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Daily Beast’s Obeidallah: Radical Islam ‘Made-Up Idea’

Daily Beast writer Dean Obeidallah argued that radical Islam is a “made-up idea” on Monday’s “CNN Newsroom.” Obeidallah, commenting on “Saturday Night Live’s” sketch about the fear of drawing the prophet Mohammed, stated, “I thought it was extremely funny. I praised

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Saturday Night Live Introduces Cool Versions of GOP Field

NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” introduced their vision of cooler versions of the official Republican presidential candidates. The sketch at the the Southern Republican Leadership Conference, where all the candidates are introduced by an emcee out to show Republicans can be

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Jeb: Religious Liberty Opponents ‘Small-Minded and Intolerant’

Former Florida Governor and prospective GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush criticized “small-minded and intolerant” religious liberty opponents while giving the commencement speech at Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA on Saturday. Jeb argued the left has been falsely casting “religious Americans as

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Rubio: We Need Liam Neeson’s Strategy Against Terrorism

Senator and presidential candidate Marco Rubio (R-FL) argued US anti-terrorism policy should emulate Liam Neeson’s character in “Taken” during a speech in South Carolina on Saturday. Rubio called for a Middle Eastern policy of “working with out allies to confront

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President Obama Marks V-E Day In Weekly Address

President Obama marked the 70th anniversary of V-E Day in his weekly address released on Friday. Transcript as Follows: “Hello, everybody.  Today marks an historic anniversary—70 years since the Allied victory in Europe during World War II.  On V-E Day

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Maher: Charlie Hebdo Critics Are Bigots Themselves

HBO host Bill Maher criticized Charlie Hebdo’s detractors as engaging in “the soft bigotry of low expectations” during a discussion on PEN giving an award to Charlie Hebdo and the shooting at the Mohammad Art Exhibit and Contest in Garland, TX

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Maher: Obama ‘A Centrist President’

HBO’s “Real Time” host Bill Maher criticized Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson for comments he made about President Obama, who is “a centrist president” on Friday. Maher said, “Ben Carson got in today. Ben Carson has said, today he said Obama ‘reminds

Ben Carson announces his run for president in Detroit on May 4.

Carson: Minimum Wage ‘Should Be Higher’

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson advocated for a higher minimum wage in an interview with CNBC Chief Washington Correspondent John Harwood on his “Speakeasy” series. Carson, in response to a question about his lack of political experience, said, “We have