Associated Press: PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge Friday dismissed Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s lawsuit that accused the Obama administration of failing to enforce immigration laws or maintain control of her state’s border with Mexico. The dismissal by U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton comes in a counter-lawsuit filed by Brewer as part of the Justice [...]
“You know what I want to say to you? Thank you for your service. Thank you for your service, for being the same man in the Republican Party. It reminds us there’s actually someone who has their feet on the ground.”
Greta Wire: Congressman Allen West (FL-22) released this statement today: “Today, the President announced the withdrawal of all combat forces from Iraq by the end of the year. As a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom who served during the initial battles of this conflict, I am proud to be among the more than one million [...]
Al Arabiya: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Thursday expressed anger over the death of Muammar Qaddafi, calling it an “outrage” and saying the ousted Libyan strongman was a “martyr.” “Sadly the death of Qaddafi has been confirmed,” said Chavez, who had just returned to Venezuela from cancer treatment in Cuba. “They assassinated him. It is [...]
AFP: Military commanders in the Libyan city of Misrata said on Saturday that no post-mortem would be carried out on the body of Moamer Kadhafi despite concerns over how the toppled dictator died. Interim leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil said an investigation was being conducted into the circumstances of Kadhafi’s killing following his capture, bloodied but [...]
Fox News: If ever there was a “company town,” it is Lynchburg, Tenn. Jack Daniel’s and Lynchburg have been inseparable since a young man named Jack Daniel came there more than a century ago to learn the art of distilling corn mash into whiskey. He set up shop on the northeastern end of town and [...]
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ABC News: President Obama’s job approval for the last quarter fell to the lowest of his administration, according to a new Gallup poll. Down four points from his previous all-time low of 45 percent, the president’s average job approval slid to just 41 percent in the 11th quarter. Only one other elected president since Dwight [...]
The Daily Caller: Vice President Joe Biden has been steadfast in his claim that if the president’s American Jobs Act does not pass, “rape will continue to rise.” Some have questioned Biden for invoking rape to push legislation, but the National Organization for Women is not among them. After one version of Obama’s jobs bill [...]
New York Daily News: Mayor Bloomberg said Friday that he’s going to start turning the screws on the Occupy Wall Streeters. The city is planning to take a harder line on demonstrators camping out in Zuccotti Park – and insist on permits every time they want to march through Lower Manhattan, he said. “We will [...]
Side Note: Debt-to-GDP was the lowest in decades under Bush…ho hum The Atlantic Wire: For the first time since World War II, the United States will surpass the 100 percent debt-to-GDP line. Over at Zero Hedge, they found “The Scariest Chart Ever” in which the IMF expected U.S. debt per capita to exceed GDP per [...]
Politico: Just 37 percent of Americans say they support the Occupy Wall Street movement exploding across the country, a new poll Friday shows. Although there is not widespread backing of the protests in New York and other cities around the United States, over half — 58 percent — say they are angry about the nation’s [...]
