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The Occupy and Tea Party Beer Summit

The Occupy and Tea Party Beer Summit

Watch: The Occupy and Tea Party Beer Summit | Mother Jones. How do you get tea partiers and occupiers at the same table? Buy lots of beer. It certainly worked at last week’s Conservative Political Action Conference, the nation’s...

April 17, 2012 9:45 am / no comments

 

Occupy Rallies Against Powerful Right-Wing Group You’ve Never Heard Of | Mother Jones

Occupy Rallies Against Powerful Right-Wing Group You’ve Never Heard Of | Mother Jones

  Occupy Rallies Against Powerful Right-Wing Group You’ve Never Heard Of | Mother Jones.   Incredibly, we still don’t know whose actually paying for Millions of dollars of advertising, so should it be any wonder that there...

March 13, 2012 11:10 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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  • Has anyone been ‘fired’ because of the Benghazi attacks? May 22, 2013
    “Why does Benghazi go on? No one was ever fired? So, people made tragic errors. No one’s accepting responsibility and no one was fired.” — Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), on CNN’s “State of the Union,” May 19, 2013 Read full article >>     […]
    Glenn Kessler
  • The White House claim of ‘doctored e-mails... to smear the president’ May 21, 2013
    “That’s a very serious offense that happened where Republicans on the Hill, we voluntarily provided these e-mails to, took one of them, doctored it and gave it to ABC News in an attempt to smear the president.” Read full article >>     […]
    Glenn Kessler
  • 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

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  • Juan Mendez Invokes Carl Sagan While Leading Arizona House Of Representatives Pre-Session Prayer May 22, 2013
    Arizona State Rep. Juan Mendez (D) turned a Tuesday afternoon prayer into something much more.The Phoenix New Times reports that Mendez, who is an atheist, changed the course of the event held prior to the House of Representatives' afternoon session. He asked lawmakers to refrain from bowing their heads and instead to view their surroundings."Most […]
    The Huffington Post News Editors
  • Is Abortion About To Doom Republicans Again? May 22, 2013
    Recently, I asked Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, one of the most fiercely pro-choice members of Congress, why she thought the House of Representatives had been so muted this year in its introduction of anti-abortion and anti–Planned Parenthood bills. “It pays to fight,” she said.Read More... More on Republicans […]
    The Huffington Post News Editors
  • Inhofe And Coburn: Red State Hypocrites May 22, 2013
    Just a week ago, Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe suggested that President Obama might be impeached over the Benghazi non-scandal. Now, Inhofe must watch as Obama declares Inhofe’s state a disaster area and promises Oklahomans “all the resources they need at their disposal.”Read More... More on Republicans […]
    The Huffington Post News Editors
  • Sharks Top Kings In Game 4, 2-1: San Jose Ties Series (VIDEO) May 22, 2013
    SAN JOSE, Calif. — Joe Thornton set the tone for the San Jose Sharks with a dominant first period. After that, the Sharks did their best to hang on and tie up their playoff series against the Los Angeles Kings.Thornton set up Brent Burns' first-period goal and Logan Couture added a power-play goal early in the second to give the Sharks just enough offen […]
    The Huffington Post News Editors
  • Rev. Michael Fugee Faces Judge For Violating Ban On Access To Children May 22, 2013
    By Mark Mueller Religion News ServiceHACKENSACK, N.J. (RNS) Wearing a bright orange prison jumpsuit, the priest at the center of the furor in the Archdiocese in Newark made his first court appearance on Tuesday (May 21) on charges he violated a court-sanctioned lifetime ban on working with children.Read More... More on Catholic Church […]
    The Huffington Post News Editors
  • High School Sweethearts Tie The Knot In Gorgeous, Unique Wedding (PHOTOS) May 22, 2013
    Toronto dancers Corey Crawford and Larissa Taurins-Crawford met nine years ago in high school. They married earlier this year in a gorgeous, intimate ceremony. Below, Taurins-Crawford tell the story of the couple's relationship, and shares meaningful photos from their Big Day.I met my husband in ballet class. We were both in tights, and although it was […]
    The Huffington Post News Editors
  • Humanist Funerals Thrive In Post-Catholic Ireland May 22, 2013
    By Paresh DaveReligion News ServiceDUBLIN (RNS) Patricia Wojnar left a 32-year career in interior design to pursue a degree that wasn’t in demand: a master’s in bereavement studies.Read More... More on Atheism […]
    The Huffington Post News Editors
  • LA Mayor Election Results 2013: Mail-In Ballot Points To Close Race May 22, 2013
    LOS ANGELES — Councilman Eric Garcetti held a slender edge Tuesday in early returns over city Controller Wendy Greuel to become the next Los Angeles mayor, while slow-coming returns suggested it could take a day or more until a winner emerges.The preliminary numbers pegged Garcetti at 52 percent and Greuel at 48 percent, with about 6,100 votes separating the […]
    The Huffington Post News Editors
  • Anthony Weiner Enters 2013 New York Mayoral Race (VIDEO) May 22, 2013
    Anthony Weiner officially kicked off his New York mayoral campaign late Tuesday with a video announcement posted to YouTube.The former New York congressman resigned in 2011 after posting a lewd photo of himself on Twitter. Weiner-- who is married to former top aide to Hillary Clinton, Huma Abedin, with whom he now has a son-- lied and said his account had be […]
    The Huffington Post News Editors
  • 'The Voice': Blake Shelton And Miranda Lambert Perform In Tribute To Oklahoma Tornado Victims (VIDEO) May 22, 2013
    Kicking off "The Voice" live elimination episode was a tribute to Oklahoma tornado victims. Resident coach Blake Shelton is an Oklahoma native. He and his wife Miranda Lambert live just 100 miles from Moore, Oklahoma, which was devastated by the storm. The couple offered a subdued performance of their song "Over You" in tribute, while don […]
    The Huffington Post News Editors