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Arizona vs. the U.N. Human Rights Police

The report boasts of racial and gender bean-counting in the executive branch; Justice Department outreach to Muslim grievance groups opposed to post-9/11 security measures; teachers’ union payoffs in the federal stimulus law; continuing commitment to cloSource: National Review Online


Grade Obama A+ For Honoring Troops, F For Policy, AWOL On The Economy

Let’s see if I got President Obama’s speech Tuesday night right: We spent a trillion borrowed and printed dollars and 6,000 American lives in Iraq and Afghanistan on wars we could not afford based on an American economy he cannot fix. What the president


Republicans Eye McCain’s Millions in Excess ’08 Funds

Sen. John McCain ’s victory in the Aug. 24 Arizona Republican primary was fueled partly by transfers of $7.5 million from his 2008 presidential campaign compliance fund — an account GOP Congressional strategists are now eyeing as they look to finance a g


Party Label Is Kissell’s Biggest Liability Against Local Sportscaster

LOCUST, N.C. — Between meeting donors in the back room at a fancy downtown Charlotte restaurant and greeting spectators at the front gate of a local high school football game, it’s clear where Harold Johnson — the Republican challenging Democratic Rep. LSource: CQ Politics


Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski concedes defeat

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Incumbent Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski has dropped out of contention in the Republican Senate primary, conceding to Tea Party-endorsed insurgent Joe Miller, U.S. media reported on Tuesday. With the upset in Alaska, Murkowsk


Knee Capping Mitch McConnell: Lisa Murkowski Concedes to Joe Miller

Just heard the news on Greta Van Susteren. Just heard the news on and this will drive the left wing even more nuts Just heard the news on and this will drive the left wing even more nuts Yeah now if McConnell would just stop acting like scared old man YSource: RedState


What to Expect From Apple’s Fall Event

I don’t make predictions. But I read a lot of them. And repeat the ones I like. Some swirling around Wednesday’s Apple event (10 a.m. Pacific)… Nearly everyone expects Apple TV to be renamed iTV and go on sale for $99 ($130 less than the current model).Source: The Moderate Voice


Special Envoy for Middle East Peace On Lessons Learned From Previous Failed Attempts

Some of the other issues discussed: Israeli Settlements Former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, D-Maine, President Obama’s US Special Envoy for Middle East Peace, briefed reporters earlier today on the kick-off of direct peace talk


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WASHINGTON - AUGUST 31: (AFP-OUT) U.S. President Barack Obama speaks after a televised national address from the Oval Office of the White House August 31, 2010 in Washington, DC. In his remarks Obama formally declared an end to the combat mission in...


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U.S. President Barack Obama is seen in the Oval Office through a window as he addresses the nation about the end of the U.S. combat mission in Iraq at the White House in Washington, August 31, 2010. Obama declared the U.S. combat mission in Iraq ended...


Prepare for Hurricane Earl

As a Category 4 hurricane approaches, check weather reports and get prepared!


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A Massachusetts State police officer stops oncoming traffic for a vehicle carrying U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama on Martha's Vineyard in Edgartown, Massachusetts, August 28, 2010. The first family is on a 10-day summer vacation.


Through God, Beck claims King's legacy

And when the Tea Party moves peaceably into that Republican home, it will transform the GOP by embracing moral values. The Tea Party is great voice and a power that will change the course the nation. I don't call my self a moderate or an independent,...Source: The Politico


Obama will talk about spill, Katrina

VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass.— President Obama flies Sunday from the comfort of Martha’s Vineyard to the battered city of New Orleans, where he’ll mark the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. But the speech he'll give Sunday night at Xavier University will...


W.Va. Gov. Manchin wins Dem primary for U.S. Senate

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) Popular Gov. Joe Manchin won the Democratic nomination Saturday and will face GOP primary winner and wealthy businessman John Raese in the race to fill the Senate seat vacated by the late Robert C. Byrd. Raese defeated a crowded...


FEMA director looks to sharpen focus, rebuild chastened agency’s reputation

WASHINGTON — Craig Fugate’s corner office at the Federal Emergency Management Agency is sparse: a few family photos, a couple of blue and orange mementos from his beloved University of Florida Gators, and not much else. “In big disasters, I ain’t going...Source: Boston Globe


Mining for votes

QUINCY — Mayor Thomas P. Koch had plenty of political company at his annual community cookout this month: Two candidates for state treasurer, four candidates for Congress, and four legislative hopefuls were in the crowd, shaking hands. A week later,...Source: Boston Globe


Marco Rubio (R CAND, FL-SEN) brings it.

I just saw this on TV a few minutes ago. Marco Rubio sent out a GREAT message - but who is listening… is the 18-25 year old group drinking, not wanting to work, smokin’ dope, and having babies they can’t support? NO. Or how about the women my age who...Source: RedState


Movements are about something real

MOVEMENTS ARE ABOUT SOMETHING REAL. I tried to keep up on today's festivities at the Lincoln Memorial, but as the dust settles, I find myself confused. For a year and a half, we've seen rallies and town-hall shouting and attack ads and Fox News special...Source: Washington Monthly


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Former Major League Baseball pitching star Roger Clemens arrives to testify before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing on "The Mitchell Report: The Illegal Use of Steroids in Major League Baseball" on...


Houston, We (Still) Have A (Engineering) Problem

Something rotten is going on, not in Denmark, but 5,000 at to 8,000 feet under the ocean floor in the Gulf of Mexico. I know. I know. Most people think the BP blowout well is capped but the fact is it is not, at least permanently. The capping at the...Source: The Moderate Voice


Recovery Funds Wounded Warriors Project

Description: Recovery awards from the Department of Defense are funding two complexes to help wounded soldiers recuperate. Page Content: Warrior in Transition Barracks (WTB) under construction at Fort Bliss, Texas. 


Jan Brewer SB1070 Appeal

The Governor says Arizona is getting hammered by illegal immigration, and that the federal government is doing nothing to keep them out. Which is why she is asking a higher court to reverse Bolton's ruling on SB1070.


Attorneys General Race

The Attorney General race is too close to call in the republican and the democrat primary election.


Health IT Grants Funded by Recovery

Description: Two key grant programs -- the Regional Extenstion Centers and Beacon Community Cooperative Agreements -- are being funded by the Recovery Act to promote the use of electronic health records and increase the quality and efficiency of health care.