Democratic and Republican senators introduced legislation Wednesday to end the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of Americans’ communication records and set other new controls on the government’s electronic eavesdropping programs.
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Remember immigration reform? Like Syria, it was a scalding-hot topic for awhile, only to recede to back-burner status as other political conflagrations took its place in the national spotlight.
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Treasury Secretary Jack Lew warned Congress in a letter Wednesday morning that Oct. 17 will be the last day that the government has the funds to meet all its obligations if the debt ceiling is not raised.
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Fulfilling a prediction he made last month, top-rated radio host Michael Savage told his listeners tonight he will take over the prime afternoon-drive slot on Cumulus Media Networks stations in January.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-09-26 01:01:122013-09-26 01:01:12‘Biggest Shakeup in Talk-Radio History’
Trailing 8-1 a week ago, Oracle won 8 consecutive races and sailed away from Emirates Team New Zealand in first winner-take-all finale since 1983.
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Federal Prison Industries (FPI), the government-owned corporation that operates factories in federal prisons, employed 37 inmates as of June 2012 who had been issued final deportation orders and were therefore ineligible for FPI employment.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-09-26 00:59:552013-09-26 00:59:55Illegal Aliens Awaiting Deportation Got Preferred Jobs in U.S. Prisons
In February 2011, Human Events recalled President Ronald Reagan’s top ten achievements, from winning the Cold War, through restoring the economy, revitalizing the Republican Party and the conservative movement, envisioning the Strategic Defense Initiative, to reforming taxes, and taking on the unions.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-09-26 00:51:152013-09-26 00:51:15Reagan’s Other Battle: With Environmental Extremists!
A Republican senator is raising questions about whether there was “improper contact” between the former general counsel and the acting inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security in its review of the Secret Service’s 2012 prostitution scandal.
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Department of Justice attorneys pursuing the case against the Louisiana school choice program have a history of liberal advocacy, a fact that experts say calls into question the DOJ’s contention it is not against school vouchers.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-09-26 00:42:122013-09-26 00:42:12DOJ Lawyers Attacking Louisiana Voucher Program Tied to Liberal Causes
The IRS is unable to account for $67 million spent from a slush fund established for Obamacare implementation, according to a TIGTA report released today.
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Tea party conservative Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) stood tall against President Barack Obama’s health care law on Tuesday, vowing to speak until he could “no longer stand” in a bid to prevent Senate Democrats from restoring the Obamacare funds that the U.S. House voted to strip.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-09-25 01:10:082013-09-25 01:10:08Top 5 Moments From Ted Cruz’s Epic Hours Long Anti-ObamaCare Speech
The man who caught a police officer on camera removing his pro-Second Amendment sign from his front yard says his “First Amendment rights are being stifled” — and he takes his constitutional rights very seriously.
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Joe Miller today applauded Senators Ted Cruz and Mike Lee for their filibuster to stop funding for Obamacare
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In his speech today at the United Nations, President Obama continued his administration’s odd and somewhat schizophrenic policy with respect to freedom, human rights, and democracy.
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Six in 10 Americans (60%) believe the federal government has too much power, one percentage point above the previous high recorded in September 2010.
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The Senate’s senior lawmaker said Tuesday that its time to end the Patriot Act power that the intelligence community has relied on to collect all Americans’ phone records, saying it isn’t making the country safer.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-09-25 00:40:362013-09-25 00:40:36Top Democratic Senator Calls for Scrapping Key Snooping Patriot Act Section
A conservative political action committee on Tuesday slammed two of the Senate’s top Republicans as “turncoats” who have “surrendered” on the health care fight.
In the wake of the horrific Muslim terror attack in Kenya, the “religion of peace” is starting to get a black eye.
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Revenues from state and local individual income taxes, general sales and gross receipt taxes, motor fuel taxes, motor vehicle taxes and taxes on alcoholic beverages each hit all-time highs in the second quarter of this year, according to data released today by the Census Bureau.
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The EPA took a giant step toward finally defining which bodies of water are subject to regulation under the Clean Water Act last week, when it filed a draft rule with the White House regulatory czar designed to settle the confusion created in recent years by a series of court decisions.
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A stone monument of the Ten Commandments that sits on a street behind the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington and was the subject of controversy in the past has been toppled by vandals.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid declared the House version of the bill that funds the government and defunds Obamacare “dead on arrival” in the Senate, accusing Republicans of trying to hold the country “ransom.”
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Lawmakers Seek to End Bulk NSA Phone Records Collection
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by Patricia Zengerle of ReutersDemocratic and Republican senators introduced legislation Wednesday to end the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of Americans’ communication records and set other new controls on the government’s electronic eavesdropping programs.
House Republicans: We’ll Move on Immigration Reform Sometime This Year
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Guy BensonRemember immigration reform? Like Syria, it was a scalding-hot topic for awhile, only to recede to back-burner status as other political conflagrations took its place in the national spotlight.
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew Says Oct. 17 is the Debt Ceiling Deadline
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by Joseph LawlerTreasury Secretary Jack Lew warned Congress in a letter Wednesday morning that Oct. 17 will be the last day that the government has the funds to meet all its obligations if the debt ceiling is not raised.
‘Biggest Shakeup in Talk-Radio History’
/3 Comments/in Featured, News /by WNDFulfilling a prediction he made last month, top-rated radio host Michael Savage told his listeners tonight he will take over the prime afternoon-drive slot on Cumulus Media Networks stations in January.
Team USA Stages Greatest Comeback in America’s Cup History (+video)
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by Douglas RobsonTrailing 8-1 a week ago, Oracle won 8 consecutive races and sailed away from Emirates Team New Zealand in first winner-take-all finale since 1983.
Illegal Aliens Awaiting Deportation Got Preferred Jobs in U.S. Prisons
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by Susan JonesFederal Prison Industries (FPI), the government-owned corporation that operates factories in federal prisons, employed 37 inmates as of June 2012 who had been issued final deportation orders and were therefore ineligible for FPI employment.
Poll: President Obama’s Approval Underwater
/3 Comments/in Featured, News /by Tal KopanPresident Barack Obama is viewed more unfavorably than favorably for the first time in his presidency, according to a new poll.
Reagan’s Other Battle: With Environmental Extremists!
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by William Perry PendleyIn February 2011, Human Events recalled President Ronald Reagan’s top ten achievements, from winning the Cold War, through restoring the economy, revitalizing the Republican Party and the conservative movement, envisioning the Strategic Defense Initiative, to reforming taxes, and taking on the unions.
Senator: Probe of Secret Service Prostitution Scandal Raises Doubts about IG’s Independence
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by Jeffrey AndersonA Republican senator is raising questions about whether there was “improper contact” between the former general counsel and the acting inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security in its review of the Secret Service’s 2012 prostitution scandal.
DOJ Lawyers Attacking Louisiana Voucher Program Tied to Liberal Causes
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by Elizabeth HarringtonDepartment of Justice attorneys pursuing the case against the Louisiana school choice program have a history of liberal advocacy, a fact that experts say calls into question the DOJ’s contention it is not against school vouchers.
IRS Watchdog: $67 Million Missing from Obamacare Slush Fund
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by John Kartch and Ryan EllisThe IRS is unable to account for $67 million spent from a slush fund established for Obamacare implementation, according to a TIGTA report released today.
Vatican Official: Pelosi Shouldn’t Receive Communion
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by Andrew JohnsonCardinal Raymond Leo Burke said that Nancy Pelosi should be denied communion because her support of abortion is in conflict of her Catholic faith.
Top 5 Moments From Ted Cruz’s Epic Hours Long Anti-ObamaCare Speech
/11 Comments/in Featured, News /by Jason HowertonTea party conservative Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) stood tall against President Barack Obama’s health care law on Tuesday, vowing to speak until he could “no longer stand” in a bid to prevent Senate Democrats from restoring the Obamacare funds that the U.S. House voted to strip.
Meet the Man who Caught Cop on Camera Forcibly Removing his Pro-Gun Sign… And why his Attorney Says it Could be a ‘Really Big Deal’
/10 Comments/in Featured, News /by Jason HowertonThe man who caught a police officer on camera removing his pro-Second Amendment sign from his front yard says his “First Amendment rights are being stifled” — and he takes his constitutional rights very seriously.
Miller Applauds Senators for Filibuster to Stop Obamacare, Calls on Alaskans to Join the Cause
/9 Comments/in Featured, From Joe's Desk, News /by News EditorJoe Miller today applauded Senators Ted Cruz and Mike Lee for their filibuster to stop funding for Obamacare
Obama at the UN: Still Absent on Freedom and Democracy
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by Elliott AbramsIn his speech today at the United Nations, President Obama continued his administration’s odd and somewhat schizophrenic policy with respect to freedom, human rights, and democracy.
Americans’ Belief That Gov’t Is Too Powerful at Record Level
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Joy WilkeSix in 10 Americans (60%) believe the federal government has too much power, one percentage point above the previous high recorded in September 2010.
Top Democratic Senator Calls for Scrapping Key Snooping Patriot Act Section
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by Stephen DinanThe Senate’s senior lawmaker said Tuesday that its time to end the Patriot Act power that the intelligence community has relied on to collect all Americans’ phone records, saying it isn’t making the country safer.
Conservative Group: Mitch McConnell, John Cornyn ‘Turncoats’
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by KATIE GLUECKA conservative political action committee on Tuesday slammed two of the Senate’s top Republicans as “turncoats” who have “surrendered” on the health care fight.
Time for a Million Muslim March on Washington to Protest the Violence
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by Ed FarnanIn the wake of the horrific Muslim terror attack in Kenya, the “religion of peace” is starting to get a black eye.
Americans Paid All-Time Highs In State and Local Taxes in 2nd Quarter
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by Terence P. JeffreyRevenues from state and local individual income taxes, general sales and gross receipt taxes, motor fuel taxes, motor vehicle taxes and taxes on alcoholic beverages each hit all-time highs in the second quarter of this year, according to data released today by the Census Bureau.
U.S. Military’s Battlefield Network Vulnerable to Hackers
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Rowan ScarboroughThe Pentagon’s main battlefield intelligence network in Afghanistan is vulnerable to hackers — both the enemy or a leaker.
EPA Seeks Definition of ‘Bodies of Water’ for Clean Water Act
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by Lauren GardnerThe EPA took a giant step toward finally defining which bodies of water are subject to regulation under the Clean Water Act last week, when it filed a draft rule with the White House regulatory czar designed to settle the confusion created in recent years by a series of court decisions.
10 Commandments Monument Toppled, Reagan Statue Torched
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by News EditorA stone monument of the Ten Commandments that sits on a street behind the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington and was the subject of controversy in the past has been toppled by vandals.
Reid on Defunding Obamacare: “We’re Not Going to Bow to Tea Party Anarchists who Deny that Obamacare is the Law”
/11 Comments/in Featured, News /by Alexis LevinsonSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid declared the House version of the bill that funds the government and defunds Obamacare “dead on arrival” in the Senate, accusing Republicans of trying to hold the country “ransom.”