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Jon Stewart explains how Bachmann is linked to al Qaeda
Daily Show host Jon Stewart ripped into Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) on Thursday for claiming Huma Abedin, a deputy chief of staff to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and wife of former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY), was connected to the Muslim Brotherhood, a radical Islamist group. Bachmann on Wednesday ran…
Maddow blasts Romney for ‘brazenly empirically false’ ads
On her show Thursday night, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow tore into Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney for blatantly distorting comments made by the President. “This is not typical political practice,” she said. “There is a lot to debate here in terms of the substance. But there is also the question…
McCain insists Palin was the right choice in 2008
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said Thursday that he had no regrets about picking former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate in 2008. “I think that Sarah Palin — I know — that she invigorated our campaign. She galvanized our base. She and her husband and family are wonderful…
Rep. Steve King pushes to ban same sex marriages on military bases
Rep. Steve King (R-IA) on Thursday pushed for legislation that would prohibit same sex couples from having wedding ceremonies at military facilities. He said on the House floor that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) prohibited such ceremonies and accused the Obama administration of trying to undermine “marriage between one…
Rep. Speier blasts ‘cancer’ of unaddressed military rapes
Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) on Thursday said she was “sick of waiting for action” while she delivered her 23rd speech on the House floor condemning sexual harassment and rape in the U.S. military. “I rise again today to talk about military sexual trauma,” she said. “It’s a cancer, it’s ubiquitous,…
Rep. McCaul warns domestic drones could be terrorist threat
The use aerial drones within the United States could pose a terrorist threat, according to Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Management. “The Department of Homeland Security’s mission is to protect the homeland,” he said at a hearing on Thursday. “Unfortunately, DHS seems…
Gohmert and Napolitano clash over alleged Muslim infiltration
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) on Thursday suggested that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security had been infiltrated by the Muslim Brotherhood. At a House Judiciary Committee hearing, Gohmert questioned DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano about Mohamed Elibiary, a Muslim appointed to the Homeland Security Advisory Council in 2010. Conservative publications have…
Gingrich tells Snooki: I’ve been ‘deprived’ of strippers
Former Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich and Jersey Shore star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi hit it off on Thursday after they crossed paths during an interview on NBC’s Tonight Show. “Whaddup?” Snooki asked Gingrich after giving him a fist bump. “Newt seems mystified by this whole conversation,” host Jay Leno noted.…
Boehner: Bachmann ‘pretty dangerous’ but staying on Intelligence Committee
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) on Thursday refused to consider removing Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) from the House Intelligence Committee even though he said it was “pretty dangerous” for her to accuse Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s deputy chief of staff, Huma Abedin, of infiltrating the U.S. government on behalf…
TSA checks woman’s feeding tube for explosives during strip-search
The Transportation and Security Agency (TSA) is under fire after agents in Dallas strip-searched a woman and handled her feeding tube. John Deaton told NBC Dallas-Fort Worth that his the feeding tube implanted in his wife’s stomach was medically necessary after she had complications from gastric bypass surgery. During a…
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