After a one-woman filibuster and a raucous crowd helped derail a GOP-led effort to restrict Texas abortions, Gov. Rick Perry announced Wednesday that he’s calling lawmakers back next week to try again.
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Three years ago, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin backed Kelly Ayotte in a very hotly contested Republican primary for the Senate. Palin said that Ayotte was “Granite Grizzly” and the endorsement was a key reason why the powerful tea party support in 2010 was split between Ayotte and a primary opponent she barely defeated.
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MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry joined anchor Thomas Roberts on Wednesday to react to the Supreme Court’s rulings on the cases relating to gay marriage rights in the United States. Harris-Perry threw cold water on the celebrations ongoing at 30 Rock when she lamented the Court’s decision to not rule in the case against Proposition 8.
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Efforts to keep interest rates on new student loans from doubling appeared to be falling apart Wednesday as the Democratic leader of the Senate declared a bipartisan proposal unacceptable.
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To her husband, she was Lori Kennedy. But to a dogged federal investigator, she is “Jane Doe,” a Texas mother who killed herself three years ago in her family’s driveway after spending decades using stolen identities to erase a past that remains mired in mystery.
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A British magician working with Pepsi Max wants people to “live for now” and witness the “magic that’s all around us” through his incredible bus levitation stunt.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-06-27 04:50:002013-06-27 04:50:00What’s the Secret to Magician’s ‘Bus Levitation’ Trick? (+video)
Studies suggest that breast-feeding can be good for a baby’s health, and now there’s fresh evidence that it may help children to climb the social ladder as well.
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The U.S. Supreme Court effectively opened marriage to homosexuals today in striking down the federal Defense of Marriage Act as a violation of the constitutional provision for equal protection and placing into question California’s Prop 8.
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Today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling regarding the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and Prop 8, California’s successful citizen initiative that defined marriage as a union between one man and one woman, highlights how important it is that Alaska was the first state in the nation in 1998 to define natural marriage in our own State Constitution.
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An Islamic scholar who serves as vice president of an organization that supports the terrorist group Hamas and whose president sanctioned the killing of American soldiers in Iraq met with senior Obama administration officials at the White House earlier this month.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-06-26 03:39:532013-06-26 03:39:53Radical Muslim Preacher Whose Organization Supports Killing US Soldiers Met at White House this Month
House Speaker John Boehner is set to raise money in Alaska with the former chair of the Alaska GOP that Sarah Palin took on for corruption. Also joining Ruedrich and Boehner is Commissioner Dan Sullivan.
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While NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden continues to baffle world governments and the news media with his exact whereabouts and travel plans, one question apparently not being asked is whether he was ever in Hong Kong in the first place.
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With the U.S. still struggling to emerge from the economic malaise of recent years, the top-rated radio host who once said he hopes Barack Obama fails is now saying Obama “may be one of the most successful presidents that we’ve ever had.”
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For the second time this week, a gun owner is under investigation for shooting at a criminal who unlawfully invaded his property.
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Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner leads City Council Speaker Christine Quinn in the race for New York City’s Democratic mayoral nomination for the first time, snatching the frontrunner mantle as the contest heads into the final months before the primary.
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The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that states no longer can be judged by voting discrimination that went on decades ago, a decision that argues the country has fundamentally changed since the racially motivated laws of the civil rights era. Alaska is one of the states affected by this decision.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-06-26 03:31:542013-06-26 03:31:54Alaska, Other States No Longer Subject to Key Provisions of 1965 Voting Rights Act
Snowden has shared encoded copies of all the documents he took so that they won’t disappear if he does, Glenn Greenwald tells Eli Lake.
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In a massive restructuring, the U.S. Army is slashing the number of active duty combat brigades from 45 to 33, and shifting thousands of soldiers out of bases around the country as it moves forward with a longtime plan to cut the size of the service by 80,000.
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As Egyptians of all factions prepare to demonstrate in mass against the Muslim Brotherhood and President Morsi’s rule on June 30, the latter has been trying to reduce their numbers, which some predict will be in the millions and eclipse the Tahrir protests that earlier ousted Mubarak.
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A Louisiana lawman is livid over the federal government’s decision to cut off funds for two programs to help troubled young people, all, he says, because he refused to sign a pledge to bar prayer or any mention of God at their meetings.
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Former Director of the CIA James Woolsey just published an article in the Wall Street Journal documenting how the US has become so vulnerable to international terrorism that even the ridiculous government of North Korea could now detonate a small nuclear weapon above the America.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-06-26 03:19:532013-06-26 03:19:53From Benghazi to Nuclear Terrorism
Texas’ lieutenant governor acknowledged early Wednesday that Republicans missed their deadline to pass new abortion restrictions after protesters screamed down lawmakers as the final 15 minutes passed before the special legislative session’s deadline.
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A woman who was with a group of children playing a late-night game of hide-and-seek when a Texas teen impaled himself on the horn of a bull statue says she isn’t exactly sure how it happened but that the boy’s death was a “pure accident.”
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Texas Gov. Perry Calls Second Special Session on Abortion, Gets Viciously Attacked by Left
/10 Comments/in Featured, News /by News EditorAfter a one-woman filibuster and a raucous crowd helped derail a GOP-led effort to restrict Texas abortions, Gov. Rick Perry announced Wednesday that he’s calling lawmakers back next week to try again.
Palin: Kelly Ayotte Flip-Flopped on Amnesty Bill, Should Face Primary Challenge
/6 Comments/in Featured, News /by James PindellThree years ago, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin backed Kelly Ayotte in a very hotly contested Republican primary for the Senate. Palin said that Ayotte was “Granite Grizzly” and the endorsement was a key reason why the powerful tea party support in 2010 was split between Ayotte and a primary opponent she barely defeated.
Gay Marriage Rulings Make MSNBC Sad Because They Gut ‘Power Of Federal Government’ (+video)
/1 Comment/in Featured, Video /by Noah RothmanMSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry joined anchor Thomas Roberts on Wednesday to react to the Supreme Court’s rulings on the cases relating to gay marriage rights in the United States. Harris-Perry threw cold water on the celebrations ongoing at 30 Rock when she lamented the Court’s decision to not rule in the case against Proposition 8.
Deal to Stop Student Loan Interest from Doubling Appears to be Falling Apart
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Associated PressEfforts to keep interest rates on new student loans from doubling appeared to be falling apart Wednesday as the Democratic leader of the Senate declared a bipartisan proposal unacceptable.
Hernandez Charged with Murder, Cut By Patriots
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by HOWARD ULMANThe New England Patriots didn’t wait for Aaron Hernandez’s legal troubles to play themselves out. Read what happened here.
Three Years After Texas Woman’s Suicide, a Question Lingers: Who Was She?
/0 Comments/in Featured, The Offbeat /by Cristina CorbinTo her husband, she was Lori Kennedy. But to a dogged federal investigator, she is “Jane Doe,” a Texas mother who killed herself three years ago in her family’s driveway after spending decades using stolen identities to erase a past that remains mired in mystery.
What’s the Secret to Magician’s ‘Bus Levitation’ Trick? (+video)
/0 Comments/in Featured, The Offbeat /by Liz KlimasA British magician working with Pepsi Max wants people to “live for now” and witness the “magic that’s all around us” through his incredible bus levitation stunt.
Breast-Fed Babies Achieve Higher Social Status
/1 Comment/in Featured, Kathleen's Korner /by Alexandra SifferlinStudies suggest that breast-feeding can be good for a baby’s health, and now there’s fresh evidence that it may help children to climb the social ladder as well.
Supremes Open Marriage to Homosexuals, Prop 8 in Question
/5 Comments/in Featured, News /by News EditorThe U.S. Supreme Court effectively opened marriage to homosexuals today in striking down the federal Defense of Marriage Act as a violation of the constitutional provision for equal protection and placing into question California’s Prop 8.
US Supreme Court Ruling Keeps Alaska in Driver Seat to Define Marriage
/2 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by JIm MinneryToday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling regarding the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and Prop 8, California’s successful citizen initiative that defined marriage as a union between one man and one woman, highlights how important it is that Alaska was the first state in the nation in 1998 to define natural marriage in our own State Constitution.
Radical Muslim Preacher Whose Organization Supports Killing US Soldiers Met at White House this Month
/17 Comments/in Featured, News /by Jamie WeinsteinAn Islamic scholar who serves as vice president of an organization that supports the terrorist group Hamas and whose president sanctioned the killing of American soldiers in Iraq met with senior Obama administration officials at the White House earlier this month.
Speaker John Boehner Headlining Alaskan Fundraiser with Randy Ruedrich and Commissioner Dan Sullivan in Anchorage
/7 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by Tony LeeHouse Speaker John Boehner is set to raise money in Alaska with the former chair of the Alaska GOP that Sarah Palin took on for corruption. Also joining Ruedrich and Boehner is Commissioner Dan Sullivan.
Was NSA Whistleblower Snowden Really in Hong Kong? (+video)
/2 Comments/in Featured, International /by News EditorWhile NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden continues to baffle world governments and the news media with his exact whereabouts and travel plans, one question apparently not being asked is whether he was ever in Hong Kong in the first place.
Rush: Obama One of the Most Successful Presidents
/3 Comments/in Featured, News /by Joe KovacsWith the U.S. still struggling to emerge from the economic malaise of recent years, the top-rated radio host who once said he hopes Barack Obama fails is now saying Obama “may be one of the most successful presidents that we’ve ever had.”
84 Year Old Shoots At Robber, Now Under Investigation Himself for Assault (+video)
/7 Comments/in Featured, Video /by Jason HowertonFor the second time this week, a gun owner is under investigation for shooting at a criminal who unlawfully invaded his property.
“Sexting” Weiner Leads Democrats in Race for NYC Mayor
/6 Comments/in Featured, News /by Michael Howard SaulFormer U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner leads City Council Speaker Christine Quinn in the race for New York City’s Democratic mayoral nomination for the first time, snatching the frontrunner mantle as the contest heads into the final months before the primary.
Democratic Lawmaker Hits Justice as ‘Uncle Thomas’
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by Victor MortonFormer Rep. Allen West poured scorn on the upper-class white democratic state legislator who called Justice Thomas a racial epithet.
Alaska, Other States No Longer Subject to Key Provisions of 1965 Voting Rights Act
/2 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by Stephen DinanThe Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that states no longer can be judged by voting discrimination that went on decades ago, a decision that argues the country has fundamentally changed since the racially motivated laws of the civil rights era. Alaska is one of the states affected by this decision.
Glenn Greenwald: Snowden’s Files Are Out There if ‘Anything Happens’ to Him
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Eli LakeSnowden has shared encoded copies of all the documents he took so that they won’t disappear if he does, Glenn Greenwald tells Eli Lake.
Obama Admin. Slashing Combat Brigades at 10 US Bases
/7 Comments/in Featured, News /by Associated PressIn a massive restructuring, the U.S. Army is slashing the number of active duty combat brigades from 45 to 33, and shifting thousands of soldiers out of bases around the country as it moves forward with a longtime plan to cut the size of the service by 80,000.
Obama Admin. Tells Egyptian Christians to not Protest Muslim Brotherhood
/4 Comments/in Featured, Kathleen's Korner /by Raymond IbrahimAs Egyptians of all factions prepare to demonstrate in mass against the Muslim Brotherhood and President Morsi’s rule on June 30, the latter has been trying to reduce their numbers, which some predict will be in the millions and eclipse the Tahrir protests that earlier ousted Mubarak.
DOJ Defunds Youth Programs that Reference God
/4 Comments/in Featured, Kathleen's Korner /by Todd StarnesA Louisiana lawman is livid over the federal government’s decision to cut off funds for two programs to help troubled young people, all, he says, because he refused to sign a pledge to bar prayer or any mention of God at their meetings.
From Benghazi to Nuclear Terrorism
/2 Comments/in Featured, Opinion /by LT. GEN. ION MIHAI PACEPAFormer Director of the CIA James Woolsey just published an article in the Wall Street Journal documenting how the US has become so vulnerable to international terrorism that even the ridiculous government of North Korea could now detonate a small nuclear weapon above the America.
Texas Abortion Bill Falls After Dispute Over Late-Night Vote
/4 Comments/in Featured, Kathleen's Korner /by Fox NewsTexas’ lieutenant governor acknowledged early Wednesday that Republicans missed their deadline to pass new abortion restrictions after protesters screamed down lawmakers as the final 15 minutes passed before the special legislative session’s deadline.
Teen Impaled on Horn of Texas Tech Bull Statue (+video)
/2 Comments/in Featured, Video /by Betsy BlaneyA woman who was with a group of children playing a late-night game of hide-and-seek when a Texas teen impaled himself on the horn of a bull statue says she isn’t exactly sure how it happened but that the boy’s death was a “pure accident.”