Tag: democrats
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west virginia’s robert byrd, longest-serving congressman, dead at 92
from cnn: West Virginia Sen. Robert Byrd, the self-educated son of a coal miner who became the longest-serving member of Congress, died early Monday at age 92, the senator’s office said. Byrd, a nine-term Democrat, was known as a master of the chamber’s often-arcane rules and as the self-proclaimed “champion of the Constitution,” a jealous…
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Voters Back Anti-DC, Anti-Establishment Candidates
With the electorate’s intense anger reverberating across the country, this is all but certain: It’s an anti-Washington, anti-establishment year. And candidates with ties to either better beware.
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Police State Updates: Immigration, ID Cards & Unruly Flyers
National ID card included in Dem’s immigration bill // Minot airman killed during ‘Vigilant Shield’ nuke drill // Burning of mustard agents at Oregon’s Umatilla chemical depot resumes // Change you can bereave in: Wiretaps up 26% in 2009 // Device detonated near Pittsburgh Marathon finish line
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Right On Schedule: Arizona Immigrant Law Energizes Hispanics, Dems
Hispanics and Democratic lawmakers furious over Arizona’s harsh crackdown on illegal immigrants expect huge weekend rallies across the United States, piling pressure on President Barack Obama to overhaul immigration laws in this election year.
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poll: 4 out of 5 americans don’t trust washington
poll: 1/3 of americans say their own government a threat* from ap: America’s “Great Compromiser” Henry Clay called government “the great trust,” but most Americans today have little faith in Washington’s ability to deal with the nation’s problems. Public confidence in government is at one of the lowest points in a half century, according to…
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decider-in-chief bypasses congress, then visits his afghanisurge
obama bypasses senate process, filling 15 posts from nytimes: President Obama, making a muscular show of his executive authority just one day after Congress left for spring recess, said Saturday that he would bypass the Senate and install 15 appointees, including a union lawyer whose nomination to the National Labor Relations Board was blocked last…
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Landmark Legislation: Both Parties Collude to Bring US Health Scare
Amid the hype, all I have to add is that if they wanted us to get health care, they could deliver it with the same shock & awe quickness that they deliver death & destruction around the world – at a fraction of the cost! – just like Bill Hicks said…
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Congress Using Immigration to Push National Biometric ID Card
Democrat Chuck Schumer and Republican Lindsey Graham have joined forces in an effort to force a biometric ID on the American people. The new national ID scheme is part of a comprehensive immigration bill now in the Senate.
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Kucinich Forces House to Vote On Pullout From Afghanistan
In a test of congressional support for President Barack Obama’s new Afghanistan strategy, lawmakers are set to vote on Wednesday on a resolution that would direct him to pull U.S. forces out of the war.
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Change: Obama Signs One-Year Extension of Patriot Act
President Barack Obama has signed a one-year extension of several provisions in the nation’s main counterterrorism law, the Patriot Act. Provisions in the measure would have expired on Sunday without Obama’s signature Saturday.
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9/11 updates: gop, dems, the media & the peace movement
debra medina’s 9/11 remark pushes campaign off track* letter to rachel maddow on debra medina* media response to the growing influence of 9/11 truth* peace movement vs 9/11 truth* gop rep chaffetz agrees with concerns of 9/11 truthers: there’s still a lot to learn* yet another congressman questions 9/11* 1992 flashback: small knives used in…
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ron paul: ‘neocon influence’ is infiltrating liberty movement
from raw story: In the face of several electoral challenges from tea party-connected candidates, Texas Republican Congressman Ron Paul cautioned in a recent interview that “neocon influence” is “infiltrating” the movement he is often credited for creating. Speaking to MSNBC host Rachel Maddow on Tuesday night, Paul first took up for the tea parties as…
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4 charged in phone scheme at louisiana sen. landrieu’s office
update: men arrested in ‘louisiana watergate’ have intel links from usatoday: The four men accused of trying to tamper with Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu’s office phones share a common experience as young ideologues writing for conservative publications. Federal authorities said two of the men posed as telephone workers wearing hard hats, tool belts and flourescent…
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new world next week – jan21
https://archive.org/download/NewWorldNextWeek20100121/20100121_NewWorldNextWeek_512kb.mp4 Download Archive.org MP4 Hot on the heels of last week’s revelations about the ongoing eugenics operation, this episode further exposes the agenda of ‘global governance’ & the phony left/right political paradigm + a positive drug story – all this & so much more from CorbettReport.com & MediaMonarchy.com on the New World Next Week. Story#1:…
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dem senate report says rumsfeld & franks let osama escape
from allgov: While President Barack Obama prepares to announce his decision regarding a troop increase for Afghanistan, Senate Democrats have released a report that argues that the Bush administration failed to capture Osama bin Laden when it had the chance in late 2001. The report (Tora Bora Revisited: How We Failed To Get Bin Laden…