A senior progressive strategist and former chief of staff for President Bill Clinton who specializes in the use of executive authority to bypass Congress is reportedly joining the White House.
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With the latest round of budget talks in Washington, it appears some Republicans on the Hill are in the spirit of giving once again. This time it’s the sequester cuts, more taxes, and some are even suggesting we adjust to the “new normal” of ObamaCare.
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US President Barack Obama may have moved the masses attending Nelson Mandela’s memorial service with his stirring eulogy, but it was his grinning “selfie” with the Danish and British premiers that set social networks abuzz.
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Congressional negotiators on Tuesday announced a tentative budget deal that would avoid a partial government shutdown, but also begin to unravel hard-fought spending cuts.
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When President Obama said this week that ending income inequality was “this generation’s task,” his aides noted he was consciously echoing themes he’d raised in a speech two years earlier in Osawatomie, Kan. The trail actually goes back even farther than that.
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Thanks to new smart-drilling and production technologies (including hydraulic fracturing), the U.S. is the leading liquid fuels producer in the world and will soon be the world’s largest producer of petroleum.
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South Carolina lawmakers have a proposal in their legislative pipeline that would nullify the federal Obamacare law.
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NEWS FLASH: The National Security Agency, the clandestine, spying arm of the U.S. government, lied.
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A Nevada father is being credited with keeping his girlfriend and four children alive and well by using innovative methods like heating up rocks and burning tires to help them survive two days trapped in the snow.
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Four days before the legal deadline, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) said she had not yet signed up for Obamacare, but was still mulling over the plans and what might work best for her family.
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Students in some Albany High School English classes were asked this week as part of a persuasive writing assignment to make an abhorrent argument: “You must argue that Jews are evil, and use solid rationale from government propaganda to convince me of your loyalty to the Third Reich!”
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Between 2008 and 2011, the U.S. government awarded roughly $6.12 million in federal farm subsidies to several groups in the Chicago area, including a charity owned by Louis Farrakhan’s The Nation of Islam, according to a report released by government watchdog group Open the Books.
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Hollywood star Ben Affleck, who has played an active role in Democratic politics, says fundraising for politicians began to “feel gross.”
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A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court’s decision dismissing a lawsuit filed by a male-to-female transsexual who claimed his firing was discriminatory.
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Development of Alaska may undergo a revolution of sorts if the prototypes currently being built by this California-based company live up to their expectations.
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A new poll from Public Policy Polling (PPP) finds the Michigan GOP Senate candidate, Terri Land, taking the lead over Democrat Rep. Gary Peters in the race to replace retiring Sen. Carl Levin.
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A new study shows that growing up without a father not only affects behavior – it transforms children’s brain structure.
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In a Dec. 5 audit report on the U.S. Army Contracting Command (ACC), the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General said it found that the ACC “potentially overpaid up to $3.3 million for communications equipment purchased for the Afghan National Security Forces.”
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One of Washington’s most reliably conservative lawmakers is breaking the news that he will challenge a mainstay of the Republican establishment – all because the incumbent GOP senator “undermined Sen. Ted Cruz’s fight to stop Obamacare.”
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During Friday’s White House briefing, Jonathan Karl of ABC News and Peter Alexander of NBC News both pressed White House spokesman Jay Carney on a Government Accountability Institute (GAI) report that found President Obama and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius had met only once during the three and half years after the passage of ObamaCare.
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More than 500 of the world’s leading authors, including five Nobel prize winners, have condemned the scale of state surveillance revealed by the whistleblower Edward Snowden and warned that spy agencies are undermining democracy and must be curbed by a new international charter.
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On his program Friday, Mark Levin said that “if this were 1775-1776 the likes of Chris Matthews would be siding with the crown.”
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The Rev. Ray Leonard knew not to wear the clerical collar identifying him as a Roman Catholic priest. It almost certainly would have gotten him deported.
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Feeling chilly? Here’s cold comfort: You could be in East Antarctica which new data says set a record for “soul-crushing” cold.
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Taking regular exercise is the most effective single lifestyle choice people can make to reduce their risk of dementia, according to one of the most extensive studies yet into people’s long-term health outcomes.
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Obama Plans to Bypass Congress Even More? Adds ‘Executive Power’ Czar To Staff
/7 Comments/in Featured, International /by Aaron KleinA senior progressive strategist and former chief of staff for President Bill Clinton who specializes in the use of executive authority to bypass Congress is reportedly joining the White House.
The Solution to This Present Crisis
/4 Comments/in Featured, From Joe's Desk /by Joe MillerWith the latest round of budget talks in Washington, it appears some Republicans on the Hill are in the spirit of giving once again. This time it’s the sequester cuts, more taxes, and some are even suggesting we adjust to the “new normal” of ObamaCare.
Barack Obama Takes Selfie at Nelson Mandela Memorial, Cruz Walks Out on Castro
/5 Comments/in Featured, The Offbeat /by News EditorUS President Barack Obama may have moved the masses attending Nelson Mandela’s memorial service with his stirring eulogy, but it was his grinning “selfie” with the Danish and British premiers that set social networks abuzz.
Lawmakers Unveil Tentative Budget Deal, Call for Rolling Back Sequester
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by News EditorCongressional negotiators on Tuesday announced a tentative budget deal that would avoid a partial government shutdown, but also begin to unravel hard-fought spending cuts.
As Obama Turns: How the President’s Political Fortunes Predict his Economic Message
/1 Comment/in Featured, Opinion /by John DickersonWhen President Obama said this week that ending income inequality was “this generation’s task,” his aides noted he was consciously echoing themes he’d raised in a speech two years earlier in Osawatomie, Kan. The trail actually goes back even farther than that.
We Are Drilling, Baby! U.S. Passing Saudi Arabia in Oil Production
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by David Kreutzer, Ph.D.Thanks to new smart-drilling and production technologies (including hydraulic fracturing), the U.S. is the leading liquid fuels producer in the world and will soon be the world’s largest producer of petroleum.
Proposed State Law Aims to Nullify Obamacare
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by Bob UnruhSouth Carolina lawmakers have a proposal in their legislative pipeline that would nullify the federal Obamacare law.
Video: Jon Stewart Skewers NSA Doublespeak
/0 Comments/in Featured, Video /by Travis PerryNEWS FLASH: The National Security Agency, the clandestine, spying arm of the U.S. government, lied.
Nevada Dad Praised for Using Innovative Ways To Keep Family Safe for 2 Days in -16 Degrees
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by Fox NewsA Nevada father is being credited with keeping his girlfriend and four children alive and well by using innovative methods like heating up rocks and burning tires to help them survive two days trapped in the snow.
Wasserman Schultz on Not Yet Enrolling in Obamacare: ‘I’m a Little Busy, So’ (+video)
/2 Comments/in Featured, Video /by Barbara BolandFour days before the legal deadline, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) said she had not yet signed up for Obamacare, but was still mulling over the plans and what might work best for her family.
Common Core Assignment: Think Like a Nazi and Explain Why Jews Are Evil (+video)
/14 Comments/in Featured, Kathleen's Korner /by Steve StraubStudents in some Albany High School English classes were asked this week as part of a persuasive writing assignment to make an abhorrent argument: “You must argue that Jews are evil, and use solid rationale from government propaganda to convince me of your loyalty to the Third Reich!”
Wait Until You Hear How Many Farm Subsidies Are Going to Groups in…the City of Chicago — Including One Associated With Louis Farrakhan
/3 Comments/in Featured, News /by Becket AdamsBetween 2008 and 2011, the U.S. government awarded roughly $6.12 million in federal farm subsidies to several groups in the Chicago area, including a charity owned by Louis Farrakhan’s The Nation of Islam, according to a report released by government watchdog group Open the Books.
Ben Affleck: Raising Money for Democrats Made Me ‘Feel Gross’
/2 Comments/in Featured, The Offbeat /by Lisa BarronHollywood star Ben Affleck, who has played an active role in Democratic politics, says fundraising for politicians began to “feel gross.”
Federal Appeals Court Rules Transsexual’s Firing was Not Discrimination
/2 Comments/in Featured, Kathleen's Korner /by Kirsten AndersenA federal appeals court has upheld a lower court’s decision dismissing a lawsuit filed by a male-to-female transsexual who claimed his firing was discriminatory.
Will Airships Revolutionize Development of Alaska?
/1 Comment/in Alaska News, Featured /by Jenny SoffelDevelopment of Alaska may undergo a revolution of sorts if the prototypes currently being built by this California-based company live up to their expectations.
PPP: GOP Leads Michigan Senate Race to Replace Democrat, ObamaCare to Blame
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by Mike FlynnA new poll from Public Policy Polling (PPP) finds the Michigan GOP Senate candidate, Terri Land, taking the lead over Democrat Rep. Gary Peters in the race to replace retiring Sen. Carl Levin.
Study: Growing Up Without a Father Transforms Children’s Brains
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by Ben JohnsonA new study shows that growing up without a father not only affects behavior – it transforms children’s brain structure.
Army May Have Overpaid $3.3M for Communications Devices for Afghan Military, DOD IG Reports
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Penny StarrIn a Dec. 5 audit report on the U.S. Army Contracting Command (ACC), the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General said it found that the ACC “potentially overpaid up to $3.3 million for communications equipment purchased for the Afghan National Security Forces.”
Tea Party Favorite Taking on Cornyn in Texas-Sized Showdown
/21 Comments/in Featured, News /by Garth GrantOne of Washington’s most reliably conservative lawmakers is breaking the news that he will challenge a mainstay of the Republican establishment – all because the incumbent GOP senator “undermined Sen. Ted Cruz’s fight to stop Obamacare.”
NBC, ABC News Press White House on Secret Sebelius Meetings (+video)
/3 Comments/in Featured, News /by John NolteDuring Friday’s White House briefing, Jonathan Karl of ABC News and Peter Alexander of NBC News both pressed White House spokesman Jay Carney on a Government Accountability Institute (GAI) report that found President Obama and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius had met only once during the three and half years after the passage of ObamaCare.
Leading Authors: State Surveillance of Personal Data is Theft
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Matthew Taylor and Nick HopkinsMore than 500 of the world’s leading authors, including five Nobel prize winners, have condemned the scale of state surveillance revealed by the whistleblower Edward Snowden and warned that spy agencies are undermining democracy and must be curbed by a new international charter.
Levin: ‘If This Were 1776…Chris Matthews Would Be Siding With the Crown’ Like Arnold (+audio)
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by James BeattieOn his program Friday, Mark Levin said that “if this were 1775-1776 the likes of Chris Matthews would be siding with the crown.”
The Priest Who Faced Down the Federal Government—and Won
/3 Comments/in Featured, Kathleen's Korner /by Mark MuellerThe Rev. Ray Leonard knew not to wear the clerical collar identifying him as a Roman Catholic priest. It almost certainly would have gotten him deported.
Antarctica Sets Record of -135.8
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by Seth BorensteinFeeling chilly? Here’s cold comfort: You could be in East Antarctica which new data says set a record for “soul-crushing” cold.
Research: Exercise Most Effective Lifestyle Choice for Preventing Dementia
/0 Comments/in Featured, The Offbeat /by Charlie CooperTaking regular exercise is the most effective single lifestyle choice people can make to reduce their risk of dementia, according to one of the most extensive studies yet into people’s long-term health outcomes.