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Govs Look to Slash State Jobs

Govs Look to Slash State Jobs CNN reports: There will be lots more state workers joining the unemployment line this year. Public employees are getting hit hard in the latest round of spending cuts as state officials look to close billion-dollar deficits. Governors across the …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday January 27, 2011

No Signs of a Palin 2012 Bid

No Signs of a Palin 2012 Bid Politico reports: Former Alaska GOP Gov. Sarah Palin headed into this year with more than $1.3 million in her political action committee, according a financial disclosure filed Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission. The filing shows no …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday January 27, 2011

GOP Pushes for DC School Vouchers

GOP Pushes for DC School Vouchers The Washington Post reports : WASHINGTON -- GOP House Speaker John Boehner and independent Sen. Joe Lieberman introduced legislation Wednesday to revive a school voucher program for District of Columbia students nearly two years after Congress …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday January 27, 2011

Ron Paul Wants to Audit Fed, Again

Ron Paul Wants to Audit Fed, Again The Daily Caller reports : Rep. Ron Paul, Texas Republican, reintroduced his “Audit the Fed” legislation on Wednesday, with 56 cosponsors. Paul’s span style="color: green;"> office government

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday January 27, 2011

Palin on SOTU: 'WTF'

Palin on SOTU: 'WTF' Politico reports: Former Alaska GOP Gov. Sarah Palin said Wednesday night that President Barack Obama’s call for “winning the future” during his State of the Union address is best framed by the acronym it shares with a much different phrase — “wtf.” “That …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 26, 2011

Color-Coded Terror Alerts Gone by April

Color-Coded Terror Alerts Gone by April The AP reports: By the end of April, terror threats to the U.S. will no longer be described in shades of green, blue, yellow, orange and red, The Associated Press has learned. The nation's color-coded terror warning system will be phased …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 26, 2011

Kucinich Sues House Cafeteria

Kucinich Sues House Cafeteria Cleveland Plain Dealer reports: Rep. Dennis Kucinich has sued a U.S. House of Representatives cafeteria for selling him a sandwich wrap that caused dental damage when he bit into an olive pit, according to a Jan. 3 lawsuit filed in Superior Court for …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 26, 2011

Clinton Urges Egypt to Allow Protests

Clinton to Egypt: Allow Protests Bloomberg reports: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today urged the Egyptian government to allow peaceful protests to continue and not to block social media sites like Twitter Inc. and Facebook used by anti-government demonstrators. “We call …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 26, 2011

Loughner Researched Lethal Injection

Loughner Did Research on Lethal Injection Washington Post reports: In the weeks and days before the shooting rampage in Tucson, suspect Jared Lee Loughner surfed the Internet on his computer in what investigators believe was an effort to prepare for his alleged assassination …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 26, 2011

Dow Crosses 12,000

Dow Crosses 12,000 The New York Times reports: Stocks on Wall Street broke through a psychologically significant level on Wednesday that markets have not seen for two and a half years. The Dow Jones industrial average crossed 12, 000 points on Wednesday, fueled by President …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 26, 2011

Moscow Bombers Trained in Pakistan

Moscow Bombers Trained in Pakistan The Daily Telegraph reports: Russian security services warned in December that there were two attack teams primed to carry out attacks, sparking fears there could still be terrorists at large who were prepared to carry out another attack. …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 26, 2011

How Does Talk Radio Help the Right?

How Does Talk Radio Help the Right? At Andrew Sullivan's Daily Dish, Conor Friedersdorf writes: To listen to [conservative talk radio hosts] talk, you'd think that the conservative movement hadn't a hope of accomplishing anything until Rush Limbaugh became a nationally syndicated …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 26, 2011

Poll: SOTU Gets High Marks

Poll: SOTU Gets High Marks CBS News reports: An overwhelming majority of Americans approved of the overall message in President Obama's State of the Union speech on Tuesday night, according to a CBS News poll of speech watchers. According to the poll, which was conducted online …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 26, 2011

Giffords' Condition Upped to 'Good'

Giffords' Condition Upped to 'Good' The Wall Street Journal reports: U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will be moved to a rehabilitation facility Wednesday morning after doctors upgraded her condition from serious to good, according to the hospital overseeing the Arizona congresswoma…

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 26, 2011

Egypt Braces for New Protests

Egypt Braces for New Protests The New York Times reports: A day after tens of thousands of people marched in opposition to the nearly 30-year rule of President Hosni Mubarak , the Egyptian authorities on Wednesday outlawed any new gatherings, saying protesters faced “immediate” …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 26, 2011

GOP Rep to Obama: 'You Believe in Socialism'

GOP Rep to Obama: 'You Believe in Socialism' The Hill reports: GOP Rep. Paul Broun (Ga.) rebuked President Obama using perhaps the sharpest language among his Republican colleagues following the State of the Union address Tuesday night. Broun took to Twitter during the …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 26, 2011

Hoyer Backs GOP: No State Bailouts

Hoyer Backs GOP: No State Bailouts The Hill reports: House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) on Tuesday echoed a warning from Republican leaders, agreeing that states shouldn't expect a bailout from Washington to help them deal with their budget woes. "We did that in the last …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 26, 2011

Scarborough: SOTU 'Boring All Around'

Scarborough: SOTU 'Boring All Around' Huffington Post reports: MSNBC's Joe Scarborough had some harsh words for President Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday night. Speaking on the special NBC News presentation of the address, Scarborough said that the speech was like …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 26, 2011

CNN Defends Airing Bachmann Response

CNN Defends Airing Bachmann Politico reports: Rep. Michele Bachmann may fall into that media-savvy cadre of politicians who, as the saying goes, has never met a camera she didn’t like, but Tuesday night many Americans got the impression she was talking into the wrong camera. …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 26, 2011

Priebus Fires RNC Political Staffers

Priebus Fires RNC Political Staffers Politico reports: Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus fired a handful of political staffers Tuesday, making good on a promise he made to clean house at the operation following the tumultuous tenure of Michael Steele. A …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 26, 2011