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Federal Borrowing on Pace to Hit Debt Limit in Less Than Week
Federal borrowing is on pace to hit the legal limit on the national debt in less than a week. As set in a law passed by Congress and signed by President Barack Obama on Feb. 12, 2010, the legal limit on the national debt is $14.2940 trillion.
Read article...Charlie Sheen In DC: ‘Disband The Fed’, ‘Send The I.R.S. to Prison’
Charlie Sheen brought his “Violent Torpedo Of Truth: Defeat Is Not An Option” show to Washington, D.C. yesterday, and decided to make some political comments.
Read article...Facebook may ‘block content’ claim as speculation grows over entry into China
Facebook could block content in some countries, a Washington lobbyist for the company has said, adding that it has faced uncomfortable positions over “too much, maybe, free speech”.
Read article...Programmer under oath admits computers rig elections
Software programmer says US elections are rigged and that US Representatives tried to pay him to rig their election vote counts.
Read article...Only 26 per cent of Iowa Republicans believe Obama was born in U.S.
Only a quarter of Republicans in critical caucus-state Iowa believe that President Obama was born in the U.S.
Read article...Gov. Walker planning ‘financial martial law’ in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) is reportedly following the lead of Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) by preparing a plan that would allow him to possibly take over municipalities that don’t pass a financial stress test.
Read article...Testy Obama Scolds Texas Reporter: ‘LET ME FINISH’
A visibly agitated President Obama sat for a tense interview with veteran Texas newsman Brad Watson. When the interview had concluded, the President had an admonition for Mr. Watson, while the camera was still rolling.
Read article...Koch Industries buying ads to refute news stories
Koch Industries has launched a website and is buying advertisements on Google and Facebook to counter news stories critical of the politically-active company.
Read article...Arizona Governor Jan Brewer vetoes ‘birther’ bill
Legislation that requires presidential candidates to prove they are natural born American citizens before their names can appear on the Arizona ballot was vetoed by the state’s Republican governor on Monday.
Read article...Geithner warns of ‘catastrophic’ consequences if GOP blocks debt limit increase
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said Sunday that it’d be “catastrophic” if Congress fails to increase the debt limit, as Republican leaders are threatening to do if spending is not also tamed.
Read article...Rand Paul On CNN State Of The Union Talking Debt Ceiling Vote
On Sunday, Senator Rand Paul appeared on CNN’s State of the Union to discuss the upcoming fight over the debt ceiling.
Read article...Rep. Duncan Hunter: “I Would Love A Conservative Dictatorship”
During an interview Saturday with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham, Rep. Duncan D. Hunter, a California Republican, said he regrets there is not a Republican dictatorship ruling Washington.
Read article...It’s Not Over
Lana Duncan of Save the Gulf sent me the following video, with a beautiful – and I think powerful – song written by Steve Bartlett and Joe Monto (and sung by Mr. Monto).
Read article...Rising food costs spur massive US theft of produce, meat
Forget diamonds and cash. Rapid inflation and the tanking US economy have birthed a whole new wave of organized crime involving food.
Read article...President Obama Issues “Signing Statement” Indicating He Won’t Abide by Provision in Budget Bill
In a statement issued Friday night, President Obama took issue with some provisions in the budget bill – and in one case simply says he will not abide by it.
Read article...Rep. Ron Paul wins South Carolina straw poll
Texas Rep. Ron Paul has won another Republican presidential straw poll.
Read article...Sen. Paul to DOE : My Toilets Don’t Work ‘And I Blame You’
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) continues his lambasting of Energy Department regulations on consumer products. Blaming a Department of Energy (DOE) secretary for his non-functioning toilet a month ago and comparing new government regulations on efficiency standards to actions of “the collective” from Ayn Rand’s 1937 novel ‘Anthem’.
Read article...Obama’s broken promises kick-off campaign for 2012
As the U.S. President officially kicks off his re-election campaign, Sarah Palin’s question “How is that hopey, changey stuff working out?” takes on a new level of cruelty. RT’s Anastasia Churkina takes a look at the promises made and not kept, and the effect this has had on millions of Americans that used to believe in change, but now don’t.
Read article...Ron Paul’s son Robert considering a congressional run
Now a third Paul — Robert, a doctor who runs a family medical practice in Benbrook and lives in Fort Worth — is mulling a congressional bid of his own.
Read article...Obama: GOP tried to “sneak” agenda into budget
In what he thought was a private chat with campaign donors Thursday evening, President Obama offered the most revealing behind-the-scenes account to date of his budget negotiations with GOP leaders last week.
Read article...US senators unveil resolution against Libya conflict
US military strikes on Libya are “not in the vital interests of the United States” and further action should require congressional approval, under a symbolic senate resolution unveiled Thursday.
Read article...Change: Percent Of Americans Working Lowest Since Reagan
The share of the population that is working fell to its lowest level last year since women started entering the workforce in large numbers three decades ago, a USA TODAY analysis finds.
Read article...Obama, Boehner Budget Deal Increases Deficit
It should be obvious by now. The government has absolutely no intention of ever decreasing spending, reducing the deficit, and eliminating the national debt. It plans to borrow more money. It wants to turn your children and grand children into impoverished debt slaves.
Read article...The Budget Deal Turns Out To Be A Gigantic Fraud
Originally the deal between The White House and Congressional Republicans was touted for delivering $38 billion in cost savings.
Read article...Obama: ‘We Would Not Be a Great Country’ Without Gov’t Entitlements
In his major fiscal address today, which called for tax increases, military budget cuts, and entitlement reforms, President Barack Obama said government entitlements make America great.
Read article...Pelosi Tells Students Elections Don’t Matter
Democrat Nancy Pelosi, the former Speaker of the House, has spoken her mind on the nature of government and the farce we call elections. She says the latter don’t matter.
Read article...Obama Said to Call for Cuts in Entitlement Spending, Higher Taxes
President Barack Obama today will outline a path to cutting the nation’s long-term debt through reductions in entitlement spending and increased taxes on the wealthy while seeking to draw a sharp contrast with Republican proposals, according to a person familiar with the plan.
Read article...Pawlenty: ‘I’m running for president’
Former Republican Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty told CNN’s Piers Morgan Tuesday he’s focused on running for the White House.
Read article...Constitutional Refuseniks
Stewart Rhodes on his controversial group the Oath Keepers and the orders they won’t obey.
Read article...White House Says Obama ‘Regrets Vote Against Raising Debt Ceiling in 2006, Calls It ‘Mistake’
President Barack Obama made a mistake when, as a U.S. senator in 2006, he voted against raising the debt ceiling, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said two days ahead of the president’s major address on fiscal policy.
Read article...Mitt Romney launches second bid for the US presidency
Mitt Romney, the early front-runner in the Republican Party contest to challenge Barack Obama for the US presidency next year, on Monday night officially began a second bid for the White House.
Read article...Extraordinary Conflict of Interest: Bush Cousin Is Judge in Explosive 9/11 Case against Bush Officials
Confounding lawyers and legal scholars all over the world, Judge John Walker, first cousin of former President George W. Bush, was one of three judges of the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals to hear argument Tuesday in Gallop v. Cheney, Rumsfeld and Myers.
Read article...Obama vs. Trump: A Circus Sideshow on the Road to Feudalism
David Plouffe, senior Obama wrangler, has dismissed the admittedly self-promotional presidential run by real estate magnate and corporate media personality Donald Trump.
Read article...Rasmussen poll: Obama hits new low in ‘strongly approve’ — 19%…
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows that 19% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president.
Read article...Fire John Boehner – America Watched Boehner Fold Like A 20 Dollar Suit So Boehner Must Go In 2012
Have you ever noticed that whenever it comes time to stand on principle top Republican lawmakers always fold like a 20 dollar suit? This time it was John Boehner. It went down like this – the Democrats knew that if they played hardball and set up a government shutdown for the weekend of the Cherry Blossom Festival that Boehner would cave.
Read article...$14,294,000,000,000.00
Nothing to see here… except the latest look at the debt ceiling, and how close the US government is to breaching it. The current level stands at $14.294 trillion.
Read article...Petraeus fends off talk of CIA job
General David Petraeus, US commander of foreign forces in Afghanistan, admitted he had held talks about his future Saturday while batting away questions about whether he could be the next CIA director.
Read article...Debt Jumped $54.1 Billion in 8 Days Preceding Obama-Boehner Deal to Cut $38.5 Billion for Rest of Year
The federal debt increased $54.1 billion in the eight days preceding the deal made by President Barack Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D.-Nev.) and House Speaker John Boehner (R.-Ohio) to cut $38.5 billion in federal spending for the remainder of fiscal year 2011, which runs through September.
Read article...US electronics chain offers free guns to TV subscribers
A new promotion by RadioShack electronics chain in the US states of Idaho and Montana is offering free guns to first-time subscribers of satellite TV service Dish Network.
Read article...Leahy: Obama Needs Congressional Approval to Put Troops in Libya
Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) told CNSNews.com that President Barack Obama needs congressional approval to send U.S. troops into Libya.
Read article...Naked man with AK-47 opens fire on SWAT team robot
A naked and allegedly suicidal Florida man opened fire on a SWAT team robot that entered his home after he threatened to shoot police – and the whole incident was filmed on the robot’s camera.
Read article...Sen. Mike Lee: Obama planned government shutdown
Freshman Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) said on the Senate floor Thursday that President Barack Obama might have been planning for the government to shut down all along.
Read article...US trains activists to evade security forces
The United States is training thousands of cell phone and Internet pro-democracy campaigners worldwide to evade security forces in what it calls a “cat-and-mouse game” with authoritarian governments.
Read article...Obama vows to veto short-term bill
The White House has vowed to veto the short-term spending bill House Republicans will vote on this afternoon, taking away the safety net that could have given both sides another week to avert an immediate government shutdown.
Read article...Congress repeals burdensome 1099 requirement in Obamacare; full repeal may be on the way
The first signs of a full repeal of the Obama health care overhaul emerged this week when the US Congress finally voted to repeal key portions of the bill that would have imposed significant new tax and paperwork burdens on small businesses.
Read article...Government Shutdown 2011? – 16 Things You Need To Know
Is it actually going to happen? Are we actually going to see “Government Shutdown 2011″? Will the streets of Washington D.C. soon be eerily quiet as hundreds of thousands of federal workers are temporarily sent home?
Read article...US politico in Libya to meet Kadhafi, seek deal
A former US lawmaker with prior dealings with Moamer Kadhafi was in Tripoli Wednesday on a private mission seeking a peace deal that would include the departure of the Libyan strongman.
Read article...Glenn Beck Makes It Official: He Will Depart Fox News
Glenn Beck has finally put an end to the rumor that his popular television show will cease to be broadcast on the Fox News Network. Beck and Fox jointly announced his departure in a statement today, according to the New York Times.
Read article...Glenn Beck to End Daily Fox News Program
Glenn Beck will end his daily Fox News Channel program later this year.
Read article...US gears up for massive anti-war rallies
Thousands of anti-war activists are set to hold rallies in New York and San Francisco to deplore the US military’s interventions in the Middle East and North Africa.
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