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GOP Rep: FDR tried to replicate Soviet communism
Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) claimed President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was inspired by the Soviet Union under Stalin and sought to recreate its policies in the U.S. when pushing for the New Deal. “Franklin Delano Roosevelt sent his advisers, his close friends, his Cabinet people to go visit with Stalin in…
Feature: Anti-equality campaigner comes out in favor of same-sex marriage, blasts former colleagues
Six years ago, Louis Marinelli sat down in his dorm room at the University of Northern Iowa and, as many college students do, started a Facebook group. “Protect Marriage: One Man, One Woman,” he named it, then watched it grow to more than 280,000 contributing members. A few years later,…
CBO: Budget deal cuts 2011 deficit by $352 million, not $38 billion promised
‘Budget cuts’ may even amount to $3.3 billion increase WASHINGTON – The budget deal struck last Friday to avert a government shutdown cuts the fiscal 2011 deficit by just $352 million, not the $38 billion touted by both parties, according to the Congressional Budget Office. A CBO analysis found Wednesday…
TSA gives invasive pat down to 8-year-old Oregon boy
An 8-year-old Oregon boy found himself being subjected to an invasive full-body pat down during a trip to Disneyland. Heather Sheahan told KGW that the TSA’s search of her son, Spencer, went too far. “They went up his leg into that area and down the next leg,” the mother explained.…
Police divers search for more NY serial killer victims
New York police divers scoured the gray waters near a popular beach as the search widened in a suspected serial killer case feared to have claimed up to 10 victims. Suffolk County police on Long Island closed off a stretch of scrub-covered bank leading down to the inlet at Hemlock…
Rick Santorum announces exploratory committee for president
Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) announced Wednesday night that he will form an exploratory committee for the presidency in 2012, inching closer to declaring his candidacy. “Now, the only test for me is whether we can raise the money that’s necessary,” Santorum told Fox News’s Greta Van Susteren. The Pennsylvania…
RNC chairman denies he ever repudiated ‘birthers’
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus gave an interview to US News & World Report in which he appeared to push back against Donald Trump and the so-called “birthers” — then later said the report describing his remarks was “inaccurate.” Priebus was paraphrased as telling the conspiracy theorists who believe…
Gates: Dramatic military cuts would have ‘catastrophic’ consequences
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Pentagon chief Robert Gates has warned that major cuts to US defense spending planned by President Barack Obama would require scaling back military forces, missions and capabilities. The Pentagon’s stern response came after Obama unveiled a deficit-reduction plan that includes a proposed cut of $400 billion in…
Obama proposes $4 trillion in deficit cuts
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama has unveiled a $4 trillion deficit reduction drive and savaged Republican plans that he said would reward the rich and fracture America’s social compact. Obama laid out his vision in a speech at George Washington University, aiming to prepare the ground for short-term…
Chinese man swindled migrants in ‘US army’ scam
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – A Chinese man was arraigned on charges relating to his “recruitment” of Chinese men living in the United States into a fictitious US army unit. Yupeng Deng, 51, duped more than 100 Chinese immigrants into paying him to join a fake unit he called the “US…
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