So far, he’s got reason to feel confident, as polls shows voters blaming the GOP for the sequester cuts more than the president. Whether that holds after the cuts start to take effect March 1 is less clear.
Kaiser attributed the marked slide in support among Democrats to a “post-presidential election fade.”
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-02-27 02:07:302016-04-11 11:23:44Poll Finds 15-Point Drop In Dem Support For Health Law
Jeffress said that Tebow was “under incredible pressure” and his church “would never condemn” the Jets quarterback.
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A senior Australian police officer specializing in organized-crime says the pattern of fraud on the part of a handful of climate scientists may yet lead to prosecutions. When the cell door slams on the first bad scientist, the rest will scuttle for cover.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-02-27 01:55:152016-04-11 11:23:44Will Climate Scamsters Be Jailed for Fraud?
Once again, Senate Republicans are looking for an escape hatch. Apparently there is a growing sentiment that abdicating their powers to the ‘imperial president’ is a good idea. Folks, we are on the road to GOP irrelevance . . .
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-02-27 01:49:122016-04-11 11:23:45Abdication: Senate GOP Ponders Shifting Power To Obama
McIntyre said he believes the incident is likely an overreaction to recent mass shootings, particularly to the Dec. 14, 2012, massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released the illegal immigrants this week, suggesting the $85 billion in automatic spending cuts widely expected to be triggered on Friday would limit the number of detainees they could pay to house.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-02-27 01:42:212016-04-11 11:23:45GOP Blasts Decision To Release Illegal Immigrants Due To Sequester
Todd Palin proves again to be a class act, giving honor to whom honor is due.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-02-27 01:34:542016-04-11 11:23:45Palin Donates Iron Dog Winnings to Chris Kyle Memorial Fund
In 2011, Florida Gov. Rick Scott, a Republican, issued an executive order requiring state employees to undergo mandatory drug tests as well. A federal judge also blocked that move.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-02-27 00:54:402016-04-11 11:23:45Federal Court Blocks Fla. Law Requiring Drug Testing For Welfare Recipients
On Tuesday, the NATO command in the Afghan capital of Kabul acknowledged that ‘a database error’ caused it to report a 7 percent decline in “enemy initiated attacks,” when the actual number remained the same compared to 2011.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-02-27 00:49:202016-04-11 11:23:46President’s Afghan Withdrawal Based on Fraudulent Data?
The Senate rolled over on someone that John McCain said was unqualified to be Defense Secretary, without one word of debate. Deceiving the nation were 15 Senators who voted to move things along with their cloture vote, yet they now hide under the cover of a “Nay” vote, giving Obama another victory in a fight that was worth fighting for.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-02-27 00:41:242016-04-11 11:23:46The Senate’s Shameful Behavior: Not One Word of Debate on Hagel’s Defense Nomination
ABC News commented on its editing choice: “The edits made to Robin’s interview with the First Lady were made solely for time.” Sure enough, they just flat ran out of time. But, of course!
This brief brings the stark divide within the Republican Party over gay marriage out into the open. With House of Representatives leadership continuing the tout the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as existing only between one man and one woman, it’s evident that the split is only growing.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-02-27 00:14:212016-04-11 11:23:46Which 80 Prominent Republicans Just Signed A Legal Brief Proclaiming Gay Marriage Is A Constitutional Right?
This President has buried billions in one ‘green energy’ boondoggle after another, and dawdled while our dependence on Middle Eastern oil grew. Apparently all the high-sounding rhetoric about ending our dependence on foreign oil was just that . . . just words . . . just phrases . . .
Giving or raising $500,000 or more puts donors on a national advisory board for Mr. Obama’s group and the privilege of attending quarterly meetings with the president, along with other meetings at the White House.
The Iranian state-controlled media has welcomed Hagel’s nomination saying, “Hagel’s selection is a message of peace from the Obama administration to Islamic Republic of Iran.”
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-02-26 02:10:262016-04-11 11:23:47‘Hagel Has Promoted Agenda Of The Enemy’
“Was it blunt? Yes. Would I apologize? No,” Hunt told the Star-Tribune. He said later: “If I had to do it again, would I sit and think about how to phrase my words more carefully? Probably.”
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-02-26 01:59:592016-04-11 11:23:47Wyoming State House Rep. to Concealed Carry Critic: If You Don’t Like It, ‘By All Means, Leave’
Justice Department and White House officials declined to provide much information about the memo or answer questions about it on the record.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-02-26 01:51:062016-04-11 11:23:47Busted: NRA Uses Justice Department Memo to Expose Obama on Guns
According to the IG’s office, this included the costs for staffers to perform “volunteer activities, play games and watch movies during regular work hours.”
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-02-26 01:41:362016-04-11 11:23:48Report: Chevy Volt Battery Supplier Wasted Millions In Stimulus Funds
Their letter to the GAO asks for a study on how much money Planned Parenthood, the International Planned Parenthood Federation, and several other groups receive from the government. It also asks the GAO to identify the various federal sources of this money, how it was distributed, etc.
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Obama and his fellow community organizers were furious. So furious, in fact, that they have replied by filing complaints with the authority that governs website domain addresses, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-02-26 01:32:572016-04-11 11:23:48Obama Fails To Register ‘Organizingforaction.net’; Site Points To NRA Home Page
Once again, the Obama Administration is playing politics with National Security. Napolitano’s attendance at the White House briefing was the latest part of a White House effort to pressure Congress into passing a deal that would prevent the sequester.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-02-26 01:23:022016-04-11 11:23:48Napolitano: Sequester Cuts Will Make US More Vulnerable To Terrorist Attack
This interview won’t endear Senator Cruz to his critics in the Republican Party, but he’s spot on. We need a few more just like him.
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The Patriots have several key free agents this year, including wide receiver Wes Welker, tackle Sebastian Vollmer and cornerback Aqib Talib. Brady’s new deal makes it easier for New England to retain those players.
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After leaving Britain Thompson consistently maintained that he had “never heard any allegations,” while at the BBC, relating to the abuses. But on Sunday the London Sunday Times reported on claims that Helen Boaden, the outgoing director of BBC News, alleges that she told Thompson about the Savile abuse allegations in a December 2011 conversation.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-02-26 00:05:542016-04-11 11:23:49BBC Scandal: Transcripts Show Mark Thompson, Now NYT CEO, Said He ‘Never Heard’ Rumors About Molester
President Obama’s Sequester Strategy: Divide And Conquer
/7 Comments/in Featured, News, POTUS /by Carrie Budoff BrownSo far, he’s got reason to feel confident, as polls shows voters blaming the GOP for the sequester cuts more than the president. Whether that holds after the cuts start to take effect March 1 is less clear.
Poll Finds 15-Point Drop In Dem Support For Health Law
/1 Comment/in Featured, Health Care, News /by Elise ViebeckKaiser attributed the marked slide in support among Democrats to a “post-presidential election fade.”
Video: Controversial Pastor Punches Back After Tebow Cancellation, Rips ‘Wimping Out’
/2 Comments/in Featured, Kathleen's Korner, Video /by CBS New YorkJeffress said that Tebow was “under incredible pressure” and his church “would never condemn” the Jets quarterback.
Will Climate Scamsters Be Jailed for Fraud?
/4 Comments/in Featured, Opinion /by Lord MoncktonA senior Australian police officer specializing in organized-crime says the pattern of fraud on the part of a handful of climate scientists may yet lead to prosecutions. When the cell door slams on the first bad scientist, the rest will scuttle for cover.
Abdication: Senate GOP Ponders Shifting Power To Obama
/12 Comments/in Featured, News /by Manu Raju and David RogersOnce again, Senate Republicans are looking for an escape hatch. Apparently there is a growing sentiment that abdicating their powers to the ‘imperial president’ is a good idea. Folks, we are on the road to GOP irrelevance . . .
Father Wants School Dress Code Changed After Son Asked To Remove Marines T-Shirt
/8 Comments/in Education, Featured, News /by Joshua Rhett MillerMcIntyre said he believes the incident is likely an overreaction to recent mass shootings, particularly to the Dec. 14, 2012, massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
GOP Blasts Decision To Release Illegal Immigrants Due To Sequester
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by Jordy YagerImmigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released the illegal immigrants this week, suggesting the $85 billion in automatic spending cuts widely expected to be triggered on Friday would limit the number of detainees they could pay to house.
Palin Donates Iron Dog Winnings to Chris Kyle Memorial Fund
/4 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by Tony LeeTodd Palin proves again to be a class act, giving honor to whom honor is due.
Federal Court Blocks Fla. Law Requiring Drug Testing For Welfare Recipients
/5 Comments/in Featured, News /by Dave BoyerIn 2011, Florida Gov. Rick Scott, a Republican, issued an executive order requiring state employees to undergo mandatory drug tests as well. A federal judge also blocked that move.
President’s Afghan Withdrawal Based on Fraudulent Data?
/2 Comments/in Featured, International /by Rowan ScarboroughOn Tuesday, the NATO command in the Afghan capital of Kabul acknowledged that ‘a database error’ caused it to report a 7 percent decline in “enemy initiated attacks,” when the actual number remained the same compared to 2011.
The Senate’s Shameful Behavior: Not One Word of Debate on Hagel’s Defense Nomination
/5 Comments/in Featured, Opinion /by William PeckThe Senate rolled over on someone that John McCain said was unqualified to be Defense Secretary, without one word of debate. Deceiving the nation were 15 Senators who voted to move things along with their cloture vote, yet they now hide under the cover of a “Nay” vote, giving Obama another victory in a fight that was worth fighting for.
ABC Justifies Editing Out Michelle Obama’s False ‘Automatic Weapon’ Claim
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by Michal CongerABC News commented on its editing choice: “The edits made to Robin’s interview with the First Lady were made solely for time.” Sure enough, they just flat ran out of time. But, of course!
Which 80 Prominent Republicans Just Signed A Legal Brief Proclaiming Gay Marriage Is A Constitutional Right?
/12 Comments/in Featured, News /by Billy HallowellThis brief brings the stark divide within the Republican Party over gay marriage out into the open. With House of Representatives leadership continuing the tout the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as existing only between one man and one woman, it’s evident that the split is only growing.
US Dependence on Middle Eastern Oil Grows
/9 Comments/in Featured, International /by Ajay MakanThis President has buried billions in one ‘green energy’ boondoggle after another, and dawdled while our dependence on Middle Eastern oil grew. Apparently all the high-sounding rhetoric about ending our dependence on foreign oil was just that . . . just words . . . just phrases . . .
Video: Obama Selling Access to OFA Donors
/4 Comments/in Featured, Video /by Washington Free Beacon StaffGiving or raising $500,000 or more puts donors on a national advisory board for Mr. Obama’s group and the privilege of attending quarterly meetings with the president, along with other meetings at the White House.
‘Hagel Has Promoted Agenda Of The Enemy’
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by Jerome R. CorsiThe Iranian state-controlled media has welcomed Hagel’s nomination saying, “Hagel’s selection is a message of peace from the Obama administration to Islamic Republic of Iran.”
Wyoming State House Rep. to Concealed Carry Critic: If You Don’t Like It, ‘By All Means, Leave’
/13 Comments/in 2 Amendment, Featured, News /by Madeleine Morgenstern“Was it blunt? Yes. Would I apologize? No,” Hunt told the Star-Tribune. He said later: “If I had to do it again, would I sit and think about how to phrase my words more carefully? Probably.”
Busted: NRA Uses Justice Department Memo to Expose Obama on Guns
/10 Comments/in Featured, News /by ABC OTUS NewsJustice Department and White House officials declined to provide much information about the memo or answer questions about it on the record.
Report: Chevy Volt Battery Supplier Wasted Millions In Stimulus Funds
/4 Comments/in Energy, Featured, News /by Kerry PicketAccording to the IG’s office, this included the costs for staffers to perform “volunteer activities, play games and watch movies during regular work hours.”
GOP Seeks Planned Parenthood Study With Hope To Strip Funding
/4 Comments/in Featured, Health Care, News /by Pete KasperowiczTheir letter to the GAO asks for a study on how much money Planned Parenthood, the International Planned Parenthood Federation, and several other groups receive from the government. It also asks the GAO to identify the various federal sources of this money, how it was distributed, etc.
Obama Fails To Register ‘Organizingforaction.net’; Site Points To NRA Home Page
/7 Comments/in 2 Amendment, Featured, News /by Warner Todd HustonObama and his fellow community organizers were furious. So furious, in fact, that they have replied by filing complaints with the authority that governs website domain addresses, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
Napolitano: Sequester Cuts Will Make US More Vulnerable To Terrorist Attack
/7 Comments/in Featured, News /by Justin SinkOnce again, the Obama Administration is playing politics with National Security. Napolitano’s attendance at the White House briefing was the latest part of a White House effort to pressure Congress into passing a deal that would prevent the sequester.
Video: Ted Cruz On America’s Economic Problems – ‘An Awful Lot of Republicans Failed To Stand For Principle And Contributed To Getting Us In This Mess’
/6 Comments/in Featured, Video /by David BrodyThis interview won’t endear Senator Cruz to his critics in the Republican Party, but he’s spot on. We need a few more just like him.
Taking One for the Team: Tom Brady Signs Cap-Friendly, Three-Year Extension With Pats
/0 Comments/in Featured, Kathleen's Korner /by Mike GarafoloThe Patriots have several key free agents this year, including wide receiver Wes Welker, tackle Sebastian Vollmer and cornerback Aqib Talib. Brady’s new deal makes it easier for New England to retain those players.
BBC Scandal: Transcripts Show Mark Thompson, Now NYT CEO, Said He ‘Never Heard’ Rumors About Molester
/1 Comment/in Featured, International /by Patrick GoodenoughAfter leaving Britain Thompson consistently maintained that he had “never heard any allegations,” while at the BBC, relating to the abuses. But on Sunday the London Sunday Times reported on claims that Helen Boaden, the outgoing director of BBC News, alleges that she told Thompson about the Savile abuse allegations in a December 2011 conversation.