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Romney approves of premature deportation for Obama’s uncle
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R) said yesterday that he approves of deporting an uncle to President Barack Obama who was arrested in August on a charge of drunk driving, even though the man has a driver’s license, Social Security card and no prior criminal convictions. Speaking to Boston radio…
Trump: If I run, I’ll ‘do great’ with African-Americans
Donald Trump called in to Greta Van Susteren’s show on Thursday night to discuss the current state of the Republican field and the question of whether or not “the right third party candidate” (namely himself) could beat President Obama in 2012. The Reality TV star hearkened back to the Ross…
Romney says U.S. withdrawal from Iraq ‘precipitous’
WASHINGTON — Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said in an interview aired Sunday that US withdrawal from Iraq is “precipitous” and blamed President Barack Obama for failing to leave some US forces behind. “I think we’re going to find that this president, by not putting in place a status-of-forces agreement…
Keystone pipe outlook no rosier after Senate vote
(Reuters) – Senate Republicans claimed victory on Saturday for a bill that may force President Barack Obama to make a speedier decision on a Canada to Texas oil pipeline, but a White House official indicated quick approval of the project is not likely. The two-month payroll tax break extension bill…
Georgia ‘Birther’ suit attempts to remove Obama from 2012 ballot
According to Dustin Baker of the blog Georgia Politico, a suit has been filed with the office of Georgia’s Secretary of State Brian Kemp challenging Barack Obama’s legitimacy to appear as a presidential candidate on the ballot in the November 2012 elections. Georgia State Representative J. Mark Hatfield (R-Waycross) will…
Bloody, costly Iraq war finally ends with lowering of U.S. flag
As President Barack Obama promised, the war in Iraq has finally come to an end. Standing in front of hundreds of soldiers on Thursday morning, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta called a formal close to the conflict that’s lasted 8 years, 9 months, at a cost of more than $1…
ACLU deputy legal director: NDAA ‘still awful’ despite changes
Jameel Jaffer, deputy legal director at ACLU, said Wednesday night that the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2012 was still highly problematic despite changes to the bill. “It was an awful bill before and it is an awful bill now,” he told MSNBC host Rachel Maddow. Provisions within the…
Judge orders exam for alleged White House shooter
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Wednesday ordered a hearing to assess the mental capacity of a man arrested last month after allegedly firing shots at the White House in an attempt to assassinate President Barack Obama. The hearing, scheduled for Friday in Washington, will examine new evidence on the…
Uygur calls rival Sharpton an Obama cheerleader
Responding to a reader poll on Thursday night, Current TV’s “The Young Turks” host Cenk Uygur suggested that Al Sharpton, whose MSNBC program “PoliticsNation” airs at the same time as Uygur’s, is a cheerleader for President Barack Obama. The Current reader poll Uygur was responding to showed that 84 percent…
Obama rejects bid to tie pipeline to tax row
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama Wednesday warned he would reject any bid by Republicans to make his plans for a payroll tax cut conditional on his prompt backing for a contentious US-Canada oil pipeline. As he met Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who supports the Keystone XL project, Obama staked…
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