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  • Chris Christie booed by students for backing Dallas Cowboys

    By Charlie Spiering | 06/18/13 01:20 PM

    Governor Chris Christie elicited boos from students at an elementary school in New Jersey today, after he explained that he was a fan of the Dallas Cowboys – not the New York Jets or the New York Giants. Christie admitted that it probably wasn’t a very popular answer in New Jersey –...

  • Mike Lee and Ted Cruz challenge Obama with new military religious freedom amendments

    By Charlie Spiering | 06/18/13 12:45 PM

    Two military religious freedom amendments proposed by Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas  are challenging the Obama administration after they objected to a similar Amendment proposed in the House. The White House Office of Management and Budget last week criticized a...

  • ‘Skinny’ Chris Christie promises not to wear a Speedo

    By Charlie Spiering | 06/18/13 11:05 AM

    On ‘Morning Joe’ this morning, the slightly thinner Gov. Chris Christie R-N.J. dodged 2016 presidential speculation by announcing that he would not wear a Speedo swimsuit on the Fourth of July. “I can announce I’m not wearing the Speedo on the Fourth of July, that’s something I’m...

  • Greenwald: Obama’s NSA oversight is ‘symbolic and empty’

    By Charlie Spiering | 06/18/13 08:45 AM

    Speaking to CNN’s Jake Tapper Monday, journalist Glenn Greenwald dismissed President Obama’s promises of strict oversight of surveillance programs within the National Security Agency. “It’s totally false,” he said flatly, reminding Tapper that Senate Democrats who actually want to...

  • Poll: Texans want Ted Cruz for president in 2016, not Rick Perry

    By Charlie Spiering | 06/18/13 07:05 AM

    A new Texas Tribune poll examines the popularity of some of the biggest stars in the Republican Party and whether they have support from Texas Republicans in the 2016 presidential campaign. Ted Cruz leads the field with 25 percent of support followed by Sen. Rand Paul at 13 percent and Marco...

  • James O’Keefe targets ‘Obamaphones’ in latest undercover sting

    By Charlie Spiering | 06/18/13 06:40 AM

    James O’Keefe is back – this time targeting cell phone stores participating in the government program to offer free phones to low income individuals – or ‘Obamaphones.’ O’Keefe’s latest video features his investigators getting free phones from a store in Philadelphia, explicitly...

  • Edward Snowden has a pet phoenix (and other interesting Internet memes)

    By Charlie Spiering | 06/17/13 02:20 PM

    NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden may have sounded a little too edgy for reporters during his online Q&A at the Guardian, but the internet is already reveling over his latest statements. We’ve highlighted the top Edward Snowden memes spread that are now trending online. 1.

  • Edward Snowden: 'Being called a traitor by Dick Cheney is the highest honor you can give an American'

    By Charlie Spiering | 06/17/13 12:30 PM

    National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden thumped his chest today in response to being branded a traitor by former Vice President Dick Cheney. “I think he’s a traitor,” Cheney said flatly on ‘FOX News Sunday‘ yesterday. “[I]t’s important to bear in mind I’m being called...

  • Edward Snowden: Google and Facebook 'misleading' their users

    By Charlie Spiering | 06/17/13 12:10 PM

    During a online Q&A on the Guardian this morning, National Security Agency whistle-blower Edward Snowden explained that he believed Facebook and Google were misleading their users about the amount of personal data that they allowed the federal government to access. “Their denials went...

  • Ted Cruz cautions against ‘rush to judgment’ on NSA surveillance programs

    By Charlie Spiering | 06/17/13 10:10 AM

    On “Fox and Friends” Monday morning, Sen. Ted Cruz explained that even though he was concerned about the new revelations of the National Security Agency surveillance programs, he cautioned against Americans rushing to judgment on the issue. “I think it depends on what the contours of the...


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