Thousands of civilian workers at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center — the country’s top facility for wounded combat soldiers — are facing furloughs this summer, as a result of sequester and other federal budget problems.
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A Houston man threatened to burn U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and his father unless the lawmaker paid him $3 million, prosecutors said.
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Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn last year supplemented his Senate salary with three public pensions, bringing in some $65,383 in public retirement benefits to add to his $174,000 a year salary for serving as senator.
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The royal aristocracy continues despite sequestration with First lady Michelle Obama sparing no expense on her trip to Ireland, staying at a $3,300-per-night luxury hotel suite in Dublin.
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Police Commissioner Ray Kelly launched a stinging rebuke to the federal government’s secret phone and Internet monitoring campaign — and suggested leaker Edward Snowden was right about privacy “abuse.”
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Unionized local employees repeatedly harassed and intimidated non-union workers of a private disaster cleanup firm that won a government contract to restore Long Island, New York, in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.
A new 253-page Obamacare rule issued late Friday requires state, federal and local agencies as well as health insurers to swap the protected personal health information of anybody seeking to join the new health care program.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-06-18 01:04:072013-06-18 01:04:07Obamacare Will Share Personal Health Info with Federal, State Agencies
The U.S. Supreme Court threw out an Arizona law requiring evidence of citizenship when people register to vote, in a victory for minority-rights advocates and the Obama administration.
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House Speaker John Boehner appears to have put to rest rumors that he may break what is informally called the “Hastert Rule,” an unwritten guideline that a majority of the majority party should be needed to bring a bill to the House floor.
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The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention says that at any given moment about a quarter of American adults are mentally ill and that over the course of their lifetimes about half of all Americans will develop at least one mental illness.
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The dramatic shift in public opinion on same-sex marriage is likely to affect the Supreme Court’s historic rulings on the issue later this month, say legal scholars.
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Colorado’s Black Forest fire is barely contained and has killed at least two people while consuming hundreds of homes and other structures and forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands. And it isn’t the only fire burning.
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The House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution that active duty military living or stationed in the District of Columbia should have the right to carry a gun.
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According to a newly released Gallup poll, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is the most-favored Republican recent newsmaker and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is the least-favored–among Democratic respondents.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-06-16 22:09:452013-06-16 22:09:45Chris Christie the Most-Favored Republican – Among Democrats!
The White House Friday defended the first family’s upcoming weeklong trip to Africa, which could cost taxpayers up to $100 million, as “great bang for our buck.”
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Stationed thousands of miles away in Afghanistan, Illinois National Guard soldier Paul Stansbury was crushed when he missed the birth of his son, Hunter, five months ago.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-06-16 00:07:032013-06-16 00:07:03Happy Father’s Day: Returning Soldiers Get First Look at Newborn Children
Dozens of lawmakers and aides are so afraid that their health insurance premiums will skyrocket next year thanks to Obamacare that they are thinking about retiring early or just quitting.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-06-16 00:02:212013-06-16 00:02:21Who Needs Term Limits? Obamacare Driving Congressmen into Retirement
Are criminal background checks racist? That’s the insane new legal theory that Obama’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commission unveiled this week in lawsuits against employers.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-06-15 23:59:252013-06-15 23:59:25Obama Admin. Attempting to Ban as Racist Criminal Background Checks For New Hires
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin criticized the Obama administration’s decision to supply weapons to the rebels in the civil war in Syria, arguing that the U.S. should “Let Allah sort it out.” Read about this and her other comments yesterday.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-06-15 23:55:112013-06-15 23:55:11Sarah Palin on Fertility and the Syrian Civil War
Six months ago, the nation was horrified that a deranged man entered Sandy Hook Elementary School and killed 20 young children and six educators. And the Bushmaster CEO was blamed by many.
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National Security Agency disclosed in a secret Capitol Hill briefing that thousands of analysts can listen to domestic phone calls WITHOUT a warrant. And that authorization appears to extend to e-mail and text messages, too.
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At a fundraiser late Friday night in San Francisco, Mr. Biden said there is no one in the Republican Party in Congress with whom the administration can negotiate anymore.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-06-15 23:48:542013-06-15 23:48:54Vice President Biden: Cruz, Paul Control the GOP
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer won a battle with state lawmakers this week, defying most conservatives in her party to get a key component of President Obama’s Medicaid expansion through the Legislature.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Katy Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngKaty Miller2013-06-15 23:44:062013-06-15 23:44:06Governor Jan Brewer Defies Arizona Conservatives, Rams Through Obama’s Medicaid Expansion
Jeb Bush may have been speaking to conservative Christians, but he wasn’t preaching to the choir.
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Largest Medical Military Hospital to Furlough Thousands, Putting Wounded Vets’ Care at Risk
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by Joseph WeberThousands of civilian workers at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center — the country’s top facility for wounded combat soldiers — are facing furloughs this summer, as a result of sequester and other federal budget problems.
Death Threats Against Sen. Ted Cruz and his Father Lead to Jail for Houston Man
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Robert StantonA Houston man threatened to burn U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and his father unless the lawmaker paid him $3 million, prosecutors said.
Sen. Cornyn Receives 3 Public Pensions Plus Senate Salary
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by Sandy FitzgeraldSenate Minority Whip John Cornyn last year supplemented his Senate salary with three public pensions, bringing in some $65,383 in public retirement benefits to add to his $174,000 a year salary for serving as senator.
Michelle Obama Heads to Ireland for Two Days, Books 30 Rooms in $3300 per Night Hotel
/26 Comments/in Featured, News /by Dave BoyerThe royal aristocracy continues despite sequestration with First lady Michelle Obama sparing no expense on her trip to Ireland, staying at a $3,300-per-night luxury hotel suite in Dublin.
NYC Police Commissioner: NSA Must Come Clean on Domestic Spying
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by JENNIFER BAINPolice Commissioner Ray Kelly launched a stinging rebuke to the federal government’s secret phone and Internet monitoring campaign — and suggested leaker Edward Snowden was right about privacy “abuse.”
Union Bosses Threaten Hurricane Sandy Cleanup Contractors, Their Families
/3 Comments/in Featured, News /by Robby SoaveUnionized local employees repeatedly harassed and intimidated non-union workers of a private disaster cleanup firm that won a government contract to restore Long Island, New York, in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.
Obamacare Will Share Personal Health Info with Federal, State Agencies
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by Paul BedardA new 253-page Obamacare rule issued late Friday requires state, federal and local agencies as well as health insurers to swap the protected personal health information of anybody seeking to join the new health care program.
Arizona’s Voter ID Law Voided by 7-2 Supreme Court Decision
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Greg StohrThe U.S. Supreme Court threw out an Arizona law requiring evidence of citizenship when people register to vote, in a victory for minority-rights advocates and the Obama administration.
Source: Boehner Will Not Bring Amnesty Bill to Floor Unless Majority of House GOP Support it
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Matthew BoyleHouse Speaker John Boehner appears to have put to rest rumors that he may break what is informally called the “Hastert Rule,” an unwritten guideline that a majority of the majority party should be needed to bring a bill to the House floor.
Is Scott Walker the GOP’s Sleeper Presidential Candidate?
/3 Comments/in Featured, News /by Beth ReinhardHe’s a popular blue-state governor with tea party appeal. Why Wisconsin’s governor could win over Republicans in 2016.
CDC Says 50% of Americans Will be Mentally Ill; No Wonder Gun Control Advocates Want Mental Illness Ban
/21 Comments/in Featured, News /by News EditorThe Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention says that at any given moment about a quarter of American adults are mentally ill and that over the course of their lifetimes about half of all Americans will develop at least one mental illness.
Court Watchers: Justice Roberts, Others, Likely to Decide Homosexual Marriage Case Based Upon Public Opinion
/9 Comments/in Featured, News /by Sam BakerThe dramatic shift in public opinion on same-sex marriage is likely to affect the Supreme Court’s historic rulings on the issue later this month, say legal scholars.
Expert Warns Terrorists May be Setting Wildfires Across American West
/7 Comments/in Featured, News /by Mark TapscottColorado’s Black Forest fire is barely contained and has killed at least two people while consuming hundreds of homes and other structures and forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands. And it isn’t the only fire burning.
House Votes to Exempt Military From D.C. Gun Laws
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by Emily MillerThe House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution that active duty military living or stationed in the District of Columbia should have the right to carry a gun.
Chris Christie the Most-Favored Republican – Among Democrats!
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Terence P. JeffreyAccording to a newly released Gallup poll, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is the most-favored Republican recent newsmaker and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is the least-favored–among Democratic respondents.
White House Defends Potential $100 Million Africa Sequestration Trip as “Great Bang for Our Buck”
/19 Comments/in Featured, News /by Dave BoyerThe White House Friday defended the first family’s upcoming weeklong trip to Africa, which could cost taxpayers up to $100 million, as “great bang for our buck.”
Happy Father’s Day: Returning Soldiers Get First Look at Newborn Children
/5 Comments/in Featured, News /by Alexandra ChachkevitchStationed thousands of miles away in Afghanistan, Illinois National Guard soldier Paul Stansbury was crushed when he missed the birth of his son, Hunter, five months ago.
Who Needs Term Limits? Obamacare Driving Congressmen into Retirement
/10 Comments/in Featured, News /by ANNA PALMER and JAKE SHERMANDozens of lawmakers and aides are so afraid that their health insurance premiums will skyrocket next year thanks to Obamacare that they are thinking about retiring early or just quitting.
Obama Admin. Attempting to Ban as Racist Criminal Background Checks For New Hires
/16 Comments/in Featured, News /by Wall Street JournalAre criminal background checks racist? That’s the insane new legal theory that Obama’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commission unveiled this week in lawsuits against employers.
Sarah Palin on Fertility and the Syrian Civil War
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by Arlette SaenzFormer Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin criticized the Obama administration’s decision to supply weapons to the rebels in the civil war in Syria, arguing that the U.S. should “Let Allah sort it out.” Read about this and her other comments yesterday.
Bushmaster CEO Responds to Critics Blaming Him For Newtown Murders
/7 Comments/in Featured, News /by Emily MillerSix months ago, the nation was horrified that a deranged man entered Sandy Hook Elementary School and killed 20 young children and six educators. And the Bushmaster CEO was blamed by many.
NSA Now Admits to LISTENING to U.S. Phone Calls Without Warrants
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by Declan McCullaghNational Security Agency disclosed in a secret Capitol Hill briefing that thousands of analysts can listen to domestic phone calls WITHOUT a warrant. And that authorization appears to extend to e-mail and text messages, too.
Vice President Biden: Cruz, Paul Control the GOP
/9 Comments/in Featured, News /by News EditorAt a fundraiser late Friday night in San Francisco, Mr. Biden said there is no one in the Republican Party in Congress with whom the administration can negotiate anymore.
Governor Jan Brewer Defies Arizona Conservatives, Rams Through Obama’s Medicaid Expansion
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by Cindy CarcamoArizona Gov. Jan Brewer won a battle with state lawmakers this week, defying most conservatives in her party to get a key component of President Obama’s Medicaid expansion through the Legislature.
Another Bush Tries to Snooker the Nation on Amnesty, Argues the Economy Needs Illegals’ “Fertility” (+video)
/6 Comments/in Featured, News /by ALYSSA FARAHJeb Bush may have been speaking to conservative Christians, but he wasn’t preaching to the choir.