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Rand Paul demands Congress ‘apologize’ to Apple for tax avoidance hearing
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Tuesday lashed out at fellow members of Congress for looking into how technology giant Apple is able to avoid paying billions of dollars in taxes. The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released a report on Monday detailing how Apple had used a network of offshore…
Rand Paul: UN has secret plot to ‘CONFISCATE and DESTROY ALL’ of America’s guns
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Saturday warned President Barack Obama was working on behalf of “anti-American globalists” in the United Nations who were plotting against the U.S. Constitution. In a fundraising email sent on behalf of the National Association on Gun Rights, Paul alleged the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty was…
Rand Paul slams Clinton during tour of GOP hot spots
Rand Paul for president? Why else is he in Iowa? (via The Christian Science Monitor) Copyright ImageClick to View Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., greats supporters after speaking at the Iowa GOP Lincoln Dinner event Friday in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Sen. Paul opened his presidential exploration tour with a splashy set…
Rand Paul touts Benghazi conspiracy involving secret CIA arms trade
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Thursday night offered a fresh conspiracy regarding the attack in Benghazi, claiming the Obama administration could be trying to hide a secret arms trade. “I never have quite understood the cover-up — if it was intentional or incompetence,” he told CNN’s Erin Burnett. “But something…
Colbert: Rand Paul’s feelings are the real victims of Newtown
Wednesday night on “The Colbert Report,” host Stephen Colbert presented a new edition of his recurring segment “The Word.” Wednesday night’s word was “N.R.A.-vana,” the blissful state of peace and acceptance that comes to a politician after they sell their soul to the gun lobby. “On the very first episode…
O’Donnell tells Libertarians: You deserve better spokesmen than Ron and Rand Paul
MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell extended sympathy to who he called “honest Libertarians” on Tuesday, while picking apart the flaws in recent statements by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and retired Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) over authorities’ tactics during the search for and capture of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects. “You deserve…
Rand Paul’s reversal: I don’t care if a drone kills a liquor store robber with $50 in cash
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), who filibustered for 13 hours in March 2013 against the idea of using military drone technology against U.S. citizens, said he supported them being used against criminal suspects in an interview with Fox Business Channel on Monday. “I have never argued against any technology being used…
Rand Paul confirms interest in White House run
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said at a breakfast meeting Wednesday morning that he’s considering a run for the White House in 2016. “We’re considering it and won’t make a decision before 2014,” he told an audience at The Christian Science Monitor‘s breakfast series, according to quotes published in The Hill.…
Maddow to Rand Paul: You’re lying to our faces and we know it
Wednesday night on MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show,” host Rachel Maddow discussed Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)’s contention during a speech at historically African-American Howard University that he has “never wavered” in his support of Civil Rights and of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Maddow began the segment discussing the…
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