Thanks to Congressman Issa. WASHINGTON (AP) – Newly released Justice Department emails sent to Capitol Hill for a congressional inquiry into a gun-smuggling operation indicate that the head of the department’s criminal division suggested letting some illicit “straw” weapons buyers in the U.S. transport their guns across the border into Mexico where they could be
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Unions are shady? Shocker! Via The Blaze: “For more than two years, the Michigan Education Association [MEA] has had a manual that urges its members to use students as propaganda in contract negotiations and also lays out how to organize strikes,” writes Tome Gantert of Michigan Capitol Confidential. Considering the fact that teacher strikes are illegal
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Report: Michigan Union Manual Instructs Teachers How To Use Children As “Propaganda”…
Despite decades in Congress, Newt Gingrich has only 11 Capitol Hill endorsements—versus 72 for Mitt Romney. Visit link: Larry Sabato: Do Endorsements Matter?
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Larry Sabato: Do Endorsements Matter?
Some highly selective reporting from the Associated Press: Several hundred Occupy protesters rally at Capitol By BEN NUCKOLS January 18, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — Several hundred protesters affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement converged on the West Lawn of the Capitol Tuesday to decry the influence of corporate money in politics and voice myriad Read more here: AP Buries ‘Occupiers’ Smoke Bombs At WH
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AP Buries ‘Occupiers’ Smoke Bombs At WH
If violence, sexual assaults, stealing, defecating in public, drug use, vandalism, etc., qualify as making a statement then I guess she’s right. (National Journal) — Protesters continued flooding the Capitol on Thursday, chanting in the streets, holding signs in support of “the 99 percent,” and trying (mostly unsuccessfully) to get meetings with lawmakers. The demonstrators
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Pelosi Yet Again Backs Occupy Wall Street: “They Have Made a Very Strong Statement . . . We Have To Empower The 99%”…
