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Lock Her Up: Both Parties Urging U.S. Ethics Office To Punish Kellyanne Conway

The White House has so many business entanglements that they can barely utter more than a syllable without finding themselves violating an ethics rule.

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Trump Scrapped Version Of Holocaust Remembrance Message That Recognized Jewish Victims

The decision by the Trump White House to change the statement was intentional, not accidental.

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Already Tired Of Being President, Trump Taking Vacation To Florida This Weekend

Trump is ducking out of D.C. for a long weekend at his Mar-a-Lago Estate, leaving on Friday and returning on Monday, Feb. 6.

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The White House Mocks Donald Trump’s Suspicious Habit Of Snorting During Debates

Donald Trump’s suspicious habit of snorting his way through presidential debates was mocked by White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest after he was asked about Trump’s call for drug tests before the third presidential debate.

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President Obama is Officially America’s Greatest Job Creator President

Guess who gets no credit for record setting job growth that is hardly a one-off since it’s going on for 78 months? Yeah, that’s right. President Barack Obama.

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Koch-Republicans Want the National Park Service’s 100th Anniversary to Be Its Last

The federal government’s landholdings and control of water could be better used for ranching, mining or forestry through private ownership.

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Michelle Obama: ‘Don’t Let Anyone Ever Tell You That This Country Isn’t Great’

“Don’t let anyone ever tell you that this country is not great, that somehow we need to make it great again. Because this right now is the greatest country on Earth.”

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The Things You Have To Tell Yourself If You’re A Donald Trump Supporter

“It’s okay – Congress will stop him if he tries to do anything insane”

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Bernie Sanders Meets With Obama And Debunks Clinton Endorsement Media Nonsense

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders met with President Obama at the White House and afterwards debunked the media speculation that Obama endorsed Hillary Clinton in a recent interview.

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White House Shreds Ben Carson’s Claim That He Was Vetted More Than Obama

White House press secretary Josh Earnest laughed and said he didn’t agree with that statement when asked about Ben Carson’s assertions that he has faced more scrutiny than any other candidate, including President Barack Obama.

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The White House Hammers Chris Christie For Saying Obama Doesn’t Support The Police

The White House claimed another Republican scalp today as Press Secretary Josh Earnest ripped Chris Christie for falsely claiming that President Obama doesn’t support the police.

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Pope Visit Backfires On Republicans As Obama and Francis Team Up On Climate Change

Almost immediately, Pope Francis and President Obama negated any Republican hopes of using the Pope’s visit to score political points by teaming up at the White House on a climate change message.

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Nervous Republicans Worry That Trump Will Give Democrats The White House And Senate

Strategists fear Trump could badly lose a general election campaign, dragging a lot of Republican Senate candidates down with him.

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Obama Calls For Steps To Reduce Gun Violence After Virginia TV Journalist Murders

The White House is calling on Congress to pursue common sense steps to reduce gun violence after two Virginia television journalists were murdered live on the air.

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Upset with #IranDeal, Ted Cruz Vows for the Fourth Time to Block Obama Nominees

Ted Cruz has returned to his old game of refusing to approve Obama nominees in order to punish the president for not obeying Congress

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Rick Santorum Says He Decides What is Constitutional, Not the Supreme Court

Rick Santorum says says you refusing to believe what he wants you to believe is a violation of the First Amendment

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Obama and Science Score A Big Win As Judge Tosses Challenge to Climate Change Rule

Some will call this a win for President Obama or the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which it is. But it’s really a win for all of us who are based in reality and thus realize that poisoning our environment is killing people.

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The Wheels Are Falling Off Of Ben Carson’s Campaign As Four Senior Advisers Quit

Barely over a month after launching his presidential campaign, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson has lost four senior campaign advisers.

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Lindsey Graham Says Rand Paul Nomination Would Put Him Into a Coma

With an almost comedic and absolute lack of self-awareness, Lindsey Graham claims Rand Paul is the GOP’s looming disaster

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Even President Obama Is Laughing At Mitch McConnell’s Failure

Six years and some change later, the man who set out a detailed plan to derail the Obama presidency before he even took office is in the hot seat.

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The White House Reminds Everyone That Obama Crafted A Reformed Patriot Act Over A Year Ago

The White House’s response to the Republican-led Senate’s lead-by-crisis on the Patriot Act was to remind everyone that the President worked with Congress to craft a reformed version of the Patriot Act a year and a half ago

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U.S. Senate Sells Out American Workers By Passing Fast Track Trade Bill 62-37

A Trade Promotion Authority bill passed the U.S. Senate 62-37 Friday night, with 48 Republicans and 14 Democrats voting for the measure.

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Paul Krugman Is Right The Iraq War Was A Bush Crime

Having a discussion will not change the disastrous consequences of Bush and company’s crimes, bring back the three-quarters of a million dead Iraqi civilians or thousands of American soldiers, it may inform Americans of the intent of Republicans defending the invasion and occupation.

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Republicans Push the Benghazi Video Lie to Discredit Hillary Clinton

But there really was an offensive video, and it did actually offend Muslims, and it did actually play a role in the attack that left four Americans dead

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Largest Paper in New Jersey Calls Chris Christie Out for Losing Touch with Reality

“The man has lost touch with reality,” they opine. This can be the only explanation for how Christie still thinks he can win the presidency “when New Jersey is in such rotten shape after his six years in office.”

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Bernie Sanders Rejects Negative Campaigning, Says He Likes Hillary Clinton

Sanders’ positive campaign is refreshing, and he is avoiding the strategic errors committed by the Ralph Nader 2000 insurgent campaign.

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President Obama Bans the Gifting of Some Military-Style Equipment to Police

No more playing war on citizens with federally funded military-style equipment for local police. So says President Obama. Police need to have a “guardian”, not a warrior, mind-set about their communities.

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Jeb Bush Flip-Flops And Finally Decides That The Iraq War Was A Bad Idea

On Thursday, Bush finally relented and joined others in the GOP field in admitting that the Iraq War was a mistake.

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Jeb Bush Set To Serve W’s 3rd Term By Saying He Still Supports Decision To Invade Iraq

Instead of acknowledging the Iraq invasion as a colossal intelligence failure, Jeb is still a cheerleader for the Iraq War.

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Survey: Americans Prefer A Gay President Over An Evangelical

It turns out that not only are Americans not the least bit enamored at the prospect of an evangelical fanatic as president, they are, by a large majority (61%), much more supportive of a gay or lesbian occupying the White House than a religious Republican seeking to rule according to Christianity.

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W. Part II: Jeb Bush Says He Relies On His Brother For Middle East Policy Advice

Jeb Bush admitted that his brother, former President George W. Bush, was his most trusted adviser on U.S.-Israel policy.

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In Challenging the Supreme Court, Republicans Challenge the Constitution

The upcoming SCOTUS marriage equality ruling is just another opportunity for Republicans to challenge the constitutionality of the Consitution

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The White House Blasts “Desperate” John Boehner and Tells Him To Do His Job

After John Boehner called for both Hillary Clinton and President Obama to do his job for him, a fed up White House blasted the Speaker of the House by calling him desperate, and telling him to do his job.

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Religious Right Leader Rick Wiles is Fascinated by Obama’s Privates

You know the Religious Right, and maybe some of its male leaders, have got nothing when they start worrying about Obama’s presidential package

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Pat Robertson Says if We Keep Mocking Him, God Will Smack Us Down

There are a whole bunch of fundamentalists who are upset we don’t take them seriously, which means, of course, that I will keep mocking them

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John Boehner Says We Finally Have a Senate That is Actually Working

Boehner’s reaction to Senate dysfunction is to claim a change of leadership in the Senate has given us a Senate that is actually working.

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Job Killing GOP Governors Have Resumes That Should Disqualify Them From Being President

Governors Walker, Christie, and Jindal have demonstrated that they are job killers, not job creators.

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Bush Campaign Shows Signs Of Unraveling As Jeb Drops To 4th Place In GOP Race

Jeb Bush has dipped to 4th place in a recent poll, and he also seems to be losing out to other candidates on the fundraising front.

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Obama Plans To Stress Fighting Climate Change During Earth Day Visit To Florida Everglades

President Barack Obama plans to visit the Florida Everglades on Wednesday to highlight the urgency of tackling climate change.

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While Israelis Terrorize Christians, Evangelicals Accuse Obama Of Persecuting Christ

What the evangelical right never, never ever, talks about is the persecution, barbarism, and hatred targeting Christians at the hands of Israeli Jews in the Holy Land and it leads one to wonder if America’s neo-Christians are using President Obama as a surrogate for the Israelis targeting Christians for persecution.

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Latest Poll Shows Hillary Clinton Crushing The Republican Field By Double Digits

A CNN/ORC poll released on Monday finds Hillary Clinton is still dominating the Republican field in the 2016 presidential race.

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Jeb Bush Boards The GOP Crazy Train By Saying Raise The Social Security Retirement Age

While Jeb Bush is often portrayed by the media as the “moderate” Republican candidate, there is nothing moderate about his proposal to raise the social security retirement age.

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For The First Time Since 2009 More Americans Approve Of Obama’s Handling Of The Economy

A Bloomberg Politics poll finds more Americans now approve of President Obama’s handling of the economy than disapprove.

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Obama Attacked for Announcing Cuba is No Longer a State Sponsor of Terror

The resultant Republican freakout is not unexpected, as it violates not only the status quo but further silences the drums of war

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Where The States Stand On “Therapy” that Amounts to Brainwashing the Gay Away

When the President supported a nationwide ban on “Conversion Therapy”, he mentioned the idea of state solutions.

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Religious Right: GOP Will Never Win Presidency if They Soften Gay Rights Stance

The Religious Right thinks, despite all the evidence, that doubling down on anti-gay bigotry will have better results than Indiana

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President Obama Says Scott Walker Needs To Bone Up On Foreign Policy

In an interview with NPR’s Steve Inskeep, President Obama took a jab at Scott Walker’s lack of foreign policy experience.

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Conservative Defense of Indiana’s Hateful RFRA is Awash in a Sea of Lies

Republican and Religious Right damage-control over Indiana’s RFRA is chaotic and entertaining, and as dishonest as the day is long

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Humiliating Home State Poll Numbers For Jeb Bush As He Trails Hillary Clinton in Florida

Even if they put Jeb Bush at the top of the ticket, Republicans are in obvious danger of losing Florida once again.

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Both Conservative And Liberal Pundits Slam New York Times Over Hillary Clinton Email Story

After the New York Times released an article Monday morning regarding the ongoing Hillary Clinton personal email ‘scandal,’ both Media Matters and Fox News went after the paper and the piece’s author for relying solely on anonymous sources and not having actually read any of the emails.

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Does Ted Cruz Actually Think He Can Win in 2016?

“I am running for president and I hope to earn your support,” Ted Cruz tweeted last night. Does he really think he can get it?

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Finally America Will Re-evaluate Unconditional Backing For Israel

Regardless any Americans’ opinion about the Jewish state, giving Israel free taxpayer money is supporting it; like it or not. Many Americans do not like it one bit; especially when this country is falling apart and Americans are hungry.

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Editorial Cartoon: Rubio the Rube

Not only did he sign the letter, he hopes to ride the anti-Obama, anti-Iranian nuclear agreement into the White House.

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Donald Trump Quits TV Show, Forms Exploratory Committee To Kick Off Presidential Campaign

Billionaire Donald Trump has formed an exploratory committee and hired staff for a 2016 presidential run.

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New York Times Editorial Board Slams Netanyahu For Using Racism To Win Israeli Election

Shortly after it became apparent that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud Party had survived a close election and would retain power over the nation’s government, the New York Times released a scathing editorial criticizing Netanyahu for going ugly and utilizing racism and anti-Palestine sentiment to energize far-right Israeli voters.

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John Boehner’s Defense of the GOP Budget is Pure Fiction, if Lies Can be Called Pure

John Boehner wants you to believe the demands of ideology over demonstrable facts, the same recipe that led us to the crash of 2008

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Morning Joe’s Mika Brzezinski Tears Into Ted Cruz For Leading America “Down The Road To War”

During an extended interview segment on Tuesday’s broadcast of Morning Joe, co-host Mika Brzezinski tangled with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) over the letter 47 Republican Senators sent to Iran.

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Even Joe Scarborough Believes Republicans Went Too Far With “Stupid” Iran Letter

During Monday’s broadcast of Morning Joe, co-host Joe Scarborough finally relented and said that the “one-two punch” of House Republicans inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak and the sending of a letter to Iran by 47 GOP Senators was a step too far for the party.

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No, Nancy Pelosi’s Trip to Syria Was Nothing Like “Tehran Tom’s” Iran Letter

Attempts to link Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Syria with Cotton’s Iran letter, fail, as Pelosi was even briefed by the White House before she went

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GOP Senators Who Signed Treasonous Iran Letter Called “Traitors” By New York Daily News

On the cover of its Tuesday edition, the New York Daily News featured a picture of four Republican Senators with the caption “Traitors” in huge bold letters underneath in response to the letter 47 GOP Senators sent to Iran undermining President Obama’s negotiations with the country.

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Obama White House Rips Senate Republicans For Their Treasonous Letter To Iran

Press Secretary Josh Earnest was asked about the Senate Republican letter to Iran where they promised to undermine any agreement that President Obama makes on their nuclear program.

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47 GOP Senators Send Open Letter To Iran, Warning They Can Undo Any Deal Made With Obama

47 GOP Senators signed a letter to Iran, warning them that Republicans were prepared to undermine any nuclear agreement reached with the US.

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Jeb Bush Tells Iowans Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton Let Us Down

Jeb Bush can look at an Iraq wracked by civil war and marauding barbarians, and somehow imagine that America power is a force for good.

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50 Years Later, John Lewis Is In Congress, Our President Is Black, But Selma Fight Isn’t Over

It is not enough simply to remember Selma. The courageous men and women on the Edmund Pettus Bridge could not be deterred by brutal force. They marched forward with undaunted courage, staring death in the face. Members of Congress who lack the minimal courage required to pass legislation protecting the right to vote, have no business paying tribute to the marchers in Selma. By their inaction, their allegiance lies with the Alabama State Troopers who turned the marchers around.

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Fox News Ignores Latest Jobs Report Showing Lowest Unemployment Rate In Seven Years

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released February’s jobs numbers on Friday showing that the unemployment rate ticked down to 5.5%, the lowest rate the country has seen since May 2008, months before the financial crisis that rocked the American economy and led to huge job losses.

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Kansas Secretary Of State Says Blacks Might Not Be Prosecuted For Crimes Because Of Obama

Kris Kobach agreed with a caller that under Obama, eventually “any black person accused of a crime… is not going to be prosecuted.”

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John McCain Tag Teams With Morning Joe To Label Obama’s Foreign Policy As “Delusional”

On Monday morning, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) did what he does best, which is preen for the cameras and make a couple of appearances on cable news shows. McCain made his way over to MSNBC’s studio for an extended sit down with the Morning Joe crew.

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5 Big Whoppers from Speaker Boehner

Unwilling to do anything to help Americans, John Boehner concocts some more self-serving lies to blame Obama for his own failings

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Rudy Giuliani Says He Can’t Be Racist Because President Obama’s Mother Was White

After claiming that President Obama doesn’t love America at a dinner Wednesday night, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani told the New York Times Thursday that his comments cannot be deemed racist because the President was raised and taught by white people.

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Republicans Use Deficit Lie To Try To Cut Health Care While Increasing Military Spending

Republicans are looking for ways to increase the already bloated defense budget they claim is woefully underfunded. And, as is their wont, they are targeting domestic programs due to their regard for the “out-of-control” and “unsustainable deficit.”

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Here’s The Facts On What President Obama Is Doing To Combat Violent Extremism

The President put violent extremism into context when he said of the Chapel Hill shootings, “Many Muslim Americans are worried and afraid. We stand with you.”

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Call off the Bombers, Franklin Graham Says ISIL Will Bow Down to Jesus

“One thing is for sure – one day every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father”

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The Countering Violent Extremism Summit Will Not Ignore Homegrown Terrorism

Despite the insistence of Republicans that the War on Terror is unidirectional, that it extends only outward, in the direction of Islam, it is omnidirectional, and extends inward as well as outward. The Western World, like the Middle East, is facing terror from within. Fox News and Republican politicians would have you believe that Islam…

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Push to boost defense spending puts GOP in budget bind

Pressing Pentagon demands in a time of terror threats and Islamic State militants have put newly empowered congressional Republicans in a bind.

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Legislative Paralysis Strikes Capitol Hill Under New Republican Congress

The new Republican-dominated Congress has proven unable to pass significant legislation. So far they have passed just two bills into law.

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President Obama’s Greatest Accomplishment Is Exposing Un-American Republicans

it is worth taking stock of the current President for two specific reasons. First, what Barack Obama accomplished that will cement his place in history as one of the country’s greatest Presidents, including his greatest accomplishment of all. And second, to challenge the President’s detractors on just a sampling of the mountain of lies they have spouted since before Obama was even inaugurated and continue unabated.

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John Boehner Shares his Scott Walker-Like Delusions About Foreign Policy

You might remember how John Boehner went all Stepford-like on Fox News Sunday and screamed that he was going to shutdown Homeland Security, and oh by the way it’s all Obama’s fault? If you didn’t watch the entire interview, you missed a few other Boehner nuggets. This is what Boehner is saying, that his interview…

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The Koch Agenda Brings Pain And Woe To People In Republican Controlled Red States

Because they own most of the Republican state’s governors and legislatures, it is there that the Kochs’ ideology is doing the most damage that their GOP surrogates are unrepentant about.

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Boehner Plucks OK Gov. Mary Fallin to Repeat his Keystone XL Lies in Weekly Address

In the final analysis this is government of, by, and for the people, not a group of oil-drenched Koch-whores in Congress

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Obama Limits Use Of Ground Troops in Proposed ISIL Fight Authorization

The following is a Letter from the President to the U.S. Congress regarding authorization for the Use of United States Armed Forces in connection with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

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Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention Act to be Signed into Law by President Obama Thursday

Something is finally about to be done about veteran suicide prevention, as Senate, House, and President join to make the Clay Hunt Act law.

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The Truth, “No president in history has done more for Israel’s security than Obama”

Republicans hope to paint Democrats as “anti-American” “Nazis” if they don’t attend Netanyahu’s speech, but President Obama has done more for Israel’s security than any other president.

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Critics Claim Hillary Has an Income Inequality Problem

Have we really reached the point where asking the wealthy to pay their fair share of taxes is a form of vilification?

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Israeli Official: Boehner And Netanyahu Conspired “To Defy and Humiliate President Obama”

Obviously Boehner is frustrated that he has been outplayed and out-maneuvered at every turn by the President, and lacking the wherewithal to take on the President himself, he marshaled support and conspired with a foreigner, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to “defy and humiliate President Obama.”

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Hillary Clinton Is Building Her Democratic Army As The GOP’s Worst Nightmare Comes True

She hasn’t even announced yet, and Hillary Clinton’s campaign is looking like an incumbent’s reelection campaign.

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Poll: Hillary Clinton Way Ahead Of GOP Opponents In Key Swing States

Hillary Clinton has large leads over the field of GOP contenders in three key swing states.

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Obama Stands Firm On Protecting Social Security In 2016 Budget

Republicans hope to create a social security crisis, but President Obama has declared that he has no desire to indulge them in that fantasy.

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Chris Christie Thinks Parents Should Be Able To Avoid Having Their Children Vaccinated

During an impromptu news conference in England Monday, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie told reporters that parents in America should have a choice when it comes to providing their children with vaccinations for certain diseases.

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Democrats Slam Boehner for Using Netanyahu To Undermine President Obama

House Democrats accused Speaker Boehner of undermining the President’s foreign policy and inviting a foreign leader to influence United States policy.

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Device, possibly aerial drone, found on White House grounds

Police, fire and other emergency vehicles swarmed around the White House in the predawn hours, with several clustered near the southeast entrance to the mansion. The White House was dark and the entire perimeter was on lockdown until around 5 a.m., when those who work in the complex were allowed inside.

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Obama to cut short India trip to pay call on Saudi Arabia

President Barack Obama will shorten his trip to India and divert to Saudi Arabia, paying respects after the death of King Abdullah and meeting with the oil-rich nation’s new monarch, the White House said Saturday.

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The GOP’s Gay Sex Obsession Hurts America – Can We Get Some Jobs?

I’m not seeing anything remotely relevant or meaningful coming out of right wing circles any time soon, until they work out their sexual frustrations

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Republicans’ Allegiance Is to Israel; Not America

It is obvious now that America is not in an ‘official war,’ Republicans need a fear-mongering diatribe from Netanyahu on the pressing necessity for anything to draw America into another Middle East war

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The GOP Wants to Turn America into the Ultimate No-Go Zone

Republicans want to replace the laws of physics and say, “This is how reality works now” but you can’t legislate reality out of existence

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The Lame Duck President’s Not So Lame State Of The Union Speech

I was privileged to watch a chamber full of sullen, petulant, mostly far-right and white, wealthy Koch puppets, largely sitting on their hands as second term President Barack Obama, gave them a not so subtle dressing down.

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Obama’s Brilliant State of the Union Wasted On Stupid Anti-Government Americans

For the past seven years President Barack Obama has delivered prescient State of the Union speeches that should appeal to the majority of Americans regardless of their party affiliation except for one small detail; he represents the federal government.

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