Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), who has the lead among Tea Partiers in nearly every 2016 GOP presidential primary poll, opened CPAC on Thursday.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-03-07 00:50:282016-04-11 11:10:57Cruz: Conservatives Can Listen Timidly to DC Consultants, or Stay True to Core Values
I am deeply concerned about the future and the readiness of our military. Believe me, as a combat vet with a son at the US Military Academy at West Point, it’s not an abstraction to me, it’s personal.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-03-07 00:48:342016-04-11 11:10:58Miller: Nation’s Military Preparedness in Peril
A new poll by the Washington Post shows that amnesty is a vote-loser for GOP legislators.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-03-07 00:28:562016-04-11 11:10:58Amnesty is a Vote-Killer for GOP, Says WashPo Poll
The House of Representatives passed legislation Wednesday afternoon to make the fine/“tax” for violating Obamacare’s individual mandate $0 for this year, and it did so by the wide margin of 90 votes (250 to 160).
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-03-07 00:28:372016-04-11 11:10:58Bill to Make the Fine $0 for Violating the Individual Mandate Passes by 90 Votes
The new health insurance marketplaces appear to be making little headway in signing up Americans who lack insurance, the Affordable Care Act’s central goal, according to a pair of new surveys.
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House Oversight Committee held a hearing on the IRS’ targeting of conservative non-profit applicants. The hearing, led by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), quickly devolved into chaos after former IRS official Lois Lerner repeatedly used the Fifth Amendment to avoid answering questions about her involvement in the targeting.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-03-07 00:24:442016-04-11 11:10:59IRS Hearing, ObamaCare Changes Make American Nation of Men, Not of Laws
Once Barack Obama warned Putin to stand down in the Crimea, its occupation by Russian troops was assured. As Syria showed the world recently, and the Ukraine shows today, Barack Obama needs to learn how to shut his mouth.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-03-07 00:22:152016-04-11 11:10:59Once Obama Warned Putin Stand Down; Ukraine Occupation Was Assured
In June 2009, as health-care reform was being debated vigorously across the country, President Obama told the American Medical Association’s convention that, whatever the provisions of the health-care bill he would sign into law ultimately included, “we will keep this promise to the American people…”
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-03-07 00:18:032016-04-11 11:10:59Bait-and-Switch Liberalism: Obamacare and the Politics of Deception
With just weeks left to sign up for health care under the Affordable Care Act, Michelle Obama zeroed in on recruiting the crucial young adult demographic during a visit to a Miami community health center Wednesday.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-03-07 00:15:222016-04-11 11:10:59First Lady To Obamacare Counselors: ‘You Are Doing God’s Work’
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wants hospitals to issue fewer prescriptions for antibiotics. Why? Because the drugs that are supposed to make people feel better are being abused, actually causing illness, and hastening the arrival of infections for which medicine has no cure.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-03-07 00:13:062016-04-11 11:11:00The Dark Side of Antibiotics
House Republicans are fending off aggressive efforts by Democrats to punish Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., for cutting off a Democratic congressman during a heated hearing on the IRS targeting scandal.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-03-07 00:08:212016-04-11 11:11:00Republicans Fight Dem Efforts to Punish Issa for IRS Hearing Actions
The National Security Agency apparently isn’t the only government agency engaged in domestic spying.
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The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the School District of Philadelphia, claiming a rule regulating the length of employees’ beards constitutes religious discrimination.
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Lois Lerner, former director of IRS exempt organizations, invoked her Fifth Amendment rights again Wednesday before a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the IRS targeting American citizens for their political beliefs.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-03-06 00:47:252016-04-11 11:11:01Issa Questions Lerner About IRS Motives; She Pleads the Fifth Again (+video)
In a surprisingly strong vote, the Senate on Wednesday blocked President Barack Obama’s controversial choice to head the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-03-06 00:37:542016-04-11 11:11:01Senate Votes to Block Obama’s Controversial DOJ Civil Rights Nominee
The Obama administration announced Wednesday that it will let people keep health insurance plans that would otherwise be out of compliance with ObamaCare for another two years, in a delay Republicans portrayed as an election-year ploy.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-03-06 00:30:422016-04-11 11:11:01Administration Offers 2-Year ObamaCare Extension for Canceled Health Plans
The nation’s top military commander painted a dark picture Tuesday of future U.S. defense capabilities clouded by shrinking Pentagon budgets and adversaries’ technological advances that he said would erode American battlefield superiority.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-03-06 00:28:302016-04-11 11:11:01Top Generals Identify Major Shortfalls In Nation’s Defense Capabilities
Russian President Vladimir Putin will appear on the Nobel committee’s agenda for a Nobel Peace Prize in 2014, possibly alongside several Russian dissidents.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-03-06 00:23:312016-04-11 11:11:02Putin Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
The tax reform plan from Michigan Rep. Dave Camp was unimaginable as a Republican document just a few years ago, the result of a shifting political landscape that has seen the triumph of President Obama’s tax message and the influence of conservative populism.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-03-06 00:21:132016-04-11 11:11:02Unlikely GOP Tax Plan the Result of Changing Politics
An Alabama Democrat with a history of making incendiary racial remarks claimed that Republicans wouldn’t oppose abortion “if their daughter got pregnant by a black man.”
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-03-06 00:18:572016-04-11 11:11:02Dem Says GOP Would Back Abortion ‘If Their Daughter Got Pregnant by a Black Man’
When Republican Mitt Romney said in one of the 2012 presidential debates that Russia was America’s greatest “geopolitical adversary,” he was right, said Rep. Paul Ryan, Romney’s running mate.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-03-06 00:18:382016-04-11 11:11:02Former VP Candidate Paul Ryan: ‘I Can’t Believe We Lost to These Guys’ (+video)
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday compared recent actions by Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Ukraine to those implemented by Adolf Hitler in the late 1930s.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-03-06 00:17:132016-04-11 11:11:02Hillary Clinton Compares Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler (+video)
FOR FIVE YEARS, President Obama has led a foreign policy based more on how he thinks the world should operate than on reality.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-03-06 00:14:212016-04-11 11:11:03President Obama’s Foreign Policy is Based on Fantasy
Three third-grade students at a Sonora elementary school were busted for smoking pot in the school’s bathroom last week.
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Cruz: Conservatives Can Listen Timidly to DC Consultants, or Stay True to Core Values
/7 Comments/in Featured, News /by News EditorSen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), who has the lead among Tea Partiers in nearly every 2016 GOP presidential primary poll, opened CPAC on Thursday.
Miller: Nation’s Military Preparedness in Peril
/3 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured, From Joe's Desk /by Joe MillerI am deeply concerned about the future and the readiness of our military. Believe me, as a combat vet with a son at the US Military Academy at West Point, it’s not an abstraction to me, it’s personal.
Amnesty is a Vote-Killer for GOP, Says WashPo Poll
/3 Comments/in Featured, News /by Neil MunroA new poll by the Washington Post shows that amnesty is a vote-loser for GOP legislators.
Bill to Make the Fine $0 for Violating the Individual Mandate Passes by 90 Votes
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by Jeffrey H. AndersonThe House of Representatives passed legislation Wednesday afternoon to make the fine/“tax” for violating Obamacare’s individual mandate $0 for this year, and it did so by the wide margin of 90 votes (250 to 160).
New Health Insurance Marketplaces Signing Up Few Uninsured Americans
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by Amy GoldsteinThe new health insurance marketplaces appear to be making little headway in signing up Americans who lack insurance, the Affordable Care Act’s central goal, according to a pair of new surveys.
IRS Hearing, ObamaCare Changes Make American Nation of Men, Not of Laws
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by BEN SHAPIROHouse Oversight Committee held a hearing on the IRS’ targeting of conservative non-profit applicants. The hearing, led by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), quickly devolved into chaos after former IRS official Lois Lerner repeatedly used the Fifth Amendment to avoid answering questions about her involvement in the targeting.
Once Obama Warned Putin Stand Down; Ukraine Occupation Was Assured
/3 Comments/in Featured, Opinion /by William L. GensertOnce Barack Obama warned Putin to stand down in the Crimea, its occupation by Russian troops was assured. As Syria showed the world recently, and the Ukraine shows today, Barack Obama needs to learn how to shut his mouth.
Bait-and-Switch Liberalism: Obamacare and the Politics of Deception
/1 Comment/in Featured, Opinion /by William VoegeliIn June 2009, as health-care reform was being debated vigorously across the country, President Obama told the American Medical Association’s convention that, whatever the provisions of the health-care bill he would sign into law ultimately included, “we will keep this promise to the American people…”
First Lady To Obamacare Counselors: ‘You Are Doing God’s Work’
/6 Comments/in Featured, News /by Associated PressWith just weeks left to sign up for health care under the Affordable Care Act, Michelle Obama zeroed in on recruiting the crucial young adult demographic during a visit to a Miami community health center Wednesday.
The Dark Side of Antibiotics
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Brian ResnickThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wants hospitals to issue fewer prescriptions for antibiotics. Why? Because the drugs that are supposed to make people feel better are being abused, actually causing illness, and hastening the arrival of infections for which medicine has no cure.
Obama Proposes Eliminating Funding for Abstinence Education in 2015 Budget
/2 Comments/in Featured, Kathleen's Korner /by Penny StarrPresident Barack Obama wants to eliminate funding for abstinence education funding in his 2015 budget, which he sent to Congress on Tuesday.
Republicans Fight Dem Efforts to Punish Issa for IRS Hearing Actions
/6 Comments/in Featured, News /by Fox NewsHouse Republicans are fending off aggressive efforts by Democrats to punish Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., for cutting off a Democratic congressman during a heated hearing on the IRS targeting scandal.
Report: Local Police Tap Cell Phones
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by William PatrickThe National Security Agency apparently isn’t the only government agency engaged in domestic spying.
U.S. Justice Dept. Sues Philly School District Over Beard-Length Rule (+video)
/3 Comments/in Featured, Video /by Alex WigglesworthThe U.S. Department of Justice has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the School District of Philadelphia, claiming a rule regulating the length of employees’ beards constitutes religious discrimination.
Issa Questions Lerner About IRS Motives; She Pleads the Fifth Again (+video)
/8 Comments/in Featured, News /by Melanie HunterLois Lerner, former director of IRS exempt organizations, invoked her Fifth Amendment rights again Wednesday before a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the IRS targeting American citizens for their political beliefs.
Senate Votes to Block Obama’s Controversial DOJ Civil Rights Nominee
/3 Comments/in Featured, News /by Ted Barrett - CNNIn a surprisingly strong vote, the Senate on Wednesday blocked President Barack Obama’s controversial choice to head the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice.
Administration Offers 2-Year ObamaCare Extension for Canceled Health Plans
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by Fox NewsThe Obama administration announced Wednesday that it will let people keep health insurance plans that would otherwise be out of compliance with ObamaCare for another two years, in a delay Republicans portrayed as an election-year ploy.
Top Generals Identify Major Shortfalls In Nation’s Defense Capabilities
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by James RosenThe nation’s top military commander painted a dark picture Tuesday of future U.S. defense capabilities clouded by shrinking Pentagon budgets and adversaries’ technological advances that he said would erode American battlefield superiority.
Putin Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
/6 Comments/in Featured, International /by Scott GreerRussian President Vladimir Putin will appear on the Nobel committee’s agenda for a Nobel Peace Prize in 2014, possibly alongside several Russian dissidents.
Unlikely GOP Tax Plan the Result of Changing Politics
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by David M. DruckerThe tax reform plan from Michigan Rep. Dave Camp was unimaginable as a Republican document just a few years ago, the result of a shifting political landscape that has seen the triumph of President Obama’s tax message and the influence of conservative populism.
Dem Says GOP Would Back Abortion ‘If Their Daughter Got Pregnant by a Black Man’
/9 Comments/in Featured, News /by Chuck RossAn Alabama Democrat with a history of making incendiary racial remarks claimed that Republicans wouldn’t oppose abortion “if their daughter got pregnant by a black man.”
Former VP Candidate Paul Ryan: ‘I Can’t Believe We Lost to These Guys’ (+video)
/1 Comment/in Featured, Video /by Susan JonesWhen Republican Mitt Romney said in one of the 2012 presidential debates that Russia was America’s greatest “geopolitical adversary,” he was right, said Rep. Paul Ryan, Romney’s running mate.
Hillary Clinton Compares Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler (+video)
/5 Comments/in Featured, Video /by Karen Robes MeeksFormer Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday compared recent actions by Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Ukraine to those implemented by Adolf Hitler in the late 1930s.
President Obama’s Foreign Policy is Based on Fantasy
/4 Comments/in Featured, Opinion /by News EditorFOR FIVE YEARS, President Obama has led a foreign policy based more on how he thinks the world should operate than on reality.
3rd-Graders Caught Smoking Pot In Sonora School Bathroom (+video)
/1 Comment/in Featured, Video /by CBS SFThree third-grade students at a Sonora elementary school were busted for smoking pot in the school’s bathroom last week.