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Birther Republican official hangs flag upside down for Obama’s inauguration
A Republican official in Pennsylvania says that he doesn’t regret hanging at least three American flags upside down to protest President Barack Obama’s second inauguration because “our nation is in a horrible place.” WPXI’s Julie Fine took a news crew to party headquarters in McKeesport to speak to Mon Valley…
President Obama’s inaugural speech: ‘We cannot mistake absolutism for principle’
President Obama spoke at his second inauguration this afternoon, issuing a call to all Americans to be tolerant of one another — and of one another’s beliefs — while seeking to provide to all the equality promised in our founding documents. “For we, the people, understand that our country cannot…
Inauguration 2013: How Obama is different from four years ago
Inauguration 2013: How Obama is different from four years ago (+video) The shadow of President Obama is cast on a wall as he leaves a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington after the Senate Finance Committee voted to approve his health-care bill in this…
Limbaugh defends ‘human shield’ comment: ‘The Democrats use kids as human shields all the time’
Radio host Rush Limbaugh defended on Friday previous comments that he made that claimed President Obama used children as “human shields” during his gun control announcement. “This is exactly what I meant, constantly overestimating the ability to get it and a basic intelligence of people on the left,” Limbaugh complained.…
Man accused of attempting to assassinate Obama claims statements ‘coerced’
The attorneys for an Idaho man who allegedly shot at the White House in late 2011 claim that his statements to the police were “coerced,” reported Boise Weekly. They also said that the suspect, Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, was handcuffed to a chair for hours after being arrested and that he…
Tucson shooting survivor heartened by Obama’s gun plan: ‘Now is the time’
Two years ago Patricia Maisch gained first-hand experience of America’s epidemic of gun violence. She was attending a street rally called by Tucson politician Gabby Giffords when shooting erupted, and she helped disarm the gunman by grabbing his second magazine thus preventing him from reloading. Unharmed in the incident that…
Mississippi gov. moves to make Obama’s gun control ‘illegal’
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant (R) on Wednesday sent a letter to Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves (R) and state Speaker of the House Philip Gunn (R) asking them to make President Barack Obama’s effort to control gun violence “illegal.” Bryant made his letter public by posting it on Facebook hours before…
Andrea Mitchell: White House women ‘are not happy’ about Obama’s cabinet picks
Women in the White House are not pleased with President Obama’s recent cabinet decisions, according to comments by Andrea Mitchell, NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, on Sunday’s Meet the Press. While Obama has not announced his picks for all cabinet positions, the ones with notable clout — Secretaries of…
Harris-Perry: Ending drug war may be ‘best gun control measure we can enact’
Melissa Harris-Perry and her guests on Sunday discussed whether the best answer to gun violence is ending the “War on Drugs.” About 800 people die every year as a result of gang violence, Harris-Perry said, “a large percentage of which are connected to drug trafficking.” When it comes to gun…
Harris-Perry: Should Obama override the debt ceiling?
Saturday morning on MSNBC’s “Melissa Harris-Perry,” Harris-Perry discussed possible strategies for President Barack Obama to deal with an obdurate Republican Congress and carry on the business of governing while being obstructed at every turn. She began the segment by saying, “I’m gonna take you back, way back. 1861. During the…
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