Archive for July, 2012
Tea Party-Backed Cruz Wins Texas GOP Senate Race
The Tea Party trumped the institution in Texas on Tuesday, propelling attorney Ted Cruz to an upset victory over Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in the nationally watched Republican primary for the Lone Star State’s open U.S. Senate seat.
Cruz, a 41-year-old Cuban-American who is expected to win the general election in November (Texas hasn’t elected a […]
Win Olympic Gold, Pay the IRS
U.S. Olympic medal winners will owe up to $9,000 to the IRS. WASHINGTON, D.C. — While 529 hardworking athletes proudly represent the United States in the 2012 Olympics, any medals and money they earn wearing red, white and blue will be taxed by the IRS. According to research done by the Americans for Tax Reform […]
Obama donates to himself
President Obama has given $5,000 to his own reelection campaign, an official confirms to POLITICO.
In an email to supporters this morning, Obama said that he had given to his own reelection campaign for the first time as a symbolic gesture.
“On its own, what I gave won’t be enough to surmount the unprecedented fundraising we’ve seen […]
Black pastors group launches anti-Obama campaign around gay marriage
Washington (CNN) – A group of conservative black pastors are responding to President Barack Obama’s support of same-sex marriage with what they say will be a national campaign aimed at rallying black Americans to rethink their overwhelming support of the President, though the group’s leader is offering few specifics about the effort.
The Rev. Williams Owens, […]
POLL: Romney jumps to 20-point advantage among white voters
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows Mitt Romney attracting 47% of the vote, while President Obama earns support from 44%. Five percent (5%) prefer some other candidate, and four percent (4%) are undecided.
Romney has a 20-point advantage among white voters. Obama is supported by 91% of black voters and 57% of other minority […]
Crossroads GPS hits Obama on the economy in new ad (41 Straight Months of Unemployment)
The spot, entitled “News,” hits Obama on the rate of economic growth during his administration and begins with CBS news anchor Scott Pelley’s July report calling the growth rate “the worst economic recovery America has ever had.” The ad goes on to blame the sluggish job numbers on the president’s economic policies.
The group behind the ads, which […]
Inhofe: Obama Administration ‘Doesn’t Want All These Pink Slips Going Out 5 Days Before Election’ [Defense Cut]
(CNSNews.com) - President Obama is trying to prevent thousands of layoff notices from going out a few days before the November election, Sen. Jame Inhofe (R-Okla.) said on Tuesday.Obama’s Labor Department on Monday issued “guidance” to the states, telling them that a federal law requiring advance notice of mass layoffs does not apply to the […]
Michael Phelps earns place in history with 19 Olympic medals (Won Gold)
LONDON – For Michael Phelps, Beijing was about perfection — and London is about history. Phelps won silver in the 200 butterfly and capped off the night by winning gold in the 4×200 freestyle relay in the London Games on Tuesday.
In the relay, Phelps had more than a two second lead when he took over as […]
Olympics: U.S. women’s gymnastics wins gold
LONDON — The Americans grabbed hands and backed up, eager to get a better view of the scoreboard. There really was no need. That Olympic gold medal was in the bag the minute they took the floor.
The Americans lived up to their considerable hype and then some Tuesday night, routing silver medalist Russia and everybody else […]
Obama Campaign Brings Up ‘Felons’ in Latest Ad
The latest web ad from Barack Obama’s campaign goes after Mitt Romney for not releasing more tax returns than he already has. The ad, titled “Mitt Romney’s Tax Returns: When Will He Come Clean?,” at one point flashes two words onscreen, “FELONS” and “TAX RECORDS.”
The words, “FELONS” and “TAX RECORDS,” are displayed onscreen for at least six seconds, […]
Facebook stock slides to a record low, share-deluge looms
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc’s shares dived 6 percent to another record low on Tuesday, sliding for the third straight day since a lackluster quarterly report showed decelerating user growth.
Investors have punished the stock of the No. 1 social network and other consumer-focused Internet companies such as Zynga Inc, questioning their ability to sustain […]
Poll: 65 percent of Democrats support gay marriage
NEW YORK (AP) — A new poll shows that the partisan gap over same-sex marriage continues to widen, with 65 percent of Democrats now supporting it compared to 24 percent of Republicans.
The Pew Research Center poll found an increase in support among Democrats after President Barack Obama’s announcement in May that he favored same-sex marriage.
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REPORT: Illegals released by feds committed 19 murders, 142 sex crimes
The Obama administration released illegal immigrants who went on to commit more crimes, including charges of 19 murders, 3 attempted murders and 142 sex crimes, the House Judiciary Committee said in a report Tuesday.
All told, the nearly 47,000 illegal immigrants the administration was notified of but declined to deport between 2008 and 2011 under its Secure Communities program had a recidivism […]
Post Office Nears Historic Default On $5-Billion Payment
Post Office Nears Historic Default On $5-Billion Payment
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Jul. 31, 2012, 6:59 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service is bracing for a first-ever default on billions in payments due to the Treasury, adding to widening uncertainty about the mail agency’s solvency as first-class letters plummet and Congress deadlocks on ways to stem the red ink.
With […]
Homosexual Man Faces Charges After Contacting Little Leaguers on Facebook
CRYSTAL, Minn. - A 44-year-old Minneapolis man faces multiple charges after he tried to contact members of the Crystal Little League via Facebook, according to the Crystal Police Department.
“I was on my son’s facebook and noticed a message from this person,” said Marcie, a mother of a little leauge ballplayer in Crystal. “He had sent […]
GOP Edge in Swing States
The world of political punditry seems convinced that the 2012 presidential election will be won in ten swing states: Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, and Virginia. Two other states, Indiana (lean Republican) and Pennsylvania and Wisconsin (lean Democrat) could probably go either way in a close election.
If the election […]
Bill Richardson: I’m “afraid” of Marco Rubio
Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson says that he is afraid of Marco Rubio’s ability to cut into President Obama’s Latino support.
Richardson, a Mexican-American who ran against Obama in 2008 for the Democratic presidential nomination, said that the freshman Florida senator is one of the Republican Party’s fastest-rising stars who could make the GOP more […]
Lottery winner on food stamps even after $1 million jackpot
People love stories about someone winning the lottery and then giving the money away. They’re less likely to feel fondly about Amanda Clayton, who won $1 million in the Michigan State Lottery but is still collecting food stamps.
“I thought that they would cut me off, but since they didn’t, I thought maybe it was OK because […]
CNN Plays ‘Stupid Girls’ Before Story About Sarah Palin Visiting Chick-Fil-A (New Low for Liberal Media)
Remember last November when Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) was disgracefully greeted with the song “Lyin’ A– B–ch” during her appearance on NBC’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon?
On Sunday, Pink’s “Stupid Girls” was played before a CNN Sunday Morning piece about former Alaska governor Sarah Palin visiting a Chick-fil-A restaurant to show support for the embattled company (video follows with transcript and […]
Glenn Beck’s ‘Restoring’ Love Rally Proves The Tea Party Isn’t Dead
More than one year after his Fox News departure, Beck — accompanied by a gospel choir, an orchestra, an exact replica of the Liberty Bell — made his comeback official this weekend, delivering a history lesson, a religious message, a spoken word performance and a musical and digital presentation to a 65,000-plus audience in the Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Dallas.
The “Restoring Love” event completes Beck’s […]