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Herman Cain insists most Americans have ‘a severe ignorance problem’

Fox News contributor Herman Cain. Photo: Screenshot via FoxNews.com.

Appearing Tuesday night on “The O’Reilly Factor,” former presidential candidate and newly hired Fox News contributor Herman Cain summarized the 2012 election’s results as an expression of America’s “severe ignorance problem.” “The guy [Obama] hasn’t solved that many problems,” O’Reilly said. “So, I mean, why is he so popular?” “He…

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Watch live: George McGovern’s funeral

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Funeral for former South Dakota Senator, presidential candidate and critic of the Vietnam War, George McGovern. Watch live, broadcast via NBC News on Oct. 26. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…

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Green Party candidate Jill Stein blasts Democrat and Republican duopoly

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During an appearance Wednesday on CNN, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein spoke out against the deeply-entrenched two party system in the United States “The distinction between them [Democrats and Republicans] are far too small,” she said. “They want to debate the minutia of the tax code, rather than the…

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More than 1,000 pastors plan to challenge IRS by endorsing presidential candidate

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More than 1,000 pastors plan to openly defy the IRS by telling their congregation on October 7 to vote for a particular presidential candidate, according to Fox News. The annual event, dubbed “Pulpit Freedom Sunday,” has been organized by the conservative Christian group Alliance Defending Freedom. The pastors participating in…

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LIVE BLOG AND VIDEO: From the Republican National Convention in Tampa

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UPDATE: Scroll down for the live blog from the convention floor, where you can participate along with executive editor Megan Carpentier. After taking a short hiatus due to Tropical Storm Isaac, the Republican National Convention resumed Tuesday. Republican speakers on Tuesday include House Speaker John Boehner, former presidential candidate and…

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Former Afghan parliamentarian arrested on kidnapping, rape charges

An Afghan man is arrested in Kabul in 2010.

A prominent Afghan lawyer close to a possible presidential candidate has been arrested on charges of kidnapping and raping a woman, prosecutors said Sunday. Kabir Ranjbar, the president of the Afghan Lawyers’ Union and a former member of parliament, was detained on Saturday, deputy attorney general Rahmatullah Nazari told AFP.…

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Shafiq says Brotherhood will take Egypt to ‘dark ages’

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CAIRO — Egypt’s presidential candidate and former Hosni Mubarak premier, Ahmed Shafiq, on Sunday tried to establish his democratic credentials and said his Muslim Brotherhood rival would bring back the “dark ages”. Shafiq urged Egyptians “to choose for Egypt a president who will make it a country for all, not…

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Egyptian runoff candidate’s HQ torched in Cairo

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Unidentified assailants set fire to the headquarters of Egypt’s runoff presidential candidate Ahmad Shafiq on Monday after officials said he would face a Muslim Brotherhood candidate in the second round. An annex in Shafiq’s headquarters in Cairo went up in flames hours after election officials announced that the former premier,…

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Why the campaign season is exhausting and demoralizing

Because there’s so much fighting about what we can and can’t talk about that no one ever gets around to talking. The Cory Booker situation is just the latest example. As you may have heard, Booker, the mayor of Newark and until now beloved icon amongst Democrats, went on “Meet…

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Egypt holds first ever presidential candidate debate

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CAIRO — Egypt held its first ever debate between presidential candidates on Thursday, as the two frontrunners for this month’s election traded political accusations on television. Amr Mussa, a former foreign minister and Arab League chief, faced the moderate Islamist Abdel Moneim Abul Fotouh in the debate which was aired…

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