New Jersey Sen.-elect Cory Booker will officiate some of the first gay marriages in New Jersey early Monday morning, his office in Newark announced Friday.
More than 24,000 Mexicans live in Western North Carolina, according to the Consulate General of Mexico’s Raleigh, N.C., office. Nearly 9,000 of them live in Buncombe County, and about 8,500 in Henderson County.
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The least dispiriting moment of another grim week in Washington was the sight of ornery veterans tearing down the Barrycades around the war memorials on the National Mall, dragging them up the street, and dumping them outside the White House
Millions of Americans have felt the direct effects of the ongoing government shutdown, just the latest in a series of fiscal standoffs that have threatened our economic recovery and distracted leaders from the country’s real challenges. Welcome to the new normal of our polarized political system.
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Rep. C. W. “Bill” Young, a Florida Republican who was the longest-tenured Republican in the House and served as the longtime top appropriator for the defense industry, died Friday at 82.
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The U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) on Friday released the initial results of an international survey of adult skills in literacy and mathematics, revealing that Americans rank 21st in “numeracy” and are tied for 15th in literacy among adults in 23 advanced economies.
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Unemployed parents mastermind “sinister conspiracy”, auctioning daughter for £5,000 and using proceeds to buy luxury shoes and iPhone.
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In an apparent attempt to rub Republicans’ noses in their defeat on the debt ceiling conflict, President Barack Obama said Thursday that they should “win an election” if they want to change his policies.
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CNBC’s Jim Cramer said the U.S. is “a laughing stock around the world, maybe worse than Italy in some ways when I look at benchmarks. We have obviously lost the faith of a lot of countries.”
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If the U.S. government’s credit rating is the backbone of the public financial system, then the negative credit watch issued by Fitch Ratings on Tuesday is akin to a bulging disc.
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A stern President Obama lectured Republicans on Thursday, one day after they accepted a Democrat deal to end the government shutdown and raise the debt limit until Feb. 7–getting nothing in return.
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The frustration, say immigration advocates, is reaching a fever pitch.
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Regulations will make it harder to move European data to third countries, with fines running into billions for failure to comply.
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Alaska’s supply of flu vaccinations was not affected during the federal government’s partial shutdown, but efforts to monitor influenza were crippled before furloughed federal workers were able to return to work.
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Republican Senator Ted Cruz, a conservative whose defiant stand against Obamacare helped prompt the U.S. government shutdown, has blocked the Senate from voting on the nomination of Tom Wheeler to be Federal Communications Commission chairman.
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell made it clear on Thursday that repealing Obamacare would never be used by Republicans again to bring the federal government to a halt.
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As they wrap up their 13-month probe into the terrorist attacks in Benghazi that killed four Americans, congressional investigators have zeroed in on a press release issued the day before the murders by White House Press Secretary Jay Carney.
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Edward J. Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor, said in an extensive interview this month that he did not take any secret N.S.A. documents with him to Russia when he fled there in June, assuring that Russian intelligence officials could not get access to them.
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The continuing resolution Congress approved last night with the help of the Republican leaders in both the House and Senate funds and permits implementation of an Obamacare regulation that forces Christians to act against their faith by forcing them to buy and/or provide insurance coverage for abortion-inducing drugs and devices.
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President Obama will nominate Jeh Johnson, formerly the Pentagon’s top lawyer and a key figure in the administration’s debate over the legality of drone use, to head the Department of Homeland Security, according to White House officials.
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President Obama and the Democrats may have won the fight to keep Obamacare funding intact, but the president’s signature health-care takeover is self-destructing as even Healthcare.gov contractors say they are falling ill and “fainting in conference calls” because they can’t keep up with demand to fix the program’s glitches.
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Watching Barack Obama and his shutdown shenanigan theatre, I discovered I have something in common with our inchoate president — we both want Americans to suffer.
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Davion Navar Henry Only loves all of his names. He has memorized the meaning of each one: beloved, brown, ruler of the home, the one and only. But he has never had a home or felt beloved. His name is the last thing his parents gave him.
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Cory Booker ‘Excited’ to Officiate Gay Marriages
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by Joe MillerNew Jersey Sen.-elect Cory Booker will officiate some of the first gay marriages in New Jersey early Monday morning, his office in Newark announced Friday.
Mexican Consulate Plans Saturday, Oct. 19, Asheville Visit to Aid Immigrants
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by Joe MillerMore than 24,000 Mexicans live in Western North Carolina, according to the Consulate General of Mexico’s Raleigh, N.C., office. Nearly 9,000 of them live in Buncombe County, and about 8,500 in Henderson County.
Steyn: Potemkin Parliament
/1 Comment/in Featured, Opinion /by Joe MillerThe least dispiriting moment of another grim week in Washington was the sight of ornery veterans tearing down the Barrycades around the war memorials on the National Mall, dragging them up the street, and dumping them outside the White House
A Moneyball Approach to Government
/0 Comments/in Featured, Opinion /by Joe MillerMillions of Americans have felt the direct effects of the ongoing government shutdown, just the latest in a series of fiscal standoffs that have threatened our economic recovery and distracted leaders from the country’s real challenges. Welcome to the new normal of our polarized political system.
Fla. Republican Rep. C.W. ‘Bill’ Young Dies at 82
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by Joe MillerRep. C. W. “Bill” Young, a Florida Republican who was the longest-tenured Republican in the House and served as the longtime top appropriator for the defense industry, died Friday at 82.
In 23 Advanced Economies: U.S. Adults Rank 21st in Math Skills
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by Joe MillerThe U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) on Friday released the initial results of an international survey of adult skills in literacy and mathematics, revealing that Americans rank 21st in “numeracy” and are tied for 15th in literacy among adults in 23 advanced economies.
Chinese Couple Sold Baby to Pay for iPhone
/0 Comments/in Featured, International /by Joe MillerUnemployed parents mastermind “sinister conspiracy”, auctioning daughter for £5,000 and using proceeds to buy luxury shoes and iPhone.
Obama to Republicans: ‘Go Win an Election’
/25 Comments/in Featured, News /by Joe MillerIn an apparent attempt to rub Republicans’ noses in their defeat on the debt ceiling conflict, President Barack Obama said Thursday that they should “win an election” if they want to change his policies.
Cramer: Dollar is a Laughing Stock Worldwide (+video)
/1 Comment/in Featured, Video /by Joe MillerCNBC’s Jim Cramer said the U.S. is “a laughing stock around the world, maybe worse than Italy in some ways when I look at benchmarks. We have obviously lost the faith of a lot of countries.”
The U.S. Default Risk May be Passing, but a Downgrade Could Still Lie Ahead
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Joe MillerIf the U.S. government’s credit rating is the backbone of the public financial system, then the negative credit watch issued by Fitch Ratings on Tuesday is akin to a bulging disc.
Obama: Founding Fathers Would NOT Have Approved (+video)
/8 Comments/in Featured, Video /by Joe MillerA stern President Obama lectured Republicans on Thursday, one day after they accepted a Democrat deal to end the government shutdown and raise the debt limit until Feb. 7–getting nothing in return.
They’re Not Going To Take It Anymore: New Generation Of Immigrant Advocates Take Radical Approach
/11 Comments/in Featured, News /by Joe MillerThe frustration, say immigration advocates, is reaching a fever pitch.
New EU Rules to Curb Transfer of Data to US after Edward Snowden Revelations
/0 Comments/in Featured, International /by Joe MillerRegulations will make it harder to move European data to third countries, with fines running into billions for failure to comply.
Alaska’s Supply of Flu Shots Safe in Shutdown
/0 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by Joe MillerAlaska’s supply of flu vaccinations was not affected during the federal government’s partial shutdown, but efforts to monitor influenza were crippled before furloughed federal workers were able to return to work.
U.S. Senator Cruz Blocks Confirmation of New FCC Chairman
/15 Comments/in Featured, News /by Joe MillerRepublican Senator Ted Cruz, a conservative whose defiant stand against Obamacare helped prompt the U.S. government shutdown, has blocked the Senate from voting on the nomination of Tom Wheeler to be Federal Communications Commission chairman.
McConnell: No More Shutdowns Over Obamacare
/23 Comments/in Featured, News /by Joe MillerSenate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell made it clear on Thursday that repealing Obamacare would never be used by Republicans again to bring the federal government to a halt.
House Panel on Benghazi Eyes White House Document, Panetta Testimony
/3 Comments/in Featured, News /by Joe MillerAs they wrap up their 13-month probe into the terrorist attacks in Benghazi that killed four Americans, congressional investigators have zeroed in on a press release issued the day before the murders by White House Press Secretary Jay Carney.
Gov. Christie Pokes Fun at Booker’s Senate Victory (+video)
/0 Comments/in Featured, The Offbeat /by Joe MillerLeave it to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to make his congratulatory wishes to Sen.-elect Cory Booker a poke in the ribs.
Snowden Says He Took No Secret Files to Russia
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by Joe MillerEdward J. Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor, said in an extensive interview this month that he did not take any secret N.S.A. documents with him to Russia when he fled there in June, assuring that Russian intelligence officials could not get access to them.
GOP-Leadership-Backed CR Funds Reg Forcing Christians to Act Against Faith
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by Joe MillerThe continuing resolution Congress approved last night with the help of the Republican leaders in both the House and Senate funds and permits implementation of an Obamacare regulation that forces Christians to act against their faith by forcing them to buy and/or provide insurance coverage for abortion-inducing drugs and devices.
Obama to Nominate Jeh Johnson, Former Pentagon Official, as Next DHS Secretary
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by Joe MillerPresident Obama will nominate Jeh Johnson, formerly the Pentagon’s top lawyer and a key figure in the administration’s debate over the legality of drone use, to head the Department of Homeland Security, according to White House officials.
Obama Romneyizes the Republicans
/1 Comment/in Featured, Opinion /by Joe MillerOne of the more compelling finds in the opinion-polling swamps is that most people would like to see the entire Congress replaced.
Obamacare Troubleshooters Faint from Exhaustion
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Joe MillerPresident Obama and the Democrats may have won the fight to keep Obamacare funding intact, but the president’s signature health-care takeover is self-destructing as even Healthcare.gov contractors say they are falling ill and “fainting in conference calls” because they can’t keep up with demand to fix the program’s glitches.
Americans Must Suffer
/4 Comments/in Featured, Opinion /by Joe MillerWatching Barack Obama and his shutdown shenanigan theatre, I discovered I have something in common with our inchoate president — we both want Americans to suffer.
Amid Churchgoers, an Orphan Pleads for a Family
/0 Comments/in Featured, Kathleen's Korner /by kathleenDavion Navar Henry Only loves all of his names. He has memorized the meaning of each one: beloved, brown, ruler of the home, the one and only. But he has never had a home or felt beloved. His name is the last thing his parents gave him.