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Meet the Real John Boehner
The Dems have tried to paint Boehner as a suntanned corporate shill. His profile on 60 Minutes Sunday was his chance to set the record straight. This Sunday, 60 Minutes ran a segment on Speaker-elect John Boehner that would have made Horatio Alger proud. In the run-up to this year’s …How the Dems Bungled DADT's Repeal
With majorities in Congress and Obama in the Oval Office, Don't Ask, Don't Tell's repeal should have been a slam dunk for the Dems. For all practical purposes, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal is dead for the foreseeable future and there is plenty of blame to go around in both parties. Republica…House Dems Intro DADT Repeal Measure
House Dems Intro DADT Repeal Bill The Hill reports: A House Democrat on Tuesday will introduce standalone legislation to repeal the military's ban on openly gay service members in a last-ditch attempt to get rid of the policy. Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Pa.) — a longtime …
Why is Junk Food OK, But TV Smut Wrong?
Conservatives are OK with using government to protect children from smut on TV. So why not enlist government to ensure healthy eating in schools? Michelle Obama on Deciding What Kids Eat: ‘We Can’t Just Leave it Up to The Parents' That's the ominous headline on a CNS story about the new …Romney Opposes Tax Cut Deal
Romney Opposes Tax Cut Deal Mitt Romney writes : Death and taxes, it is said, are life's only two certainties. But in the wake of President Obama's tax compromise with congressional Republicans, only death retains the status of certainty: The future for taxes has been left up in …
Miller Takes Case to Alaska Supreme Court
Miller Takes Case to Alaska Supreme Court The Huffington Post reports : JUNEAU, Alaska — Republican Joe Miller is taking his challenge to the Alaska Senate race to the state Supreme Court. The court confirms that Miller filed an appeal Monday. Arguments are set for …
Discharged Vets Sue for Reinstatement
Discharged Vets Sue for Reinstatement The Huffington Post reports : SAN FRANCISCO — Three military veterans who were discharged under the law that prohibits gays from serving openly in uniform sued the government Monday to be reinstated and to pressure lawmakers to repeal the …
Pence to Fundraise in South Carolina
Pence to Fundraise in South Carolina Politico reports : Indiana Rep. Mike Pence is set to headline a high-dollar fundraiser in South Carolina with Gov.-elect Nikki Haley. Pence, who’s weighing a White House bid, will appear at the Wednesday night fundraiser for the South …
Navy Tests New Railgun for Ships
Navy Tests New Railgun for Ships The Washington Post reports : The red and yellow warning flags were out. The gun range was cleared. The klaxon sounded. "System is enabled," the voice on the speakerphone said. There was a pause, then a distant thud that could be felt through the …
Christians Continue to Flee Iraq
Christians Continue to Flee Iraq The New York Times reports : QOSH, Iraq — A new wave of Iraqi Christians has fled to northern Iraq or abroad amid a campaign of violence against them and growing fear that the country’s security forces are unable or, more ominously, unwilling …
American Guns Used in Mexican Drug Wars
American Guns Used in Mexican Drug Wars The Washington Post reports : No other state has produced more guns seized by police in the brutal Mexican drug wars than Texas. In the Lone Star State, no other city has more guns linked to Mexican crime scenes than Houston. And in the Texas …
Spending Bill Bans Moving Gitmo Detainees
Spending Bill Bans Moving Gitmo Detainees The Washington Post reports : The Senate is expected to consider a provision this week that would block the Obama administration from bringing Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United States for trial, including the self-proclaimed …
Thune and Pawlenty Gather Forces in Iowa
Thune and Pawlenty Gather Forces in Iowa Politico reports : While other prospects for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination are already making forays into Iowa, Sen. John Thune has taken pains not to set foot in the first-in-the-nation state at all. The last time he was in the state …
Stockholm Bomber Had Roots in Britain
Stockholm Bomber Had Roots in Britain The Guardian reports : Britain's security services were last night investigating the UK connections of the suicide bomber who struck Stockholm on Saturday night. Taimour Abdulwahab al-Abdaly, an Iraqi-born Swede, who set off a car bomb …
Britain Now "More Thatcherite" Than The '80s
Britain Now "More Thatcherite" Than The '80s The Guardian reports : Britain is now more Thatcherite than when Margaret Thatcher was in power, with people much less supportive of the welfare state and the redistribution of wealth than in the 1980s, according to an authoritativ…
Madoff Suicide Won't Stop Civil Lawsuits
Madoff Suicide Won't Stop Civil Lawsuits The Wall Street Journal reports : The court-appointed trustee recovering assets for victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme will move ahead with lawsuits brought against his elder son Mark Madoff, who killed himself Saturday morning, a lawyer …
Holbrooke Dies
Holbrooke Dies Politico reports : Veteran diplomat strong> Richard Holbrooke