Republican Senator Doesn't Want Marijuana To Be Legalized Because Lady Gaga...
“Well, Lady Gaga said she is addicted to it and it is not harmless,” Republican Alabama Sen. Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III said at a Justice Department oversight hearing Wednesday. (Video via...
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This Was The Phrase That Broke Through At The State Of The Union
“A year of action.” Local newspapers' front pages were almost unanimous in their pick for the message from the president's 2014 State of the Union address: Obama's declaration that he wanted this to...
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Jimmy Kimmel Asked People How The State Of The Union Was Even Though It...
Apparently everyone in Hollywood is a big fat liar! In his latest episode of Lie Witness News, Jimmy Kimmel hit the streets of Hollywood to ask people what they thought of President Obama's State of...
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Some Republicans See Racism As a Factor in Immigration Stalemate
“I hate to say this, because these are my people — but I hate to say it, but it’s racial,” says a Republican congressman. Jason Reed / Reuters WASHINGTON — For more than a year House Republican...
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11 Biggest Problems You'll Have Being An NFL Lineman In Congress
Congress needs to be bigger. Meet former NFL Pro Bowler Jon Runyan. He is 6'7, 330 pounds. Al Bello / Getty Images Paul Spinelli / Getty Images After all those seasons, Runyan decided to join a far...
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Republicans Work To Shake "Party Of No" Image
“It’s important we show the American people we’re not just the opposition party, we’re actually the alternative party,” John Boehner said. Jonathan Ernst / Reuters / Reuters CAMBRIDGE, Md. — House...
View ArticleMSNBC Made The Most Interesting Super Bowl Ad You’ll Never See During The Game
Only a big star like Joe Scarborough can get McDonalds to cook up a Big Mac during breakfast hours.
View ArticleObama Snubs Art History Majors In Speech
“Folks can make a lot more potentially with skilled manufacturing or the trades than they might with an art history degree,” the president said while speaking in Wisconsin Thursday to promote stronger...
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23 Things I Learned About Cable News By Hanging Out With CNN At State Of The...
The Lead ‘s Jake Tapper got meta with me at the biggest annual event on the political calendar. You know these cable news live shots from Capitol Hill? I always thought that they happened up here, but...
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Feds To Seek Death Penalty In Boston Bombing Case
“The nature of the conduct at issue and the resultant harm compel this decision,” the attorney general says. Handout . / Reuters / Reuters WASHINGTON — The Justice Department Thursday announced that...
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House Republicans Struggle To Find Consensus On Next Debt Fight
“We’re going to have a conversation this afternoon about the way forward on this issue,” said John Boehner. No direct answers from other members as to how the House should handle the looming deadline....
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New Documents Raise Questions About Keystone Environmental Study
TransCanada recommended the contractor conducting State Department environmental review of the pipeline environmentalists have said is biased towards TransCanada. The company did not disclose that the...
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House GOP Leadership: No "Special Path" To Citizenship For Undocumented...
No special path to citizenship, but the draft principles state that the undocumented should eventually be able live here “legally and without fear.” Support for the DREAMers. U.S. House Speaker John...
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The Man Who Ran The $700 Billion Bailout Wants To Be California's Next Governor
The former assistant U.S. Treasury secretary thinks he can unseat California Gov. Jerry Brown. “Clearly Gov. Brown is a very powerful incumbent, but there are so many examples nationally of where very...
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Obama Says Changing Legality Of Marijuana "A Job For Congress," But That's...
The president says marijuana is a public health problem and changing the DEA “schedule” — or the government’s legal classification of the drug — is a job for Congress. But actually, the attorney...
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WHAT KIND OF A RINO ARE YOU?
THE KIND WHO WOULD WORK WITH A SOCIALIST PRESIDENT?!?!? Stands for: Republican In Name Only.
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The Devil Will Be In The Details Say Advocates After House GOP Immigration...
Immigration activists believe “vague” House Republican principles on prospective reform don’t go far enough, while DREAMers and others suggest a wait-and-see approach. J.M. Eddins Jr. / MCT...
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Google: White House Did Not Turn Off Comments Section On Google+ Hangout With...
Several negative comments were posted ahead of Obama’s Google+ Hangout Friday. By the time things got underway, the comments were gone and the comments section was turned off entirely. Google says the...
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Environmentalists Activate Nationwide Protest Plan To Greet Keystone Report
Sierra Club, Rainforest Action Network and CREDO are hitting the streets. “We’re in the 3rd Quarter,” Sierra Club rep says, “and we’re essentially in a tie.” Yuri Gripas / Reuters / Reuters WASHINGTON...
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Obama's Labor Department Refuses To Say If It's Protecting Trans Workers
“[W]e have nothing new on this,” a senior advisor says. Molly Riley, File / AP WASHINGTON — A senior adviser to Labor Secretary Tom Perez refused Friday to answer a longstanding question about whether...
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