would maintain Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s legal effort to restrict soda cup sizes at restaurants, Bill de Blasio vowed to do precisely that this afternoon.
The Case for GOP Optimism
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Charles C. W. CookeConservatives can have a good year — if they want to.
Kentucky-Bribed Statesman: Mitch McConnell Unmasked
/7 Comments/in Featured, News /by William SullivanKentucky-Bribed Statesman: Mitch McConnell Unmasked
U.S. Debt Jumps a Record $328 Billion — Tops $17 Trillion for First Time
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Stephen DinanU.S. debt jumped a record $328 billion on Thursday, the first day the federal government was able to borrow money under the deal President Obama and Congress sealed this week.
Business Groups Preparing to Fight Conservatives Over Immigration
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by Tony LeeBusiness groups that want Republicans to compromise more with Democrats and Washington’s permanent political class on comprehensive immigration reform may declare war on Tea Party candidates by putting money behind moderate and centrist candidates in Republican primaries.
Rand Paul: Another Shutdown Stickup
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Sen. Rand PaulDuring the shutdown, 85 percent of government stayed open despite the hoopla reported in the media. Government is now 100 percent open. Debt-ceiling deadlines have been averted, but the real problem remains.
Drone Strikes by US May Violate International Law, Says UN
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Owen BowcottA United Nations investigation has so far identified 33 drone strikes around the world that have resulted in civilian casualties and may have violated international humanitarian law.
Bad to Worse: Obamacare Website Slammed by Critics
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by News EditorThe federal Obamacare insurance marketplace is being pummeled by a damning series of new disclosures, expert criticism, Republican demands that the Health and Human Services chief resign and presidential displeasure as the tech-troubled website stumbles into its third week of operation.
Cory Booker ‘Excited’ to Officiate Gay Marriages
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by Jose DelrealNew Jersey Sen.-elect Cory Booker will officiate some of the first gay marriages in New Jersey early Monday morning, his office in Newark announced Friday.
Mexican Consulate Plans Saturday, Oct. 19, Asheville Visit to Aid Immigrants
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by Ami WorthenMore than 24,000 Mexicans live in Western North Carolina, according to the Consulate General of Mexico’s Raleigh, N.C., office. Nearly 9,000 of them live in Buncombe County, and about 8,500 in Henderson County.
Fla. Republican Rep. C.W. ‘Bill’ Young Dies at 82
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by Chad PergramRep. C. W. “Bill” Young, a Florida Republican who was the longest-tenured Republican in the House and served as the longtime top appropriator for the defense industry, died Friday at 82.
In 23 Advanced Economies: U.S. Adults Rank 21st in Math Skills
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by Terence P. JeffreyThe U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) on Friday released the initial results of an international survey of adult skills in literacy and mathematics, revealing that Americans rank 21st in “numeracy” and are tied for 15th in literacy among adults in 23 advanced economies.
Obama to Republicans: ‘Go Win an Election’
/25 Comments/in Featured, News /by News EditorIn an apparent attempt to rub Republicans’ noses in their defeat on the debt ceiling conflict, President Barack Obama said Thursday that they should “win an election” if they want to change his policies.
The U.S. Default Risk May be Passing, but a Downgrade Could Still Lie Ahead
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Howard SchneiderIf the U.S. government’s credit rating is the backbone of the public financial system, then the negative credit watch issued by Fitch Ratings on Tuesday is akin to a bulging disc.
They’re Not Going To Take It Anymore: New Generation Of Immigrant Advocates Take Radical Approach
/11 Comments/in Featured, News /by Elizabeth LlorenteThe frustration, say immigration advocates, is reaching a fever pitch.