Sierra Club Stands By Odd Kazakhstan Blog Post
Successful Kazakh PR work?
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Edward Snowden Is Not A Fan Of Spying On Foreign Citizens, Either
The NSA leaker says the government can read people’s emails, and that’s wrong no matter which country they live in.
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Miss Alabama Loves The NSA
Miss Alabama Mary Margaret McCord, who finished second in the Miss USA pageant, said she would “rather someone track my phone messages and feel safe wherever I go than feel like they’re encroaching on my privacy.”
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Same-Sex Couples, A Widow, And A Nation Wait On The Supreme Court
Many outcomes are possible in the challenges to California’s Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act that are due to be decided by the justices in the coming weeks. A complex path got the cases — and the country — to a moment of waiting.
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The Last 14 Presidents With Their Children
Happy Father’s Day!
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Video: Congressman Claims He Was Told Government Could Listen To Phone Calls Without A Warrant
Democratic New York Rep. Jerrold Nadler claims he was told in a closed-door briefing that the NSA could listen to a specific phone call, and get a call’s “contents” without a warrant, based solely on an analyst’s decision. FBI Director Robert Mueller said that wasn’t true. Nadler said he asked the same question at the closed-door briefing where he received the different answer. Update Rep. Nadler in a statement to BuzzFeed says: “I am pleased that the administration has reiterated that, as I have always believed, the NSA cannot listen to the content of Americans’ phone calls without a specific warrant.” Update 2 The DNI responds in a statement to claims the NSA can listen to phone calls without a warrant.
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Sarah Palin On Syria: "Let Allah Sort It Out"
Speaking at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority Conference in Washington, D.C., Sunday, Palin criticized the Obama administration supplying Syrian rebels with weapons.
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53 Senators Skipped A Classified Briefing On NSA Snooping
Most Senators opted for a long weekend instead of sticking around for a briefing on government surveillance that was held two-and-a-half hours after their final vote Thursday.
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Phyllis Schlafly: Obama Administration Trying To "Ban All Public Attention To Religion"
The longtime conservative activist and anti-feminist was speaking at the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s conference in Washington D.C. Friday.
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Faith And Freedom Coalition Speaker Tells Republicans: "Don’t Pander To Hispanics"
“I thought it was deplorable that Senator Kaine decided to deliver an entire speech on the Senate floor last week in Spanish,” said Carlos Curbelo, a speaker at the Faith and Freedom Coalition conference Friday and a Miami-Dade County School Board member.
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Terry McAuliffe Wrote Of Intimate Moment With Yasser Arafat With A Kiss And Leg Rubs
“Finally it was time to go and as we stood up to shake hands Arafat laid a big ole wet kiss right on my lips.”
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Edward Snowden Brings Harmony To Washington
It’s no surprise that most Republicans and Democrats are speaking from the same script on NSA. Because they’re all responsible.
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Social Conservatives See Winning Argument In Abortion, Marriage Debate
The message at the Faith and Freedom Coalition conference: Don’t stop talking about abortion and marriage. “The Republican social issues we believe in are more popular than our economic agenda,” said one speaker.
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Republican Nominee For VA. Lieutenant Governor: Obama Used Trayvon Martin’s Death To "Divide Us By Race"
E.W. Jackson was appearing on the Christian Broadcasting Network in March 2012.
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The 17 Greatest Things About The Congressional Baseball Game
The real inside baseball.
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The Literal Army It Takes To Get The President To Africa
Wow.
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Obama Celebrates LGBT Pride, Ignores Executive Order Controversy
“[W]e’ve got to end LGBT discrimination in the places where we work,” Obama told the assembled crowd Thursday. Obama has not acted to end LGBT discrimination by federal contractors, a move he said he would support if elected president.
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Karl Rove Had Some Good Advice For The Republican Party To Win The Youth Vote In 1972
The 21-year-old Rove appeared in a CBS report on the Nixon campaign where he said the Republican Party couldn’t expect to win youth votes when the efforts in outreach are not run by fellow youth.
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A “Mellower” Anthony Weiner Rejects His Reputation As A Bad Boss
The former congressman defends himself against a damaging New York Times article. “That’s the other thing about the story. I don’t do salads.”
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What Is — And Is Not — Likely To Happen In Syria
A national security expert listened in on the White House’s Syria call Thursday. Here are her takeaways. “We didn’t get any closer to a no-fly zone today.”
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Cato Scholars Defend NSA, Libertarians Revolt
“I doubt the authors speak for most others at Cato and they certainly don’t speak for the broader movement,” says one unhappy libertarian.
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U.S. Will Provide Military Support To Syrian Rebels
U.S. has concluded Assad used chemical weapons, but no details yet on the specific military support that will be provided.
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White House Says Syrian Regime Used Chemical Weapons, Military Plans No-Fly Zone
The Assad regime used chemical weapons to kill more than 100 rebels.
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John McCain Jumps The Gun By Announcing That Obama Will Arm The Syrian Rebels
Oops.
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LGBT Members Of Congress Push President Obama On Workplace Protections
Representatives Maloney, Polis, Takano and Pocan offer their thoughts on ENDA, President Obama and the executive order LGBT advocates are hoping he’ll sign.
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Marco Rubio Still A Favorite Among Social Conservatives
The Florida senator has recently been the target of some friendly fire on the right, but at the start Faith and Freedom Coalition conference, he’s the star of the show.
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Intelligence Committee Chair: Court Order Not Needed To Search Metadata
Also says Congress will push for legislation to limit how much access contractors have to classified information.
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Marco Rubio Veers Right On Gay Issues
After previously taking care to avoid personal positions on several LBGT issues, the Florida senator got personal on same-sex couples’ immigration rights and “special protections” in the workplace.
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Steve King: Aliens Invaded My Office
The “brazen,” “illegal alien” variety, he tweeted.
