Five anarchist occupiers were arrested yesterday for attempting to blow up a bridge in Ohio. According to an affidavit unsealed on Tuesday, five Cleveland men—at least three whom are self-described anarchists—were recently arrested for plotting to blow up a bridge as part of the May Day protests, according to the Daily Mail. A member of [...]
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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith, a Texas Republican, released a new report on Monday outlining why he believes the Obama administration’s Department of Justice “has become more partisan than ever.” The report details how President Barack Obama’s DOJ — led by Attorney General Eric Holder — has been “stalling” the congressional investigation into Operation [...]
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A federal judge has issued an injunction against a Texas law that would bar Planned Parenthood from receiving state funds because it provides abortions. U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel will make a final decision after hearing full arguments in the case. Planned Parenthood called the initial ruling a “victory” that will allow thousands of low-income [...]
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With the help of Representatives like Barbara Boxer of California, a bill rapidly working through Capitol Hill (passed through the Senate and is currently up for review in the House) will give the IRS power to: -Accuse Americans of delinquency of tax payment without due process -Revoke their passports and travel rights -Place the accused [...]
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A proposal from the Obama administration to prevent children from doing farm chores has drawn plenty of criticism from rural-district members of Congress. But now it’s attracting barbs from farm kids themselves. The Department of Labor is poised to put the finishing touches on a rule that would apply child-labor laws to children working on [...]
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Supreme Court justices took a dim view of the Obama administration’s claim that it can stop Arizona from enforcing immigration laws, telling government lawyers during oral argument Wednesday that the state appears to want to push federal officials, not conflict with them. The court was hearing arguments on Arizona’s immigration crackdown law, which requires police [...]
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday is set to take up a case at the heart of the political dispute over immigration policy, with the justices weighing Arizona’s tough measures against illegal immigrants. A 2010 Arizona law requires police officers to check the immigration status of anyone they stop if the officers are suspicious of the [...]
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Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio finds himself under increasing attack as he prepares to release new findings in his investigation of President Obama’s eligibility for the state’s 2012 election ballot. “I have no intention of resigning,” said Arpaio, who is running for his sixth term as sheriff of Maricopa County. “They forget I have a four-decades [...]
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Jim Shee, a U.S. citizen of Spanish and Chinese ancestry, says he began to understand the impact of Arizona’s strict immigration law called S.B.1070 when he was stopped by Arizona police twice in one month. “I was stopped for the color of my skin. I look like a minority, whatever a minority is supposed to [...]
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It’s really interesting when I talk to Obama supporters who are soft-core, meaning they are open to discussion and not completely closed-minded or ideologically set in granite. There are several themes that constantly recur in such conversations, though one rarely or never sees these points in print. Of course, these people get their information from [...]
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One of the biggest political stories of 2008 was the rise of the Millennials as an electoral force. As “Obamamania” swept the nation, college students across the country abandoned their usual political apathy and volunteered for the Obama campaign in droves, canvassing, phone banking and harnessing the power of social media. This youth enthusiasm paid [...]
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A North Carolina judge set aside the death sentence of a convicted killer after concluding Friday that race played a role in the case, a landmark ruling that may call into question a number of death row cases in the state. The ruling by Cumberland County Superior Court Judge Gregory Weeks, the first under the [...]
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Actor Andy Griffith’s TV character Andy Taylor became famous as the sheriff without a gun, who made arrests and enforced the peace through his courage and firm, but gentle, persuasion. But what would he have done if he hadn’t had the ability to make traffic stops or arrests at all? That’s just about the situation [...]
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On Thursday’s edition of her Now program, MSNBC host Alex Wagner and her colleague Lawrence O’Donnell along with The Nation’s Ari Melber took to the air to smear the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) on the subject of voter ID laws. ALEC, a liberal blogger bogeyman, has become MSNBC’s new punching bag and the liberal guests [...]
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The Democrats’ decision was revealed in a series of surprise announcements by Sen. Kent Conrad, the chairman of the Democratic-controlled budget committee. In several statements Tuesday afternoon, Conrad announced that he would not try to pass a budget, that he would introduce his own draft budget for the committee to consider, and finally, that he [...]
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