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House passes bill to speed construction of Keystone XL Pipeline
US lawmakers agreed to a bill that would speed construction of a Canada-US oil pipeline and circumvent the need for President Barack Obama’s approval for the $5 billion project. By a 241-175 vote, the House of Representatives passed the largely symbolic measure to end regulatory delays on the Keystone XL…
‘Family’ group: Obama’s order to ‘embrace homosexuality’ drove rise in military sexual assaults
A right-wing “family” group announced to its members on Tuesday that President Barack Obama is responsible for the growing number of sexual assaults in the military, specifically calling out his “policy on homosexuality” and the repeal of the military’s ban on LGBT people serving openly. “President Obama is finally admitting…
Alex Jones pushes tornado truther theory: ‘There’s weather weapon stuff going on’
Conspiracy talk show host Alex Jones, increasingly a favorite of conservative media for his extremely vocal support of gun rights, outed himself Tuesday as a tornado truther by telling a caller on his show, “Of course there’s weather weapons stuff going on.” Jones, a longtime proponent of the idea that…
Bachmann: God will ‘answer our prayers’ and repeal Obamacare with a ‘miracle’
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) is telling her constituents that God will “answer our prayers” and create a “miracle before our eyes” to repeal President Barack Obama’s health care reform law. In a Tuesday interview with evangelical radio host James Dobson, Bachmann noted that the House of Representatives had recently voted…
Obama to reveal counterterrorism strategy, plans for drones and Guantanamo Bay on Thursday
President Barack Obama will discuss his counterterrorism strategy Thursday, revealing to the American public his plans for unmanned drones and Guantanamo Bay, the White House said Sunday. During his speech at the National Defense University in Washington, the president will discuss “our broad counter-terrorism policy, including our military, diplomatic, intelligence…
Woodward disappoints Republicans: Benghazi ‘is not Watergate’
Appearing Sunday’s on “Meet the Press,” Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward disappointed Republicans who very much want the attack on U.S. personnel in Libya to bring down President Barack Obama much like the Watergate scandal brought down President Richard Nixon, telling host David Gregory that what happened in Benghazi “is…
Paul Ryan: IRS connection to Obamacare is ‘rotten to the core’
Former Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan (R-WI) on Sunday used the news that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) had scrutinized tea party groups to slam the agency’s connection to President Barack Obama’s heath care reform law. Host Chris Wallace pointed out to Ryan on Fox News Sunday that the…
Bible-quoting Beck reenacts ‘Untouchables’ by beating activist with baseball bat
Conservative performance artist Glenn Beck on Wednesday compared President Barack Obama to Chicago gangster Al Capone by reenacting a scene from the movie “The Untouchables” and using a baseball bat to beat a tea party activist in the head until he was laying dead in a pool of fake blood.…
Hannity guest claims IRS scandal means Obama stole 2012 election
A panel discussion on Wednesday night’s episode of the Republican talk show “Hannity” ended with everyone agreeing that President Barack Obama must have used the Internal Revenue Service to steal the 2012 election, keeping tea partiers so busy with filling out documents to obtain tax exempt status that they were…
Maddow blasts erroneous Benghazi reporting: ‘ABC blew it’
On Wednesday night’s edition of “The Rachel Maddow Show,” host Rachel Maddow tore into TV network ABC for its recent reporting on the Benghazi attack and President Barack Obama’s administration’s response to the tragedy. Maddow opened the piece by discussing a McClatchy report that Ambassador Chris Stevens had repeatedly turned…
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