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Police Confiscate 'Suspicious' Items Ahead of RNC

Police Confiscate 'Suspicious' Items Ahead of RNC

(AP) Police confiscate ‘suspicious’ items ahead of RNCTAMARA LUSHAssociated PressTAMPA, Fla.Tampa police said Tuesday that they confiscated pipes, bricks and other “suspicious” items from the rooftop of a downtown building located about a mile from where next week’s Republican National

Poll: Warren Down 49-44 to Brown in MA

Poll: Warren Down 49-44 to Brown in MA

The disastrous Senate candidacy of Barack Obama favorite Elizabeth Warren – the woman from whom he cribbed his own disastrous “you didn’t build that” language – is now floundering in the polls. According to the Democratic polling firm Public Policy

Akin On 'Legitimate Rape': 'I Misspoke'

Akin On 'Legitimate Rape': 'I Misspoke'

Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin appeared on a local St. Louis television show (below) and discussed his thoughts on abortion, even in the instance of rape or incest, which accounts for less than 1% of abortions received. (More.) Progressive backlash from

Israel: You Know, An Obama Visit Would Help

Israel: You Know, An Obama Visit Would Help

Former Israeli military intelligence chief Amos Yadlin published an op-ed in the Washington Post this weekend urging President Barack Obama to visit Israel as a way of preventing war by convincing Iran and its international supporters that there is no gap

Taking the Pro-Israel Pulse

Taking the Pro-Israel Pulse

When the International Olympic Committee recently denied recognition of 11 Israeli Olympians murdered during the Munich Games in its opening ceremony, and Mitt Romney’s ad campaign dinged President Obama for not visiting Israel during his term, many turn to grassroots

Obama Top Supporters Are Top Beneficiaries of Bush Tax Cuts

Obama Top Supporters Are Top Beneficiaries of Bush Tax Cuts

In another one of his “Groundhog Day” speeches earlier this week in the East Room, President Obama excoriated the Romney-Ryan budget plan, along with the Republican-led Congress, demanding extending the Bush tax cuts only for those making under $250,000. Behind

Time: Paul Ryan's Budget Not What Jesus Would Do

Time: Paul Ryan's Budget Not What Jesus Would Do

From the moment House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan was announced as Mitt Romney’s running mate, many Democrats have gone into panic mode because they actually must now defend the fact that ObamaCare is partially paid for with Medicare funds taken

Nevada Media Calls Berkley Attack Ad 'Laughable'

Nevada Media Calls Berkley Attack Ad 'Laughable'

Democratic Congressman Shelley Berkley’s Campaign for Senate released a television ad that claimed her opponent, incumbent Republican Senator Dean Heller, was implicated in a $64 million diamond scam. By Monday, every major media outlet in Nevada declared the ad was

Pakistani Operative Infiltrates Three Administrations

Pakistani Operative Infiltrates Three Administrations

In December 2011, Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai pled guilty to conspiracy and tax violations concerning an illegal transfer of “at least $3.5 million from the government of Pakistan to fund [Fai’s] lobbying efforts in America.” This plea comes after Fai

Connie Mack Upending Liberal Bill Nelson in Florida

Connie Mack Upending Liberal Bill Nelson in Florida

Florida’s Senate race is up for grabs. The incumbent Democrat, Bill Nelson, who paints himself as a centrist, is starting to fall behind Republican Connie Mack in the polls, and for good reason: voters are finally becoming aware of how

Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants Starts Today

Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants Starts Today

Those of you around the world looking for work who believe that your government is looking out for you, take one step forward. Not so fast, Americans. Today the Obama administration starts accepting applications from illegal immigrants under the age

Dem Chair Excluded House members' VIP loans from subpoena

Dem Chair Excluded House members' VIP loans from subpoena

(AP) House members’ VIP loans excluded from subpoenaBy LARRY MARGASAKAssociated PressWASHINGTONA Democratic committee chairman overrode his own subpoena three years ago in an investigation of former subprime mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp. to exclude records showing that he, other House

Weiner and Wife Abedin Move into $3.3 Million Apartment

Weiner and Wife Abedin Move into $3.3 Million Apartment

Disgraced former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner has not found steady employment after he was forced to resign from Congress over a year ago. Weiner was caught sending lewd photos to women he had met on Twitter, vindicating the late

Obama Campaign: 'Why The Hell Did Romney Pick This Guy?'

Obama Campaign: 'Why The Hell Did Romney Pick This Guy?'

This evening, the Obama campaign sent out its most desperate fundraising email yet. Following in the footsteps of their other emails cursing out Americans (e.g. “Let’s win the damn election“), and tweets deriding Obamacare opponents as “motherf***ers,” now the Obama