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New Study Proves More Homicides in Stand Your Ground States
A new study by Mark Hoekstra and Cheng Cheng suggests critics have a point on the question of increasing the likelihood of violence in stand your ground states.
Monthly Archives: January 2013
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Paul Ryan Joins 66 House Republicans In Trying to Ripoff Hurricane Sandy Victims
Paul Ryan and 66 other House Republicans tried to rip off victims of Hurricane Sandy who filed flood insurance claims by voting to deny them their money.
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Out of Selfish Greed House Republicans Drag Their Feet On Sandy Relief
Sandy victims got a preview of the you’re on your own mindset Republicans have advocated for the past four years, and it portends a drift toward a nation defined by selfish greed.
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Republican Congressman Says He’s Not Convinced Sandy Victims Need Relief
Kansas Republican Rep. Tim Huelskamp told AFA Director of Issues Analysis Bryan Fischer that he saw no real need for disaster relief for Hurricane Sandy victims.
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The Second Amendment is Not an Unfettered Right
Gun owners say that any gun control restricts their 2nd Amendment rights. The result is an elevation of the 2nd Amendment to where it trumps all other rights.
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House Republicans Snub Sandy Victims to Try and Repeal Obamacare for the 34th Time
With House Republicans taking heat over not passing the Hurricane Sandy disaster relief bill, Michele Bachmann introduced a the first bill of the new Congress to repeal Obamacare.
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Harry Reid Wants Input on Filibuster; let’s give it to him
If Senator Reid needs more input on filibuster reform, let’s make our voices heard right now.
House GOP Drama Continues as Eric Cantor Gets Votes for Speaker
The House managed to reelect John Boehner, but not without a bit of drama as Eric Cantor got votes for speaker.
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Glenn Beck is Outraged That Current TV Sold to Al-Jazeera After Rejecting Him
Glenn Beck reacted like a jilted lover to the news that Current was sold to Al Jazeera.
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A New Congress but House Republicans Promise to Waste Everyone’s Time in 2013
John Boehner’s recalcitrant caucus assures the Senate they will waste time in 2013 passing the same legislation they worked diligently on in 2012.
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John Boehner’s F-Bomb to America
John Boehner, back to the wall, has come out swinging a middle finger, offering an F-bomb to Harry Reid and to the victims of Hurricane Sandy
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Conservatives Want to Fire John Boehner and Replace Him With Sarah Palin
A number of conservatives are so outraged with John Boehner over the fiscal cliff deal are seriously pushing to fire the Speaker and replace him with Sarah Palin.
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Fox News Encourages Rioting in the Streets After Taxes Are Raised on the Wealthy
Fox News is trying to instigate, behind a mask of concern, riots in the streets after taxes were raised on the wealthy.
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House GOP Shames America by Endangering Women
It’s not just the Sandy bill. Eric Cantor (R-VA) and John Boehner (R-OH) also killed legislation that would help protect 30 million American women’s lives.
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Senate Republicans Throw a Temper Tantrum After Obama Tells the Truth About Them
Telling the truth about Republicans will garner outrage and after the President’s statements, Republicans were furious.
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A Desperate Grover Norquist Claims Fiscal Cliff Deal Not Violation of Pledge
Grover Norquist tried to defend his pet congressmen and women while simultaneously branding President Obama as an enemy of liberty
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Paul Ryan Tries to Take Credit for Caving to Obama on Fiscal Cliff
Paul Ryan (R-WI) explains his yes vote on the fiscal cliff deal, praising the House for ‘providing certainty’ by making lower taxes permanent.
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Zero Dark Thirty – An Encore of Bush Administration Talking Points?
The torture debate is making an encore performance with the buzz around ‘Zero Dark Thirty’, a fictional account of Osama Bin Laden’s capture, based on first-hand accounts reportedly from the CIA.
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Obama Tells Republicans to Forget About Causing Another Debt Ceiling Debacle
Instead of taking a fiscal cliff victory lap, President Obama used his statement to land the first blows in the debt ceiling debate.
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Conservatives Freak Out, Call for Boehner to be Fired and Blame Obama
The fiscal cliff vote was full of peril for Republicans. Conservatives are calling for Boehner to be fired and the’re blaming Obama for the House GOP failure.
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Obama Gets a Big Win as House Republicans Get Buried by Fiscal Cliff Cave In
After much bluster and drama, the Republican divas in the House of Representatives caved, and gave President Obama almost everything that he wanted on the fiscal cliff.
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Disgusted with House Republicans, Senate Announces ‘We’re Done’
Senate Democrats are done playing Republican House games. They won’t be making changes to the agreement. ‘We’re done,’ an aide said.
After Telling the Senate and Obama to Lead, House GOP Refuses to Support Fiscal Cliff Bill
House Republicans demanded that Obama and the Senate lead on the fiscal cliff, but are now objecting to passing the agreement that came out of their leadership.
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Psst Republicans: The Senate Passed The Budget Control Act in August 2011
In spite of the Republican love for bumper sticker slogans, a spending agreement was in the debt ceiling deal. It is called the Budget Control Act.
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Statement from the President on the Senate Deal to Extend Middle Class Tax Cuts
‘This agreement will also grow the economy and shrink our deficits in a balanced way – by investing in our middle class, and by asking the wealthy to pay a little more.’
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The Unfettered Power of Michigan Emergency Managers Invites Corruption
Blackwell agreed to be Detroit’s Emergency Financial manager for $1.00/year. Subsequently, he decided to pay himself a total of $246,000 retroactively.
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The Republicans Have Quit on America; It’s Time for Americans to Quit on Them
Republicans have quit on America. They’re putting forth no effort, and most importantly at all, they haven’t even bothered to show up for the past two years.
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Happy New Year Republicans, Obama Just Cleaned Your Clock on the Fiscal Cliff
The Senate officially passed the fiscal cliff deal 89-8, which means that President Obama rang in the New Year by taking another step towards cleaning the GOP’s clock on the fiscal cliff.
