FCC Official Calls First Amendment a Tool of Right-wing Extremists
Despite dedicating five minutes of his recent 20-minute presentation at the Media Access Project forum to decrying the “right-wing smear campaign” he claims...
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Guantanamo Detainees to Go to Illinois
The Obama administration announced plans on December 15 to acquire the Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, Illinois, to house terrorism suspects currently being...
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Senate Passes $1.1 Trillion Spending Bill
The Senate on December 13 passed a mammoth omnibus spending bill variously described as costing $447 billion or $1.1 trillion, depending on whether...
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NYC Mayor Bloomberg: “Too Many Guns”
According to the Associated Press, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg “railed against gun violence” on December 11, one day after a street...
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Democrats Seek $1.8 Trillion Debt Hike
House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) stated on December 11 that the federal government must borrow at least $1.8 trillion more in...
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Congress Edges D.C. Toward Unofficial Statehood
The House of Representatives passed a bill on December 10 that would allow the government of the District of Columbia to use public...
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Stimulus Funds Support Odd Projects
CBS News reported on December 9 that Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) have determined that at least 15 percent of...
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Amtrak, Guns, and Sausage
When congressional negotiators agreed to a final version of a transportation bill, it included an amendment to allow Amtrak passengers to take their...
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Real ID Deadline May Strand Holiday Travelers
During last year’s presidential campaign, then-candidate Barrack Obama made a now-famous gaffe when he referred to his having visited 57 states during the...
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Obama Accepts Nobel Peace Prize
President Barack Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, on December 10, adopting a self-effacing attitude during his acceptance speech as...
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Making Healthcare Sausage in Congress
Proving that where there’s a will (among 58 or so senators and 38 percent of the American public), there’s a way to forcibly...
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President Obama to Accept Nobel Peace Prize
President Barack Obama is set to accept the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on December 10 in Oslo, Norway. This will be less than...
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A Look at Continental Congress 2009
During the final quarter of the 18th century, as tensions grew between England and her colonies here in America, the legislatures of 12...
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No Deadline for U.S. Exit From Afghanistan
Obama administration officials on December 6 made it perfectly clear that American military forces will remain in Afghanistan for a long time, playing...
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Government Funding for Nonexistent Jobs
John Stossel recently reported on the failure of federally subsidized job-training programs in Minnesota. Using federal stimulus dollars, the Summit Academy stated that...
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