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FBI arrests Mississippi man in ricin letters investigation
Officers of the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested 41-year-old Everett Dutschke of Tupelo, Mississippi Saturday morning in connection with a series of poison-tainted letters that were mailed to President Barack Obama and two other public officials. According to Reuters, Dutschke was taken into custody without incident at his home. Dutschke…
MSNBC host S.E. Cupp: Silly to think ‘there’s just too much penis in Washington’
MSNBC host S.E. Cupp on Wednesday doubted that having more female legislators in Congress would result in any positive changes. Cupp and the other hosts of The Cycle were discussing President Barack Obama’s dinner with all 20 female senators. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) had claimed the female legislators could help…
Suspect arrested in ricin letters case released from jail
Update: New ricin letter found, according to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), details below Federal authorities said Tuesday that a Mississippi man accused of sending letters containing ricin to prominent officials, including President Barack Obama, has been released from jail following the cancellation of a preliminary detention hearing. Jeff…
Sen. Baucus retiring in 2014
Senior aides to Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) told The Washington Post on Tuesday that the long-serving Democrat has decided to retire from Congress rather than seek re-election. The Senate Finance Committee chairman has served in Congress since 1978, and played a key role in killing President Barack Obama’s proposal for…
New York Republican recommends ‘torture’ for teenage Boston bomb suspect
If the United States really, in the words of President Barack Obama, wishes to keep “looking forward” instead of backward when it comes to the violent legal limbo that is the Bush administration’s legacy, someone might want to ensure New York State Senator Greg Ball (R) gets a copy of…
GOP newsletter author: ‘We most likely won’t try to kill’ pro-Obamacare Republicans
The author of a county Republican Party newsletter in Arkansas says that he and other conservatives in the state “most likely won’t try to kill” Republican lawmakers who voted to expand Medicaid under President Barack Obama’s health care reform law. In the April edition of the Republican Party of Benton…
Atheists shocked at exclusion from bombing memorial service
The Harvard Humanist Community was shocked Thursday when their members were, in the carefully-chosen words of New York Times best-selling author Greg M. Epstein, “blown off” and excluded from an inter-faith memorial ceremony for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. “We have friends and family who are in the…
Far-reaching cybersecurity bill CISPA passes House despite civil liberty concerns
The U.S. House of Representatives has passeds a controversial public-private data-sharing bill that President Barack Obama has said that he would veto should it reach his desk. However, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) must still pass the Democratically-led Senate before it can come before the President for his…
WATCH LIVE: Huge explosion at fertilizer plant rocks Texas town
Some 60 to 70 people were killed and hundreds were injured by an explosion at a fertilizer plant outside Waco, Texas, local media reported, citing the local emergency manager. The report could not be immediately verified by AFP, but KWTX television cited West Emergency Management Services Director George Smith as…
Drug czar: No state can nullify federal marijuana ban
President Barack Obama’s drug czar toed a strict line on marijuana Wednesday, saying federal laws will prevail regardless of state-level efforts to legalize pot. Gil Kerlikowske said enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act of 1970 — which ranks marijuana as a Schedule One drug alongside heroin, LSD and ecstasy —…
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