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Republican Introduces Bill to Stop Feds Taking Raisins from Farmers

Republican Introduces Bill to Stop Feds Taking Raisins from Farmers

A Republican Congressman introduced legislation Thursday that would ban the federal government from taking raisins from farmers without compensation. The government is allowed to do this because of a depression-era law coupled with a Marketing Order enacted during the Truman

Rolling Stone Sales Up 20% Since 'Bomber' Cover

Rolling Stone Sales Up 20% Since 'Bomber' Cover

Music magazine Rolling Stone has realized an uptick of 20 percent in sales with an August issue that featured a flattering photograph of accused Boston marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The cover image the magazine used was a self-taken portrait

Pelosi Schedules Congressional Hearing on 'Race and Justice'

Pelosi Schedules Congressional Hearing on 'Race and Justice'

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has scheduled a Congressional hearing on July 30 to discuss “race and justice” issues in the context of the George Zimmerman trial. The hearing, otherwise known as “A Conversation on Race and Justice, will reportedly

WaPo's Milbank: Obama Has Lifeless Economic Agenda

WaPo's Milbank: Obama Has Lifeless Economic Agenda

Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank has definitely soured on Barack Obama’s repeated “pivots” to the economy. Milbank wonders how the President can make news on the economy by “delivering the same message he gave in 2005?” By repeating the same

Senate Immigration Bill Unpopular, Americans Skeptical

Senate Immigration Bill Unpopular, Americans Skeptical

Pressure on House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) to allow a vote on the recently passed Senate Immigration bill (Senate Bill 744) has been mounting from members of his own party, powerful corporate interests, and the mainstream press.  Some of the

ObamaCare Support Hits New Low of 58% Among Democrats

ObamaCare Support Hits New Low of 58% Among Democrats

Though ObamaCare has been unpopular in general for some time, even support among the President’s supporters is fading. A new Washington Post poll shows that only 58% of Democrats support what is now known as ObamaCare. According to the Post,

WaPo/ABC Poll: Only 19% 'Strongly Support' Senate Immigration Bill

WaPo/ABC Poll: Only 19% 'Strongly Support' Senate Immigration Bill

A new national poll has found that only 19% of Americans “strongly support” the Senate’s comprehensive immigration bill, which the Congressional Budget Office determined would lower the wages of working class Americans while not solving the illegal immigration problem. According

Poll: Only 32% Agree With Media on Immigration Reform

Poll: Only 32% Agree With Media on Immigration Reform

After going all in and being publicly humiliated in their hysterical push for gun control, the media are being a little more subtle and subdued in their push to pressure the House into passing the Senate’s ObamaCare-ish immigration reform bill.

Microsoft Asks Holder to Ease Gag on NSA Program

Microsoft Asks Holder to Ease Gag on NSA Program

(AP) REDMOND, Wash.Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder calling on him to personally review a gag order that prevents the company and others from further discussing secret national security requests for customer emails, Skype

Morning Joe: Six Panelists, One Zimmerman Opinion

Morning Joe: Six Panelists, One Zimmerman Opinion

You would think that a television show hosted by and named after a self-identified conservative would be the one place on MSNBC (and maybe in all of media) where you could go to find a unique opinion that strays off

Zimmerman's Lawyer Going After NBC News 'ASAP'

Zimmerman's Lawyer Going After NBC News 'ASAP'

Now that the trial to determine whether or not he was guilty of a malicious murder is over, George Zimmerman’s lawyers are stepping up their lawsuit against NBC News for airing edited audio that allegedly made their client look like