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The Hill: Anticipating a furor of voter criticism over the July Fourth recess, Democratic lawmakers from the border region shot back at the White House last week, challenging the president’s speech on immigration in which he said that the southern border is secure. Arizona Democratic Reps. Ann Kirkpatrick, Harry Mitchell and Gabrielle Giffords joined a growing Republican ...
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The Hill: Democrats are starting to warn of major risks to the economy after months of downplaying the threat of a double-dip recession. In letters, interviews, and public statements, President Barack Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other senior Democrats are now raising red flags that the economy could falter without additional stimulus efforts. Obama urged congressional ...
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Arizona Republic: On May 9, a 15-year-old girl walked into Arizona through the San Luis port of entry, near Yuma, with 5 pounds of marijuana strapped around her belly. She got busted by Customs and Border Protection officers. Later that same day, a 16-year-old boy tried the same thing with 2 pounds of cannabis taped to his legs. ...
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Los Angeles Times: Reporting from Mexico City —In elections marred by violence, intimidation and the growing influence of drug traffickers, Mexicans chose governors or other local officials in 14 states Sunday, a vote that appeared to be handing a sharp rebuke to President Felipe Calderon. Exit polls and a trickle of results showed the opposition Institutional Revolutionary ...
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The New York Times: Tired of waiting for spending to rebound on its own, retailers are taking matters into their own hands. Stores like Sam’s Club, Target, Toys “R†Us, Staples and Office Depot are offering unconventional promotions meant not only to attract visitors to stores, but also to get them feeling profligate. Sam’s Club is ...
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WAPO: BEALETON, VA. -- "Tea party" activists across the nation tried to put the "independence" back in Independence Day this weekend with festivals and other gatherings focused on the Constitution -- and how to use it for political gain. Coupled with an upsurge in organized classes and book clubs, the trend reflects a growing effort among ...
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The Hill: House Democrats are divided over whether an extension of the Bush tax cuts should be offset with other spending cuts. Under the rules adopted by the House, a two-year extension of tax cuts benefiting the middle class do not have to be offset. But some liberal Democrats think it would be hypocritical for the party ...
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Washington Times: As the Iraq and Afghanistan wars persist, some employers are becoming increasingly resistant to rehire service members who return from active duty as federal law requires, some legal analysts say. Washington lawyer Matthew Tully, who specializes in these cases, said that, as the war on terrorism and its heavy reliance on National Guard and Reserve ...
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Interim president Bronislaw Komorowski appeared to have held off a last-minute surge from the identical twin brother of the late president, who died in an April plane crash that shocked the country and forced Sunday's early election. Exit polls showed Komorowski with a slight edge over Jaroslaw Kaczynski, who essentially conceded defeat ...
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Canada Free Press: Not far from where I live in New Jersey, in Montclair, Richard and Cynthia Murphy were arrested as Russian sleeper agents, allegedly in the employ of the SVR, the successor to the famed Soviet KGB intelligence services that waged a covert war throughout the Cold War. Much of the media attention was focused ...
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Politico: The dust-up this week between President Barack Obama and House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio), ostensibly about Wall Street regulation, revealed more about the two parties’ midterm campaign strategies than anything else. With polls showing voters deeply concerned about the economy and government spending and souring on Democrats, Obama and his party are seizing on gaffe ...
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Breitbart: A little less than a year after announcing it, in front of Vice President Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and many other American foreign policy elites at Frank Gaffney’s “Keeper of the Flame†Award Dinner in October 2009, we are finally launching Big Peace. (Continue) Editor's note: Yes, I, Pat Dollard, am a contributor at ...
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Politico: Sen. Jim DeMint said Sunday that Sen. Lindsey Graham, a fellow South Carolina Republican, is "wrong" to say the tea party movement will "die out." Graham told the New York Times as part of a profile in Sunday's magazine that the tea aprty movement is "unsustainable" because "they can never come up with a coherent vision ...
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Fox News: Sen. Joe Lieberman on Sunday urged Gen. David Petraeus to change the rules of engagement "as soon as possible" for U.S. troops in Afghanistan, saying the strict policy has "hurt morale" among American military. The Connecticut independent senator, speaking from Kabul on "Fox News Sunday," said the incoming commander told him he was "committed" ...
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