A University of California San Diego student left unmonitored in a holding cell for five days by the Drug Enforcement Administration has settled a lawsuit for $4.1 million, his attorney said Tuesday.
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U.S. soldiers deployed to Afghanistan are using Craigslist to meet and have sex with each other on bases across the war-torn country, leading to concerns about a breakdown in discipline overseas.
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The next presidential election is still three years away, but top-rated radio host Rush Limbaugh is already making a bold prediction about who will be the likely 2016 nominee for the Democratic Party and it’s not Hillary.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-07-31 04:23:002016-04-11 11:18:03Dems ‘Likely to Nominate this Republican for Prez’
In a significant victory for law enforcement, a federal appeals court on Tuesday said that government authorities could extract historical location data directly from telecommunications carriers without a search warrant.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-07-31 04:19:282016-04-11 11:18:03Federal Court of Appeals: Warrantless Cell Phone Tracking OK
Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas is playing coy about whether she wants President Obama to nominate her to serve as the next Secretary of Homeland Security.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-07-31 04:18:582016-04-11 11:18:03Rep. Sheila Jackson, the Next DHS Secretary?
Rush Limbaugh wasted no time Monday responding to a published report that he is soon to be dropped by Cumulus Media, the second-largest broadcaster in the U.S.
A nasty fight is brewing among Republicans over a proposal to defund Obamacare. Another intra-party fight is flaring over national security and the war on terror. And yet another is well under way over immigration reform.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-07-30 03:31:512016-04-11 11:18:05Are Republicans Too Divided to Have a Civil War?
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is losing part of his arsenal of local leaders as more and more long-time members of his gun-control group Mayors Against Illegal Guns say they aren’t happy with the coalition’s trajectory and want out.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-07-30 03:30:212016-04-11 11:18:06Bloomberg’s Gun-Control Group Loses Mayors Over Deceitful Tactics
Christopher Buckley’s review of Mark Leibovich’s “In This Town,” an exposé of official Washington, uncovers this buried morel on page 330 of the book. In 1974, just 3% of retiring members of Congress became lobbyists. Today, 50% of retiring Senators and 42% of retiring House members stay in DC and become lobbyists.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-07-30 03:25:052016-04-11 11:18:06Half of Retiring Senators Become Lobbyists, up 1,500% in 40 Years
In a sharp memo sent this morning to fellow Republicans on Capitol Hill, Senator Jeff Sessions argues that the GOP elite view on immigration–shared by President Barack Obama and Senator Chuck Schumer–is “nonsense.”
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-07-30 03:21:552016-04-11 11:18:07Sessions to Republicans: GOP Elite View on Immigration Is ‘Nonsense’
A website found that 78 percent of female clients aged 18-26 approve of Weiner.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-07-30 03:21:262016-04-11 11:18:07Poll: 78 Percent of Young Women Approve of Weiner (+video)
A majority of Americans would back a ballot initiative legalizing gay marriage in all 50 states, according to a new poll released by Gallup on Monday.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-07-30 03:20:492016-04-11 11:18:07Gallup: Majority Would Back Gay Marriage National Referendum
This iconic picture of firefighters raising the stars and stripes in the rubble of Ground Zero was nearly excluded from the 9/11 Memorial Museum — because it was “rah-rah” American, a new book says.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-07-29 01:59:112016-04-11 11:18:09Iconic Ground Zero Photo was Nearly Excluded from Museum for Being Too ‘Rah-Rah’ American
New York Rep. Peter King harshly criticized Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and other fellow Republicans Sunday for failing to stand by America’s anti-terrorist policies, saying that he worried they would ultimately destroy the Republican Party.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-07-29 01:55:422016-04-11 11:18:09Rep. King, Gov. Christie Attack Rand Paul’s Opposition to NSA’s Warrantless Surveillance
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said Sunday the Internal Revenue Service exhibited “equal opportunity bad judgment” in the improper targeting of political groups, and there was no evidence of political pressure.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-07-29 01:51:342016-04-11 11:18:10Dishonesty from Obama Admin. Hits New Highs: Lew Denies IRS Targeted Conservatives
An Illinois sheriff’s team is crisscrossing the Chicago suburbs in an effort to seize guns from thousands of people whose right to own a firearm has been revoked, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-07-29 01:50:582016-04-11 11:18:10Law Enforcement Using Firearms Identification Cards to Track Down, Seize Guns from Citizens Whose Rights Have Been Revoked
Matt Bevin, who plans to challenge Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell in the 2014 Kentucky GOP primary, picked up a big endorsement from a national conservative group Sunday evening.
Four out of 5 U.S. adults struggle with joblessness, near-poverty or reliance on welfare for at least parts of their lives, a sign of deteriorating economic security and an elusive American dream.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-07-29 01:46:592016-04-11 11:18:11About 80% of Americans will Experience Poverty; Whites Especially Pessimistic About Future
Barack Obama has given the strongest indication to date that he holds reservations about the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, saying the project would not create many jobs and could raise gasoline prices.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-07-29 01:46:012016-04-11 11:18:11Obama Criticizes Keystone Pipeline, Takes Action to Reduce Production from Fracking
A 40-year-old psychiatric patient who allegedly stalked CNN’s Anderson Cooper for five years, including making unsolicited calls and trying to kick down the front door, has been charged.
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A key distinction between the U.S. and other nations, even relatively free nations, long has been American restrictions on domestic use of the military, for police actions, law enforcement and keeping things under control.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-07-29 01:39:402016-04-11 11:18:11Militarization of Local Law Enforcement Circumventing Posse Comitatus Act
Infuriated by what they see as the long arm of Washington reaching into their business, states are increasingly telling the feds: Keep out!
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-07-28 03:48:232016-04-11 11:18:12Rising State Anger Against Feds Results in Dozens of Nullification Efforts Across US
Attorneys general across the country are fighting back against new Obama administration guidelines on businesses using criminal background checks for job applicants.
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Student Forgotten in DEA Cell for Days After Drug Raid Wins $4.1 Million
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by News EditorA University of California San Diego student left unmonitored in a holding cell for five days by the Drug Enforcement Administration has settled a lawsuit for $4.1 million, his attorney said Tuesday.
Male Soldiers in Afghanistan Using Craigslist to Have Sex With Each Other on Base
/7 Comments/in Featured, News /by Daily Mail ReporterU.S. soldiers deployed to Afghanistan are using Craigslist to meet and have sex with each other on bases across the war-torn country, leading to concerns about a breakdown in discipline overseas.
Dems ‘Likely to Nominate this Republican for Prez’
/3 Comments/in Featured, News /by Joe KovacsThe next presidential election is still three years away, but top-rated radio host Rush Limbaugh is already making a bold prediction about who will be the likely 2016 nominee for the Democratic Party and it’s not Hillary.
Federal Court of Appeals: Warrantless Cell Phone Tracking OK
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by SOMINI SENGUPTAIn a significant victory for law enforcement, a federal appeals court on Tuesday said that government authorities could extract historical location data directly from telecommunications carriers without a search warrant.
Rep. Sheila Jackson, the Next DHS Secretary?
/9 Comments/in Featured, News /by News EditorDemocratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas is playing coy about whether she wants President Obama to nominate her to serve as the next Secretary of Homeland Security.
Ted Cruz: D.C. Republicans ‘Scared’
/14 Comments/in Featured, News /by Tal KopanSen. Ted Cruz believes Republicans can defund “Obamacare” if they stand together, but he said “scared” Republicans are standing in the way.
Limbaugh Responds to ‘Stations Dumping Him’ (+audio)
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by Joe KovacsRush Limbaugh wasted no time Monday responding to a published report that he is soon to be dropped by Cumulus Media, the second-largest broadcaster in the U.S.
Are Republicans Too Divided to Have a Civil War?
/5 Comments/in Featured, News /by Byron YorkA nasty fight is brewing among Republicans over a proposal to defund Obamacare. Another intra-party fight is flaring over national security and the war on terror. And yet another is well under way over immigration reform.
Bloomberg’s Gun-Control Group Loses Mayors Over Deceitful Tactics
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by Barnini ChakrabortyNew York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is losing part of his arsenal of local leaders as more and more long-time members of his gun-control group Mayors Against Illegal Guns say they aren’t happy with the coalition’s trajectory and want out.
Half of Retiring Senators Become Lobbyists, up 1,500% in 40 Years
/3 Comments/in Featured, News /by MIKE FLYNNChristopher Buckley’s review of Mark Leibovich’s “In This Town,” an exposé of official Washington, uncovers this buried morel on page 330 of the book. In 1974, just 3% of retiring members of Congress became lobbyists. Today, 50% of retiring Senators and 42% of retiring House members stay in DC and become lobbyists.
Sessions to Republicans: GOP Elite View on Immigration Is ‘Nonsense’
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by Daniel HalperIn a sharp memo sent this morning to fellow Republicans on Capitol Hill, Senator Jeff Sessions argues that the GOP elite view on immigration–shared by President Barack Obama and Senator Chuck Schumer–is “nonsense.”
Poll: 78 Percent of Young Women Approve of Weiner (+video)
/8 Comments/in Featured, News /by EMILY STANTONA website found that 78 percent of female clients aged 18-26 approve of Weiner.
Gallup: Majority Would Back Gay Marriage National Referendum
/6 Comments/in Featured, News /by Justin SinkA majority of Americans would back a ballot initiative legalizing gay marriage in all 50 states, according to a new poll released by Gallup on Monday.
Iconic Ground Zero Photo was Nearly Excluded from Museum for Being Too ‘Rah-Rah’ American
/5 Comments/in Featured, News /by MELISSA KLEINThis iconic picture of firefighters raising the stars and stripes in the rubble of Ground Zero was nearly excluded from the 9/11 Memorial Museum — because it was “rah-rah” American, a new book says.
Senators, Representatives Moving Closer to Reigning in Unconstitutional NSA
/3 Comments/in Featured, News /by News EditorSen. Mark Udall said on Sunday the NSA program that monitors Americans’ phone calls is close to being “unconstitutional.”
Rep. King, Gov. Christie Attack Rand Paul’s Opposition to NSA’s Warrantless Surveillance
/6 Comments/in Featured, News /by News EditorNew York Rep. Peter King harshly criticized Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and other fellow Republicans Sunday for failing to stand by America’s anti-terrorist policies, saying that he worried they would ultimately destroy the Republican Party.
Dishonesty from Obama Admin. Hits New Highs: Lew Denies IRS Targeted Conservatives
/6 Comments/in Featured, News /by Peter SchroederTreasury Secretary Jack Lew said Sunday the Internal Revenue Service exhibited “equal opportunity bad judgment” in the improper targeting of political groups, and there was no evidence of political pressure.
Law Enforcement Using Firearms Identification Cards to Track Down, Seize Guns from Citizens Whose Rights Have Been Revoked
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by Fox NewsAn Illinois sheriff’s team is crisscrossing the Chicago suburbs in an effort to seize guns from thousands of people whose right to own a firearm has been revoked, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.
McConnell’s Challenger’s Campaign Picking Up Steam, Gains Key Conservative Group’s Endorsement
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by Alexander BoltonMatt Bevin, who plans to challenge Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell in the 2014 Kentucky GOP primary, picked up a big endorsement from a national conservative group Sunday evening.
About 80% of Americans will Experience Poverty; Whites Especially Pessimistic About Future
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by Associated PressFour out of 5 U.S. adults struggle with joblessness, near-poverty or reliance on welfare for at least parts of their lives, a sign of deteriorating economic security and an elusive American dream.
Obama Criticizes Keystone Pipeline, Takes Action to Reduce Production from Fracking
/3 Comments/in Featured, News /by News EditorBarack Obama has given the strongest indication to date that he holds reservations about the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, saying the project would not create many jobs and could raise gasoline prices.
‘Gay, Jewish White Supremacist’ Charged with Stalking Anderson Cooper for Five Years
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Daily Mail ReporterA 40-year-old psychiatric patient who allegedly stalked CNN’s Anderson Cooper for five years, including making unsolicited calls and trying to kick down the front door, has been charged.
Militarization of Local Law Enforcement Circumventing Posse Comitatus Act
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by Jack MinorA key distinction between the U.S. and other nations, even relatively free nations, long has been American restrictions on domestic use of the military, for police actions, law enforcement and keeping things under control.
Rising State Anger Against Feds Results in Dozens of Nullification Efforts Across US
/12 Comments/in Featured, News /by TAL KOPANInfuriated by what they see as the long arm of Washington reaching into their business, states are increasingly telling the feds: Keep out!
States Say “No” to Ludicrous Federal Rule That Employers Can’t Check into New Hires’ Criminal Backgrounds
/9 Comments/in Featured, News /by Fox NewsAttorneys general across the country are fighting back against new Obama administration guidelines on businesses using criminal background checks for job applicants.