David Weigel @ Slate: 79-19: The Cruz Rebellion Against Obamacare Ends in Tears. Sam Stein @ The Huffington Post: Student Cited By Ted Cruz As Proof Of Obama"s Failure Is Actually Grateful For Obamacare. Towleroad: New Jersey Judge Rules Gay Marriage Legal, Orders it to Begin. David Neiwert @ SPLC: Far Right Embraces Book That Rewrites Matthew Shepard Case…
TEL AVIV — Hamas is growing increasingly concerned about the prospects of its future rule in the Gaza Strip following the ouster in July of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood.
The Tamarod movement that organized the anti-Morsi protests in Egypt has now called for the removal of Hamas from power…
The Tamarod movement that organized the anti-Morsi protests in Egypt has now called for the removal of Hamas from power…
(Al Arabiya) Saudi women seeking to challenge a de facto ban on driving should realize that this could affect their ovaries and pelvises, Sheikh Saleh bin Saad al-Luhaydan, a judicial and psychological consultant to the Gulf Psychological Association, told Saudi news website sabq.org.
Driving “could have a reverse physiological impact…
President Obama, unwilling to negotiate with Republicans in the U.S. House over major issues, is reaching out to the president of the rogue regime in Iran that is regarded as the world’s biggest sponsor of terrorism.
The issue is the focal point on this week’s “Follow the Money Weekly” program podcast, hosted by economist, columnist, radio host and international speaker Jerry Robinson…
The issue is the focal point on this week’s “Follow the Money Weekly” program podcast, hosted by economist, columnist, radio host and international speaker Jerry Robinson…
Obama now negotiating with … terror sponsor + MORE
Now that Congress has failed to come to a compromise on a spending bill and the government is shutting down, it’s all the more important to know what that means exactly, and how it will affect you. Here are 7 things you should know about the brave new world we’re living in.
If federal agencies shut down on Tuesday because Congress doesn’t pass a bill that provides money for the new fiscal year, many non-essential employees like national park rangers, will be furloughed and not allowed to work. But essential services within the Department of Homeland Security, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) employees and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents will still be around to enforce immigration law because the operations are “necessary for safety of life and protection of property…
Madison Rising may very well be America’s most patriotic band. Intent on making an impact in the music industry and on the nation at large, the group openly promotes “the principles of liberty, independence, smaller government and personal responsibility.”
Many elite athletes who competed at the 2012 Olympic Games had levels of oral health similar to those of poverty-stricken communities, a study said Monday. Researchers at University College London examined the teeth and gums of 302 athletes who visited a dental clinic at the London 2012 Olympic…
CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Dana Bash reported on Monday that the House was unlikely to pass a clean continuing resolution which would pass the Senate and avert a government shutdown. Minutes after President Barack Obama finished speaking, Bash reported that the House is no closer to capitulating on their demand that the Affordable Care Act be altered in a continuing resolution…
Hungary’s parliament passed a law late Monday allowing local municipalities to prohibit rough sleeping, a move rights campaigners say criminalises homelessness. The new law claims to protect “public order, security, health, and cultural value” and empowers local authorities to…
Credit: PBS Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey, which premieres tonight at 10PM as part of PBS’s Independent Lens has a great and very sweet story at its center. In 2007, the reconstituted band Journey, in search of a new lead singer, found one on YouTube–Arnel Pineda, who’d grown up and endured periods of homelessness in the Phillipines, and was singing in a cover band…
Russian spy-turned-actress Anna Chapman called for an abrupt end to a bizarre interview with NBC News after refusing to discuss an online proposal to former National Security Agency analyst Edward Snowden. “I don’t want to discuss America. I’m sorry,” Chapman told…
CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Dana Bash reported on Monday that the House was unlikely to pass a clean continuing resolution which would pass the Senate and avert a government shutdown. Minutes after President Barack Obama finished speaking, Bash reported that the House is no closer to capitulating on their demand that the Affordable Care Act be altered in a continuing resolution…
Rush Limbaugh took the media to task Monday for foisting all the blame of a potential government shutdown on Republicans. He mocked pieces like The Washington Post‘s “You will no longer be able to watch this baby panda online if the government shuts down” and this Associated Press articlefor basically saying Republicans want a shutdown and “hate the zoo” and all the rest of it…
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on Monday pledged to eradicate the “shame” of neo-Nazism as judicial authorities prepared sweeping criminal charges against members of the far-right Golden Dawn party. “We are dedicated in completely eradicating such a…