Portman among 47 GOP senators to sign letter to Iran WASHINGTON — In a move Democrats denounced as trying to sabotage the Obama administration’s foreign policy, Sen. Rob Portman and 46 other Senate Republicans yesterday warned Iran’s leadership that any agreement to limit Tehran’s apparent efforts to build a nuclear bomb would need Senate approval to stay in effect beyond 2016. More
Coalition on immigration bill clears first tests The bipartisan coalition behind a contentious overhaul of immigration laws stuck together on a critical early series of test votes Thursday, turning back challenges from conservative critics as the Senate Judiciary Committee refined legislation to secure the nation's borders and offer eventual citizenship to millions living illegally in the United States. More
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GOP boycotts health care advisory board House and Senate Republican leaders told President Barack Obama Thursday that they will refuse to nominate candidates to serve on an advisory board that is to play a role in holding down Medicare costs under the new health care act. More
Original ricin suspect was held despite evidence pointing to another man After keeping Elvis impersonator James Kevin Curtis in jail for a week, interrogating him while he was chained to a chair and turning his house upside down, federal authorities had no confession or physical evidence tying him to the ricin-laced letters sent to President Obama and other public officials. More
Central Islip launches hamlet's first history trail, using QR code technology The trail highlights 20 significant locations with QR codes that connect to descriptions of each site's history. 12/22/2024 - 9:08 am | View Link
Obsidian is a feature-packed note-taking tool, but does it justify the time spent getting familiar with it and customizing it, or do the benefits fall short?
The beautiful state of Wyoming is unfortunately tainted by extremism, now more than ever. For the first time anywhere in the country, the hard-right Freedom Caucus has won control of a state house. Via the New York Times:
After ousting a slew of Republican incumbents they viewed as too liberal in a caustic primary, and then galloping to victory in November, members of the ultraconservative caucus hope to cement their meteoric climb to power by passing five priority bills in the first 10 days.
Their agenda, known as the Five and Dime Plan, aims to immediately tighten election rules, invalidate drivers’ licenses issued to undocumented immigrants by other states, prohibit college diversity initiatives, prohibit the state from considering environmental concerns when making investment decisions and reduce property taxes.
“We’re going to unwoke the state,” Representative Jeremy Haroldson, the next speaker pro tem, said.
This clown actually received applause for this at the Turning Point USA conference in Phoenix, AZ last Saturday.
BECK: But Jackson and Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, who destroyed us. (Crowd boos.) Thank you. I love anyone who hates Wilson as much as me.
They kept moving us, slowly but surely moving us towards total control, and by the time we got to Joe Biden, we were right here.
Whether it’s career swamp creatures sounding the alarm or leftist outlets hosting an academic’s weird new reverence for J. Edgar Hoover, they’re loaded for bear.