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FBI: Obama, Holder Not Involved Assata Shakur “Most Wanted Terrorists” Decision

The Federal Bureau of Investigation says that President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder had nothing to do with putting the first black woman on the FBI’s “Most Wanted Terrorists” list for a crime she al...
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Gary Johnson Slams the War On Drugs

Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson made an interesting point about drug prohibition. That is, that the substances within illegal drugs — such as those laced with things like PCP, LSD, and God knows what and are a sur...
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Obama: “Nothing Conservative” About Gov’t Getting In Between Doctor-Patient Decisions

When recalling the numerous legislative battles over restrictions on abortion that have taken place in the past few years, President Obama on Friday said that the result of the 2011 battle in Mississippi over adding “pers...
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Ebay CEO: Don’t Support The Internet Sales Tax Bill

Ebay’s CEO does not like the so-called Internet Sales Tax bill sponsored by Republican Senator Mike Enzi (Wyo.). In a mass e-mail on Thursday, President and CEO of Ebay John Donahoe urged Americans to say “No!̶...
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Rand Paul Defends “Voter ID” at Howard University

In a lukewarm manner, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) kind of embraced the Republican Party’s stance on voter ID laws at Howard University. Kind of. And on the 1964 Civil Rights Act, he also explained that he was concerned about th...
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Communist Party, Socialists Not Sure “What the Big Deal Is” Over Melissa Harris-Perry

The Communist Party USA and the Democratic Socialists of America don’t see what the big deal is when it comes to MSNBC Host’s Melissa Harris-Perry’s latest 30-second spot advocating for society to move beyond ...
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Former Reagan Official: “Reagan Era was a Horrible Legacy”

The former budget director under President Ronald Reagan said something you don’t hear often from people who have worked under Reagan or from conservative politicians.  That is, that the conservative idol and oft-referre...
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Rep. Xavier Becerra Embraces Gay Marriage “As a Proud Catholic”

t the urging of his daughter, Natalia, the House Democratic Caucus Chair Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.) attended the gay marriage rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday and reminded supporters of gay marriage wha...
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Ben Carson: Becoming “Petroleum Independent” Could Have Killed Saddam

r. Benjamin Carson has been paying attention to a lot more than the health care debate in the last few years. He’s also been paying attention to the war in Iraq and Afghanistan — two wars that he says he was against...
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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee: Universal Background Check “Not Big Brother”

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) told Politic365 after a hearing on universal background checks for aspiring gun buyers that the process won’t be anything like “big brother.” Lee likened the process to curren...
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AIPAC Lobbying Efforts Since 2008 Exceed 10 Year Period

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s (AIPAC) lobbying efforts have doubled since 2008, according to data provided by the Center for Responsive Politics. Since 2008, the pro-Israel lobbying group spent a total of...
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Cummings on 3-D Gun Printing: It’s “Hard for Law To Keep Up With Technology”

Washington – Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) doesn’t pretend to know all the answers about gun control. And he doesn’t know what exactly to do about the new 3-D printing technology that can make–besides inn...
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#StandWithRand: Durbin Invokes Bush-Era Law Some Want Expanded

The debate over whether the President can use an armed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly called a drone, to assassinate a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil is over. Or so it seems. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder sent a letter ...
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Three Reasons Why Gas Prices Have Gone Up in the last Two Months

The chief economist at the American Petroleum Institute swatted away assertions that the main cause of increasing gas prices in January and February in the United States was because of oil refineries going offline and therefore...
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Economist: Defense-Related Spending Less Than $100B Away From $1T

An economist at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University says that when you take into account the defense-related spending that is not accounted for by the Pentagon and the Office of Management and Budget the real spendin...
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