Jackson: ‘For Years I Lived Off My Campaign’
NRA Pulls Out Obama 'Guns And Religion' Line
Reporter On Hagel Smear: ‘Amused And Appalled’
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If You’re of a Certain Age
At first when I saw the headline that ex-Sen. Domenici confessed to fathering a secret child out of wedlock thirty years ago, I didn’t realize that the mother was Sen. Laxalt’s daughter.
How It Works: Path to Citizenship Edition
How Obama’s ’Path to Citizenship’ actually works.
Hmmm (Because … Democracy)
In seems that in addition to propagating ‘Friends of Hamas’ hoax, Breitbart writer Ben Shapiro also supports expelling the West Bank’s Palestinian population.
What Would Seinfeld Say?
Courageous NYDN reporter confesses to dangers of using irony in conversations with Republican staffers.
‘For Years I Lived Off My Campaign’
Jesse Jackson, Jr., pleads guilty.
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The Left’s Todd Akin?
Conservatives have been trying to turn Colorado lawmaker Joe Salazar into the left’s Todd Akin this week over comments he made about guns and rape. Now, New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s gun control group is coming to his defense.
Ooops
The whole debate about ‘whose sequester it is’ is basically moronic. But Boehner should really have figured on this PowerPoint surfacing when he bet everything on saying sequester was all Obama’s idea.
Breitbart Reporter Still Wrong?
NYDN reporter defends today’s ‘Friends of Hamas’ piece.
Journalism
Breitbart reporter goes to the matt defending his reporting on now-admittedly non-existent group “Friends of Hamas.” New line seems to be that even if the group didn’t exist, his reporting on it was rock solid.
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Not About McCain
As we’ve noted over the last 18 hours, John McCain held his first town halls in Arizona since immigration reform became headline news again in the era of ‘We All Love Immigration Reform’. One was more or less normal. The other McCain got an earful – much as you might have expected at any other time in the last half dozen years. Remember, immigration reform almost upended McCain’s run for President in 2008 and forced his move to the right on the issue in his 2010 “danged fence” reelection campaign.
Read More →Gingrich Reports for Duty
Gingrich goes off on Rove in new GOP civil war salvo.
Here’s How Obama’s Path To Citizenship Works
Lost in the fight between President Obama and Marco Rubio, are details on how a path to citizenship would work.
Ex-GOP Sen.: I Fathered A Son Outside Of Marriage
Former Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) on Tuesday acknowledged that he had a son outside his marriage.
What Using Google's High-Tech Glasses Looks Like (VIDEO)
Google on Wednesday gave the world an extensive look at their new hi-tech computerized glasses.
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NRA Pulls Out Obama ‘Guns And Religion’ Line
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Jackson’s Guilty Plea: ‘For Years I Lived Off My Campaign’
Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) pleaded guilty Wednesday in a federal courtroom in Washington D.C. to charges stemming from his misuse of hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign funds. “For years I lived off my campaign,”Jackson Jr. told the court, according to The Chicago Sun-Times. “I used money that should have been for campaign purposes for personal purposes.” Prosecutors filed charges – including conspiracy, false statement, mail fraud, and wire fraud – against…
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