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BREAKING: Issa Subpoenas Holder on 'Fast and Furious' Scandal

From Fox News: Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, sent a subpoena Wednesday to Attorney General Eric Holder as part of his investigation into the gun trafficking operation known as “Fast and Furious.” “Top

FDA Grants Company Monopoly on Ancient Drug

From CBSNews: Colchicine has been used to treat gout and other inflammatory conditions for thousands of years. How could one company gain a monopoly? There are about 1,000 medications on the market that predate the existence of the Food and

Wednesday Open Thread: UN Edition

Today, in 196o, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev pounded his shoe on a desk at the United Nations. Look for Iran to do something similar soon.

Bipartisan Senate Vote Rejects Obama's Jobs Bill

From the Associated Press: United against Barack Obama, Senate Republicans voted Tuesday night to kill the jobs package the president had spent weeks campaigning for across the country, a stinging loss at the hands of lawmakers opposed to stimulus-style spending

GOP Debate Open Thread-Updated with Reactions

Bloomberg and The Washington Post are scheduled to start trying to smear the candidates at 8pm EDT. Whomever “wins,” the GOP has already lost by allowing their enemies in the press to vet their candidates. Will the other candidates (and

USDA Cutting Foods Stamps to Pay for Pigford II

From AgWeek: WASHINGTON — Despite his earlier statements that the Obama administration would let Congress write the next farm bill, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack commented Oct. 3 and 4 on several sections of the bill… …Vilsack said in the interview

Christie to Endorse Romney

From NationalJournal: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is expected to give Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney his endorsement in the race for GOP nomination, a major coup for Romney that could help him solidify his front-runner status and build an

The Cheat Sheet, October 11: The BS of the Jobs Bill

The Obama administration has cost so many Americans jobs, it’s a wonder more of those in it still have theirs. David Axelrod’s current job seems to be selling Obama’s jobs bill. But then, you can’t spell “jobs bill,” let alone

Wall Street to Shed 10,000 Jobs

From Reuters: New York City’s securities industry could lose nearly 10,000 jobs by the end of 2012, according to a report by New York state’s comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, the Wall Street Journal said. In a report due for release on

Romney Advisors Met with White House during Debate over ObamaCare

From MSNBC: Newly obtained White House records provide fresh details on how senior Obama administration officials used Mitt Romney’s landmark health-care law in Massachusetts as a model for the new federal law, including recruiting some of Romney’s own health care

US Thwarts Major Iran-linked Terror Plot

From AFP: US agents have foiled what has been called a “significant terrorist act” linked to Iran which called for the assassination of the Saudi US ambassador and other attacks, ABC News reported Tuesday. The Justice Department scheduled an announcement

Democrats Defecting from Obama's Jobs Bill

From The Hill: Democratic leaders in the Senate are scrambling to avoid defections on President Obama’s jobs package, which appears headed for defeat on Tuesday. A lack of Democratic unity on the president’s bill would be embarrassing for the White

Tuesday Open Thread: Debate Edition

Tonight, GOP candidates meet in New Hampshire for a debate sponsored by Bloomberg and The Washington Post. Still boggles our mind that the GOP is willing to let its enemies in the press orchestrate their vetting process.

Bocephus: You Can Keep the 'Change'

Last week, Hank Williams Jr. was blindsided by ‘Fox & Friends’ hosts with a political question. (He was booked to talk about a new CD of his father’s music.) In his response, he made a similar analogy to one we’d

Joe The Plumber Running for Congress in Ohio

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) – Joe the Plumber is plunging into politics. The Ohio man who became a household name after questioning Barack Obama about his economic policies during the 2008 campaign has filed paperwork to run for Congress. Samuel “Joe”

The Cheat Sheet, October 10: #Occupy the News Cycle

Can we afford to wait for the Supreme Court to rule on ObamaCare? Perhaps not. If the Left is anything, it is relentless. The Right needs to push back every bit as hard and consistently, or we will lose this

China: Senate Dem Legislation Would Spark a Trade War

From Reuters: China warned the United States that it would damage relations, and American jobs, if it forces Beijing to let its currency rise under a law to be voted on in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday. Vice Foreign Minister

'Fast and Furious' Guns Turn Up at Home of Drug Cartel Enforcer

From The Los Angeles Times: Torres Marrufo, also known as “the Jaguar,” has been identified by U.S. authorities as the enforcer for Sinaloa cartel chieftain Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman. The Fast and Furious weapons were found at one of Torres Marrufo’s