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No Budget, No Pay Act gets a hearing in Congress

No Budget, No Pay Act gets a hearing in Congress

  Coffee Party USA | A Great Week for No Labels — No Budget, No Pay Act gets a hearing in Congress. A Great Week for No Labels. I wrote this piece. Enjoy! -Cameron Michaels Spread the Love:FacebookTwitterGoogle +1EmailMoreLinkedInDiggPrintRedditStumbleUpon (function(d,...

March 18, 2012 11:13 pm / no comments

 

Coffee Party Nation | We Need a 20 Million Citizen Movement

Coffee Party Nation | We Need a 20 Million Citizen Movement

  Coffee Party Nation | We Need a 20 Million Citizen Movement. Forgive me for taking a little bit of Pride, but I wholeheartedly agree with this point. It’s probably because I wrote it.   -Cameron Michaels Spread the Love:FacebookTwitterGoogle...

March 13, 2012 10:44 pm / no comments

 

Military widow surprised with free home – CNN.com

Military widow surprised with free home – CNN.com

Military widow surprised with free home – CNN.com. One of the greatest things we can do in this country is to help veterans who have given parts of their lives or even all of their lives for it. This is one of those stories. CNN Hero...

March 12, 2012 11:21 am / no comments

 
 

 
 

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  • A bushel of Pinocchios for IRS’s Lois Lerner May 20, 2013
    In the days since the Internal Revenue Service first disclosed that it had targeted conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, new information has emerged from both the Treasury inspector general’s report and congressional testimony Friday that calls into question key statements made by Lois G. Lerner, the IRS’s director of the exempt organizations divis […]
    Glenn Kessler
  • Holder’s incorrect claim on the ‘Fast and Furious’ criminal citation decision May 17, 2013
    Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.): “In the AP [Associated Press] case you have appointed Ronald Machen, and I’m sure he is a fine U.S. attorney, but can he be considered to be independent when in fact when this Congress held you in contempt he was the individual who refused, on your orders, to prosecute the case? If he will obey your orders in not living up to a […]
    Glenn Kessler
  • Barbara Boxer’s claim that GOP budgets hampered Benghazi security May 16, 2013
    “I believe if we want to know what happened in Benghazi, it starts with the fact that there was not enough security. There was not enough security because the budget was cut.” — Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), speech on the Senate floor, May 14, 2013 Read full article >>     […]
    Glenn Kessler
  • How many pages of regulations for ‘Obamacare’? May 15, 2013
    “Obamacare is fully implemented January 1st, even though the regulations haven’t been written yet. And Brian, we’ve got 33,000 pages of regulations that they’ve already written. If we stacked it up here, it would be seven feet tall.” Read full article >>     […]
    Glenn Kessler
  • Obama’s claim he called Benghazi an ‘act of terrorism’ May 14, 2013
    “The day after it happened, I acknowledged that this was an act of terrorism.” — President Obama, remarks at a news conference, May 13, 2013 Read full article >>     […]
    Glenn Kessler
  • The claim that Senate Democrats have produced a ‘balanced budget’ May 13, 2013
    “I first want to thank the chair of our committee, the budget committee, for doing such a terrific job in bringing us all together. My colleagues on the committee, as we all know, we worked very, very hard together in order to be able to put together a balanced budget that reflects the values of the American people, that’s fair, that’s balanced in values and […]
    Glenn Kessler
  • An alternative explanation for the Benghazi talking points: Bureaucratic knife fight May 10, 2013
    From time to time, the Fact Checker writes an analytic look at news events, based on his three decades of experience covering diplomacy and politics, rather than a traditional fact check. This is one of those columns. Read full article >>     […]
    Glenn Kessler
  • Coburn’s claim that violence in national parks has declined ‘85 percent’ because of guns May 10, 2013
    “Remember, in 2010, everybody said you can’t dare let guns go into the national parks. And of course the rapes, murders, robberies and assaults are down about 85 percent since we did that.” — Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), speaking on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” May 9, 2013 Read full article >>     […]
    Glenn Kessler
  • The Benghazi hearings: what’s new and what’s not May 9, 2013
    “I was stunned. My jaw dropped. And I was embarrassed” — Gregory Hicks, former U.S. deputy chief of mission to Libya, testifying on his reaction to U.N. Ambassador Susan E. Rice’s remarks on the terror attack in Benghazi, May 8, 2013 Read full article >>     […]
    Glenn Kessler
  • Cherry-picking one survey to discredit a survey of scientists on climate change May 8, 2013
    “There is also uncertainty regarding to what degree man is to blame for global warming. However, the claim that 98 percent of scientists agree that humans are the singular driver of climate change has been repeatedly discounted. This oft-cited statistic is based on an online survey with a sample size of only 77 people, and the survey didn’t even ask to what […]
    Glenn Kessler

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  • Ecofabulous Shares 10 Eco-Friendly Practices In Celebration Of World Water Day May 20, 2013
    The Huffington Post is proud to present a story originally published by Ecofabulous.World Water Day: it's the day that we collectively stop and appreciate that only 3% of the water on this planet is potable. Water is life, so let’s celebrate and protect it! There are many organizations devoted to our most precious resource: BluePlanetNetwork.org, waterd […]
    The Huffington Post News Editors
  • Michael Musto To LGBT Youth: 'Don't Be A Cookie-Cutter Gay' May 20, 2013
    Legendary VIllage Voice scribe Michael Musto offered advice to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth in a HuffPost Live appearance this week. "Don't be a cookie-cutter gay," said Musto, whose layoff from the Voice last week came as a shock to many of his most loyal readers. "Find your own voice like I did, and express yourse […]
    The Huffington Post News Editors
  • Alexander Lebedev, Russian Tycoon On Trial For Punching Talk Show Guest, Gets Support From Witness May 20, 2013
    By Maria Tsvetkova MOSCOW, May 20 (Reuters) - Russian media magnate Alexander Lebedev received unexpected support from a prosecution witness on Monday and told a court that charges laid against him over a televised punch-up were invented by state prosecutors. Lebedev, the financial backer of Britain's Independent and London Evening Standard newspapers a […]
    The Huffington Post News Editors
  • Real Weddings: Couples Who Got Married This Weekend May 20, 2013
    Our readers who tied the knot this weekend incorporated some seriously quirky details into their Big Day celebrations, including everything from a LEGO-themed wedding cake to live chicken photo booth props!Click through the slideshow below to see some real wedding moments captured by those who attended them. If you go to a wedding, tweet a photo to @HuffPost […]
    The Huffington Post News Editors
  • Ginger Could Enhance Effects Of Asthma Medication, Study Finds May 20, 2013
    Ginger may do more than taste delicious and calm the stomach -- a new study shows it could also have benefits for people with asthma.The research, presented at a meeting of the American Thoracic Society, shows that ginger could enhance the effects of asthma medications called beta-agonists. "Asthma has become more prevalent in recent years, but despite […]
    The Huffington Post News Editors
  • Science Project Left On Bus Leads To Bomb Scare At Boulder's Fairview High May 20, 2013
    A science project left on a school bus this morning led Boulder police to lock down Fairview High with the school's students corralled in the gym and auditorium, shut down streets and bring in the department's bomb squad. A school bus driver found an unattended reusable grocery bag containing the project on a bus this morning at Fairview High Schoo […]
    The Huffington Post News Editors
  • Glenn Gruenhagen, Minnesota State Legislator, Blames U.N. For Climate Change 'Lie' May 20, 2013
    A Republican state legislator in Minnesota is blaming the United Nations for spreading a "fraud and lie" regarding climate change. State Rep. Glenn Gruenhagen (R-Glencoe) told the state House of Representatives on Wednesday that alternative energy is part of a U.N.-backed plan to push climate change theories, saying it has caused pollution and high […]
    The Huffington Post News Editors
  • Patti LuPone, Seth Rudetsky Set For Musical Show At London's Leicester Square Theatre May 20, 2013
    Despite a white-hot stage and screen career spanning more than four decades, Patti LuPone has no time for nostalgia -- and with good reason.The powerhouse performer is once again on a professional roll, having just landed a plum part in “American Horror Story: Coven” alongside Angela Bassett, Kathy Bates and series regular Jessica Lange. Earlier in 2013, she […]
    The Huffington Post News Editors
  • Daoud Kuttab: Fighting for Media Freedoms in Arab region May 20, 2013
    Thirteen years ago, the Vienna-based International Press Institute held a regional conference in Amman to deal with press freedom issues in the Arab region. At... […]
    Daoud Kuttab
  • The 420 Times: The Booming Business of Hemp May 20, 2013
    Despite being banned, a large and growing hemp industry exists in the U.S. This is because hemp is legal to import from other countries; countries smarter than us when it comes to letting their farmers cultivate hemp. […]
    The 420 Times