Mississippi Could Soon Jail Women for Stillbirths, Miscarriages
motherjones.com 12 hours ago
The state's manslaughter laws weren't supposed to apply to women who lose pregnancies. Prosecutors don't seem to care.
Obama Lays Out Plan To End The War Against Al Qaeda
thinkprogress.org 2 hours ago
President Obama delivered a wide ranging speech on Thursday, laying out his vision for countering terrorism in his second term, including announcements on the use of drones, the future closure of the...
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Obama Vows to End of the Perpetual War
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A long time in coming, President Obama’s speech provides good justification to change drone policy, close Guantánamo and repeal the military force law.
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Report: Top IRS Official Who Plead the Fifth Placed on Administrative Leave — What Does It Mean?
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Lois Lerner, a top IRS official at the center of the agency's targeting scandal, has been placed on administrative leave, a source in the IRS' Cincinnati official told National Review...
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Official at Heart of IRS Tea Party Scandal Spiked Audits of Big Dark-Money Donors
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In 2011, the IRS killed audits of five big-time donors. Inside the IRS mess you haven't heard about.
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Trey Gowdy at It Again — This Time with a Jack Bauer Reference!
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Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) became a viral sensation on Wednesday with his tough questioning of former IRS head Doug Shulman during a House hearing on the IRS targeting of conservatives...
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Daily Kos: Biggest GOP foodstamp foe gets huge farm subsidies
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Welfare recipient Stephen Fincher. Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-TN) has been making a big splash with his supposedly Jesus-...
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This 23-Ton, 5.3-Million Brick X-Wing Is the Biggest Lego Model Ever
wired.com 7 hours ago
This full-size X-Wing model is not only awesome, it's also the largest Lego model ever built.
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Loyal Obama Supporters React to Multiple White House Scandals: ‘That Sounds Fine With Me’
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For his latest "Watters' World" segment, Jesse Watters walked the streets of New York City and asked President Barack Obama's loyal supporters about the several scandals currently haunting the White...
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MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’ Slams GOP Chair For Insinuating Obama Is Involved In IRS Scandal
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On MSNBC’s Morning Joe Thursday morning, panelist John Heilemann got into a heated argument with GOP Chairman Reince Priebus over President Obama’s role in the targeting of conservative groups...
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Wait Until You See the Questions on Prayer Asked of Lt. Col. Oliver North When Lois Lerner Was at...
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New questions are being raised today about Lois Lerner and the attitude she's taken in the past regarding conservative and Christian groups...
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Breaking: New Hampshire Senate Approves Medical Marijuana | Just Say Now
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It looks like medical marijuana may finally be coming to New Hampshire after several years of false starts and hard fought legislative battles...
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‘I Swear I Will Kill You…F**k You’: Conservative Comedian Gets Death Threats Following Anti-Muhammad...
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Comedian Steven Crowder's "Jesus vs. Muhammad" video has already attracted more than 140,000 views...
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Congressman’s Misuse Of Bible Verse Belies Bad Theology And Ideology On Food Stamps
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As the House Agriculture Committee convened earlier this week to discuss whether or not to cut as much as $4.1 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food...
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GOP Senator: Obama Speech ‘Will Be Viewed By Terrorists As A Victory’
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Obama’s major speech outlining the Administration’s counter-terrorism policy on Thursday marked a win for al-Qaeda, according to Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)...
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Frustrated Obama Goes Toe-to-Toe With Woman Interrupting Counterterrorism Speech: ‘Why Don’t You Sit...
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President Obama was interrupted on multiple occasions by a female audience member during his afternoon counterrorism speech at the National Defense University...
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Obama’s speech: An imperfect effort to reconcile national security with American values
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The President tries to recalibrate drone and detention policies to bring them more in line with the rule of law, but only in incremental ways.
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Poll: Obama Approval Drops, 68% Think Government 'Out of Control'
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A new Fox News poll shows Obama's disapproval rating among registered voters has spiked to 51%, up from 45% last month. The poll shows an 8-point swing against Obama since April...
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Power to the Parents: The Fight for Home-School Rights
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Editor's note: For TheBlaze Magazine's June cover story, Assistant Editor Sharon Ambrose dug into the history and success of -- and Progressive attacks on -- home-schooling...
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The 20 Craziest Tweets From The Man Who Could Be Virginia’s Next Lt Governor
thinkprogress.org 5 hours ago
If you were to put the dregs of conservative Internet comment sections into a pot, boil them down to their essence, then run the resulting product through a sieve to get it to its rawest, most pure...
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The Congressional Budget Office Says We Need A Price On Carbon Emissions
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The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) thinks putting off efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions risks “catastrophic” losses for the United States’ economy and society. That’s according to a new...
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Patrick Roy is new Avalanche coach
blogs.denverpost.com 1 hour ago
This is confirmed to the Denver Post: Patrick Roy is the new coach. It’s a done deal. We’ll have more details as they emerge.
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Another enormous ObamaCare ‘Oops’
nypost.com 18 hours ago
Would you like to have a “skinny” health insurance policy? Probably not. But if you’re employed by a large company, you may get one, thanks to ObamaCare. That’s the conclusion...
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House Leadership Rejects Senate Amnesty Bill
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This week, the Senate Judiciary Committee completed its work on the "Gang of 8" Amnesty Bill...
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Boehner Promises House Won’t Pass Senate’s Immigration Bill
thinkprogress.org 3 hours ago
On Thursday afternoon, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) issued a joint statement with Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, Republican Conference Chairman Cathy McMorris Rodgers,...
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Sen. Ted Cruz Refuses to Play the Game: ‘Let Me Be Clear, I Don’t Trust the Republicans’
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Wednesday made it crystal clear that he is not in Washington, D.C...
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Ted Cruz to McCain: “There may be more ‘wacko birds’ in the Senate than you think”
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Debt.
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"Star Trek Into Darkness": What Came Next
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“You were in a coma for two weeks. I had to make a serum from his super-blood.” —Dr. “Bones” McCoy to Captain James T. Kirk, after reversing Kirk
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Living In Two Worlds, But With Just One Language
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Elysha O'Brien calls herself a "Mexican white girl." Not just because of her ethnically ambiguous appearance, she says, but also because she can't speak Spanish...
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Bernanke to Congress: You’re killing us Darrell Delamaide's Political Capital
marketwatch.com 6 hours ago
Not that they listened, but Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke told lawmakers in Congress that they are killing jobs and hurting the economy with their obsession with deficits, Darrell Delamaide reports.
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McDonald's creates highest calorie menu item ever
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McDonald's has created its highest calorie menu item ever - the Mega Potato.
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Can This Sleek Lighter Challenge The Zippo?
fastcodesign.com 1 hour ago
Design is a search to perfectly integrate form, function, and meaning. A single design can take years of iterations and refinements and still may never embody that ideal...
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Chicago's Students Deserve Acts of Heroism
huffingtonpost.com 3 hours ago
There is plenty of evidence to suggest that Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to shutter 50 (yes, 50) schools won't be good for Chicago's children, especially children of color.
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26-Year-Old Woman Stabbed and With a Knife to Her Throat Fights Back…with a Gun
theblaze.com 10 hours ago
26-year-old Samantha Minehart was just trying to spend some time with her horse. But an attacker with a knife had another idea. Fortunately for Samantha, she did, too...
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Judith Butler’s honorary doctorate is a divisive move for McGill
fullcomment.nationalpost.com 6 hours ago
Let’s tally up. We have an honoree who represents the most controversial aspect of the most toxic and divisive issue roiling campuses all over the world...
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Want to See President Obama’s High School Prom Photos?
theblaze.com 1 hour ago
Well here’s something fun: TIME has acquired previously unpublished photos of a 17-year-old Barack Obama preparing for his senior prom: “Barry spent his days at the Punahou School in Hawaii...
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George Stroumboulopoulos’ CNN debut set for June 9
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Stroumboulopoulos, CBC veteran talk show host, will return to Canada after 10-week CNN stint in L.A.
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Michelle Malkin Rips Progressives, Clashes With Lib Radio Host Over Terrorism, London Machete...
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Conservative commentator Michelle Malkin had some tough words for British progressives during an on-air debate last night with television host Sean Hannity and liberal radio personality Leslie...
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Nevada Assembly Approves Marriage Equality Amendment
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Today the Nevada Assembly voted 27-14 to approve a constitutional amendment that would repeal the 2002 amendment banning same-sex marriage...
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NAPOLITANO: Tyranny just around the corner
washingtontimes.com 11 hours ago
A few weeks ago, President Obama advised graduates at Ohio State University that they need not listen to voices warning about tyranny around the corner, because we have self-government in America.
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Daily Kos: Nashville charter schools 'lose' problem students to public schools—just in time for...
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If all you care about are test scores, one of the big advantages charter schools have over traditional public schools is that they don't have to take every kid who shows up...
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Are Apostrophes Necessary? No, Not Really.
slate.com 6 hours ago
One hundred and eighteen miles north of London, in the town of Boston, England, there lives a retired newspaperman named John Richards who is experiencing an unusually rotten spring...
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