Politics

War on Cops: Ambush Threat in Cleveland

In a tense national atmosphere where antagonism between police and some black Americans has been ratcheted up by the Black Lives Matter movement and recent murders of police officers have made headlines nationwide, a Police union President now says there is a credible threat against Cleveland law enforcement.

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Decorated War Vets Who Claim Wrongful Conviction Ask for New Trial

Four decorated veterans, convicted of allegedly shooting into a crowd of Iraqi civilians indiscriminately while working as private security contractors hired by the federal government, recently filed a motion to persuade their trial judge to promptly rule on their new trial request, arguing that the Obama administration used perjured testimony to secure their guilty verdicts.

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Rand: ‘I Would Be Very, Very Careful’ With Refugees

Kentucky Senator and Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul stated he “would be very, very careful” in handling refugees from Africa and the Middle East on Thursday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. Rand said, “You know, I’m all for helping

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Carson: My Faith Comments Were ‘Primarily About Myself’

Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson stated his comments about faith were “primarily about myself” and “it was not my intention to impugn anybody’s religious beliefs” on Thursday’s “O’Reilly Factor” on the Fox News Channel. Carson said it’s silly to

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Sen. Mark Warner Points to Virginia Gunman Who Passed Background Check to Prove Need for Background Checks

On September 10, Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) attended a rally with the father of slain Virginia reporter Alison Parker and called for Congress to pass background check legislation now, even though background checks became the law of the land during the Bill Clinton administration and Alison’s killer—Vester Lee Flanagan—passed one for the gun he used in his attack.

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My Grindr Profile Says ‘No Whites’—Am I Racist?

According to the Daily Beast, expressing a racial preference on your dating profile is racist. They’re buffoons, obviously, but this latest provocation got me thinking: am I racist for not dating white dudes?

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Jeb: ‘I Agree’ With Jindal’s Trump Speech

Republican presidential candidate former Florida Governor Jeb Bush said he agrees with fellow GOP presidential candidate Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal’s speech denouncing GOP frontrunner Donald Trump on Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead.” Jeb was played two clips of Jindal’s

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Rep. McCaul: ISIS Seeks To Use Refugee Routs To Infiltrate West

“We also know that ISIS wants to use refugee routes as cover to sneak operatives into the West. I implore the President to consult with Congress before taking any drastic action and to level with the American people about the very real security challenges we face,” the McCaul said. The Texas lawmaker acknowledged the tragedy of the current Syrian refugees crisis, saying the U.S. can help but urged the administration to take on the real problem, ISIS.

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The Republican Social Media Race: Guess Who’s #Winning

It seems hard to imagine that the winner of the 2016 Presidential Election will not also win another important race… the social media race. In today’s hyper-connected world, the candidate that inspires enough of the population to eventually win the election will likely also have excited enough of the public to “follow” her or him on their various social media networks.

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Donald Trump Stands Firm Against Establishment On Migrant Threat

“We are the only country in the world whose immigration system puts the needs of other nations ahead of our own. That must change,” Trump wrote in the August migration policy paper that has supercharged his 2016 campaign. On Sept. 10, a White House spokesman said President Barack Obama would grant residence permits to 10,000 additional Syrians in 2016, along with the routine inflow of 70,000 refugees and 1 million new immigrants. Trump reminds Americans: “We have so many problems that we have to solve,” as he declared on Wednesday night’s broadcast of Hannity.

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Hackers Have a Field Day at the Department of Energy

Does anyone in the Administration think the public should have been told their massive Energy Department – which is primarily concerned with interfering with energy production, not creating it – was hit by hackers over a thousand times, and successfully penetrated on 159 occasions? We needed USA Today to choke the news out of them with a FOIA request?

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Glenn Beck: ‘Sarah Palin Has Become A Clown’

Thursday on his radio show, while discussing his appearance on CNN, radio talker Glenn Beck took aim at former Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) on the heels of Wednesday’s rally against the Iran nuclear deal near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. in

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Clinton Camp Goes to War with New York Times

Longtime Clinton hit man David Brock and his Lloyd-Bridges-sniffed-the-glue hair have unleashed hell on The New York Times. According to Politico on Thursday, “Brock’s war against the New York Times just went nuclear – and the paper is responding with equal fury.”

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