Immigrant-rights protesters have chained themselves in front of an detention facility in Eloy, Ariz., and planned to blockade the main federal immigration office in Phoenix later Monday, hoping to stop anyone from being deported.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-10-15 01:54:242016-04-11 11:16:25Protesters Chain Themselves to Stop Deportations in Arizona
A crowd converged on the World War II Memorial on the National Mall, pushing through barriers Sunday morning to protest the memorial’s closing under the government shutdown.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-10-14 03:06:032016-04-11 11:16:25Cruz, Lee, Palin Speak at WWII Memorial – Protestors Tear Down Barricades (+video)
The chief of the International Monetary Fund says the U.S. government’s stalemate over spending and its debt limit is “very, very concerning” and could roll back economic progress around the world.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-10-14 02:38:582016-04-11 11:16:26IMF Chief: U.S. Dance with the Debt Limit is ‘Very, Very Concerning’
As the partial government shutdown rolls on, programs that rely on federal money are feeling the strain — and so are the people who depend on their services.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-10-14 02:36:382016-04-11 11:16:26Across the Country, Donors Chip in to Help Programs Hurt by Federal Government Shutdown
Immigrant-rights activists say New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie reversed himself Saturday and endorsed giving illegal immigrants in-state college tuition rates, and said he will try to get the issue through his legislature in a lame-duck session.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-10-14 02:34:372016-04-11 11:16:27N.J. Gov. Christie Flips, Says He Now Wants In-State Tuition for Illegal Immigrants
China’s official news agency is calling for a “de-Americanized world,” in a blistering editorial characterizing the United States as a “meddling” and “hypocritical” nation that introduces chaos into the world for its own ends.
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On Sunday RNC Chairman Reince Priebus called on Hillary Clinton, Harry Reid, and the Democratic National Committee to return political contributions made to their political campaign committees by Joseph Caramadre, a friend and business associate of Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-10-14 01:00:152016-04-11 11:16:29RNC Chair: Hillary Should Return Donations from Mcauliffe’s Convicted Pal
A top Senate Republican called for President Obama to get the long absent Vice President Joe Biden “out of the witness protection program” to restart stalled talks to end the government shutdown and stop a US credit default.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-10-14 00:14:162016-04-11 11:16:29John McCain: Let Joe Biden Out of Witness Protection
Sarah Palin rode the Tea Party Express tour bus into Ocean County today to lend her political star power to Republican Steve Lonegan’s U.S. Senate campaign, urging the roughly 2,000 supporters to muster up “their Jersey fight” to help him defeat Cory Booker.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-10-13 02:00:032016-04-11 11:16:30Palin and Lonegan Rev Up NJ Crowd Ahead of This Week’s Special Election (+video)
House Speaker John Boehner today told fellow Republicans that his talks with President Barack Obama have stalled.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-10-13 01:29:412016-04-11 11:16:30Boehner says Obama Rejected GOP Plan to End Shutdown as Negotiations Shift to Senate
Hillary Clinton has called for a “sensible adult conversation”, to be held in a transparent way, about the boundaries of state surveillance highlighted by the leaking of secret NSA files by the whistleblower Edward Snowden.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-10-13 01:15:442016-04-11 11:16:31Hillary Clinton: We Need to Talk Sensibly about Spying
People in Ohio, Michigan and 15 other states found themselves unable to use their food stamp debit-style cards on Saturday, after a routine check by vendor Xerox Corp. resulted in a system failure.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-10-13 00:58:392016-04-11 11:16:32Food Stamp Debit Cards Not Working in 17 States
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, the late former first lady Betty Ford and Title IX advocate Bernice Sandler are among the nine women set to be inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame on Saturday.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-10-13 00:56:562016-04-11 11:16:33Nancy Pelosi Joins Women’s Hall of Fame
Los Angeles public schools are encouraging teachers and staff to wear badges that identify them as “LGBT allies” and supporters of the pro-gay movement.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-10-13 00:54:482016-04-11 11:16:33Los Angeles School District Wants Teachers to Wear Pro-Gay Badges
Illegal immigrant advocates interrupted Sen. Ted Cruz’s speech to the Values Voters Summit on Friday more than a half-dozen times, calling on the Texas Republican and potential presidential candidate to support a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-10-12 02:00:512016-04-11 11:16:33Cruz Slams Immigration Hecklers: ‘They Don’t Want the Truth to be Heard’ (+video)
Dr. Ben Carson didn’t mince words: Obamacare is “the worst thing that has happened in this nation since slavery.”
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-10-12 01:55:352016-04-11 11:16:33Ben Carson: Obamacare Worst Thing to Happen to the U.S. Since Slavery (+video)
“You won’t hear much about it on the evening news,” warned Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., “but there is a worldwide war on Christianity.” The senator chose to highlight the danger of radical Islam in his speech before the Values Voter Summit Friday morning.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-10-12 01:28:122016-04-11 11:16:34Rand Paul Warns of War on Christianity (+video)
Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a bill Friday that would have imposed the nation’s toughest gun ownership restrictions on Californians, saying it was too far-reaching.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-10-12 01:18:222016-04-11 11:16:35California Gov. Vetoes Semi-Automatic Rifle Ban
Travelers who crack jokes about the TSA’s ludicrous security procedures could face arrest, according to a new loudspeaker warning being broadcast at airports in the U.S.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-10-12 01:15:362016-04-11 11:16:35TSA Loudspeakers Threaten Travelers With Arrest For Joking About Security (+video)
Thursday evening, Organizing for Action (known by most of us as Obama’s reelection campaign) held an “action event” called “Obamacare and You!” in Greenville, South Carolina.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-10-12 01:05:062016-04-11 11:16:36OFA Holds “Obamacare and You!” Event in South Carolina; Two People Show Up
U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley is likely sweating it after a remark about the lack of towel service at an exclusive gym that has remained open to lawmakers during the government shutdown.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-10-12 01:00:012016-04-11 11:16:36No Towel Service? Dem. Bruce Braley Complains About Doing Own Laundry (+video)
You’ll have to get health coverage by Valentine’s Day or thereabouts to avoid penalties for being uninsured, the Obama administration confirmed Wednesday.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-10-11 01:30:192016-04-11 11:16:36Obamacare Individual Mandate Deadline Moved Up
Republican lawmakers scrambled back to the drawing board late Thursday to modify their plan for a short-term increase in the debt ceiling, after President Obama apparently pushed back on the proposal during a high-stakes White House meeting.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-10-11 00:58:182016-04-11 11:16:37GOP Meets with Obama: Deal or No Deal?
Protesters Chain Themselves to Stop Deportations in Arizona
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Stephen DinanImmigrant-rights protesters have chained themselves in front of an detention facility in Eloy, Ariz., and planned to blockade the main federal immigration office in Phoenix later Monday, hoping to stop anyone from being deported.
Cruz, Lee, Palin Speak at WWII Memorial – Protestors Tear Down Barricades (+video)
/9 Comments/in Featured, News /by Associated PressA crowd converged on the World War II Memorial on the National Mall, pushing through barriers Sunday morning to protest the memorial’s closing under the government shutdown.
IMF Chief: U.S. Dance with the Debt Limit is ‘Very, Very Concerning’
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by News EditorThe chief of the International Monetary Fund says the U.S. government’s stalemate over spending and its debt limit is “very, very concerning” and could roll back economic progress around the world.
Across the Country, Donors Chip in to Help Programs Hurt by Federal Government Shutdown
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Associated PressAs the partial government shutdown rolls on, programs that rely on federal money are feeling the strain — and so are the people who depend on their services.
N.J. Gov. Christie Flips, Says He Now Wants In-State Tuition for Illegal Immigrants
/11 Comments/in Featured, News /by Stephen DinanImmigrant-rights activists say New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie reversed himself Saturday and endorsed giving illegal immigrants in-state college tuition rates, and said he will try to get the issue through his legislature in a lame-duck session.
Wall St. Elites Reason it’s Time for a ‘De-Americanized World,’ China’s News Agency Says
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by News EditorChina’s official news agency is calling for a “de-Americanized world,” in a blistering editorial characterizing the United States as a “meddling” and “hypocritical” nation that introduces chaos into the world for its own ends.
RNC Chair: Hillary Should Return Donations from Mcauliffe’s Convicted Pal
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Michael Patrick LeahyOn Sunday RNC Chairman Reince Priebus called on Hillary Clinton, Harry Reid, and the Democratic National Committee to return political contributions made to their political campaign committees by Joseph Caramadre, a friend and business associate of Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe.
John McCain: Let Joe Biden Out of Witness Protection
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by S.A. MillerA top Senate Republican called for President Obama to get the long absent Vice President Joe Biden “out of the witness protection program” to restart stalled talks to end the government shutdown and stop a US credit default.
Palin and Lonegan Rev Up NJ Crowd Ahead of This Week’s Special Election (+video)
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by Star-Ledger StaffSarah Palin rode the Tea Party Express tour bus into Ocean County today to lend her political star power to Republican Steve Lonegan’s U.S. Senate campaign, urging the roughly 2,000 supporters to muster up “their Jersey fight” to help him defeat Cory Booker.
Boehner says Obama Rejected GOP Plan to End Shutdown as Negotiations Shift to Senate
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by News EditorHouse Speaker John Boehner today told fellow Republicans that his talks with President Barack Obama have stalled.
Hillary Clinton: We Need to Talk Sensibly about Spying
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Saeed Kamali Dehghan, Nicholas Watt, Alan Travis and Nick HopkinsHillary Clinton has called for a “sensible adult conversation”, to be held in a transparent way, about the boundaries of state surveillance highlighted by the leaking of secret NSA files by the whistleblower Edward Snowden.
Food Stamp Debate Holds Up Farm Bill
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by Charles AbbottFood stamp program would be cut by $39 billion over a decade under House proposal. The Senate version would cut food stamps much less.
Food Stamp Debit Cards Not Working in 17 States
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by Associated PressPeople in Ohio, Michigan and 15 other states found themselves unable to use their food stamp debit-style cards on Saturday, after a routine check by vendor Xerox Corp. resulted in a system failure.
Nancy Pelosi Joins Women’s Hall of Fame
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by Carolyn ThompsonHouse Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, the late former first lady Betty Ford and Title IX advocate Bernice Sandler are among the nine women set to be inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame on Saturday.
Los Angeles School District Wants Teachers to Wear Pro-Gay Badges
/6 Comments/in Featured, News /by Robby SoaveLos Angeles public schools are encouraging teachers and staff to wear badges that identify them as “LGBT allies” and supporters of the pro-gay movement.
Cruz Slams Immigration Hecklers: ‘They Don’t Want the Truth to be Heard’ (+video)
/10 Comments/in Featured, News /by Seth McLaughlinIllegal immigrant advocates interrupted Sen. Ted Cruz’s speech to the Values Voters Summit on Friday more than a half-dozen times, calling on the Texas Republican and potential presidential candidate to support a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants.
Ben Carson: Obamacare Worst Thing to Happen to the U.S. Since Slavery (+video)
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by News EditorDr. Ben Carson didn’t mince words: Obamacare is “the worst thing that has happened in this nation since slavery.”
Rand Paul Warns of War on Christianity (+video)
/3 Comments/in Featured, News /by News Editor“You won’t hear much about it on the evening news,” warned Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., “but there is a worldwide war on Christianity.” The senator chose to highlight the danger of radical Islam in his speech before the Values Voter Summit Friday morning.
More Conservative, Less Republican
/3 Comments/in Featured, News /by Kevin D. WilliamsonThe conservative project has two main parts: first, winning the argument, and, second, winning elections.
California Gov. Vetoes Semi-Automatic Rifle Ban
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by Associated PressGov. Jerry Brown vetoed a bill Friday that would have imposed the nation’s toughest gun ownership restrictions on Californians, saying it was too far-reaching.
TSA Loudspeakers Threaten Travelers With Arrest For Joking About Security (+video)
/7 Comments/in Featured, News /by Paul Joseph WatsonTravelers who crack jokes about the TSA’s ludicrous security procedures could face arrest, according to a new loudspeaker warning being broadcast at airports in the U.S.
OFA Holds “Obamacare and You!” Event in South Carolina; Two People Show Up
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by Emily HulseyThursday evening, Organizing for Action (known by most of us as Obama’s reelection campaign) held an “action event” called “Obamacare and You!” in Greenville, South Carolina.
No Towel Service? Dem. Bruce Braley Complains About Doing Own Laundry (+video)
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Ken MandelU.S. Rep. Bruce Braley is likely sweating it after a remark about the lack of towel service at an exclusive gym that has remained open to lawmakers during the government shutdown.
Obamacare Individual Mandate Deadline Moved Up
/6 Comments/in Featured, News /by Ricardo Alonso-ZaldivarYou’ll have to get health coverage by Valentine’s Day or thereabouts to avoid penalties for being uninsured, the Obama administration confirmed Wednesday.
GOP Meets with Obama: Deal or No Deal?
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by News EditorRepublican lawmakers scrambled back to the drawing board late Thursday to modify their plan for a short-term increase in the debt ceiling, after President Obama apparently pushed back on the proposal during a high-stakes White House meeting.