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  • Huffington Post: Time for Eric Holder to go

    Charlie Spiering

    Updated: 12 hr ago

    “We have a message for Attorney General Holder over at http://huffingtonpost.com,” read a message from the Huffington Post political Twitter account earlier this evening. The home page is one big splash calling for Holder’s exit from the Obama administration suggesting that the news...

  • Obama: Increase in domestic terrorism fueled by Internet

    Charlie Spiering

    Published: Thu, May 23, 2013

    During his foreign policy speech this afternoon, President Obama warned that domestic terrorism would increase in the modern age of the Internet. “[T]his threat is not new,” Obama said. “But technology and the Internet increase its frequency and lethality.” Obama warned Americans...

  • Obama promises to convene media group to address Justice Department spying

    Charlie Spiering

    Updated: 18 hr ago

    President Obama indicated in his speech Thursday that he will review the Justice Department guidelines for spying on reporters and promised to “convene a group of media organizations” to hear their concerns. Obama indicated that the Justice Department’s spying on reporters was for the...

  • Sen. Mike Lee: ‘The way Washington works stinks!’

    Charlie Spiering

    Updated: 18 hr ago

    Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, on Thursday objected to the Senate Democrats’ attempt to move the budget bill to conference without assurance that the debt limit increase will not be included in the final report. Lee took the opportunity to explain to critics from both parties why he was doing so.

  • Shorter Anthony Weiner: I was lying to my wife, not to the public

    Charlie Spiering

    Updated: 19 hr ago

    On WNYC radio this morning, host Brian Lehrer asked probably the most prevalent question to former Congressman Anthony Weiner about his Twitter scandal and its effect on his run for mayor. “For some people, the worst of it, and the most relevant part of it, was that you lied publicly when...

  • Pelosi: IRS scandal is ‘wrong’ but ‘not illegal’

    Charlie Spiering

    Updated: 20 hr ago

    During her press conference Thursday morning, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was asked by a reporter whether the Internal Revenue Service scandal would affect Democrats’ election prospects in 2014. “I’ve said before what they did is wrong. The Inspector General has said...

  • NY governor: ‘Shame on us’ if we elect Anthony Weiner

    Charlie Spiering

    Updated: 20 hr ago

    In an editorial board meeting with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the governor was asked by the chairman of Syracuse Media Group, Stephen Rogers, about term limits for legislative leaders. During the conversation, however, Cuomo shared some opinions about electing former Congressman Anthony...

  • VIDEO: Gangster government: Taking the Fifth

    Charlie Spiering

    Updated: 23 hr ago

    In 2009, Washington Examiner columnist Michael Barone coined the term “gangster government” to describe President Obama’s Chicago-style method of government. Back then Barone focused on the administration’s strong-arming of Chrysler bondholders and stifling criticism of Obamacare. In...

  • Jon Stewart mocks IRS officials testifying before Congress

    Charlie Spiering

    Updated: 23 hr ago

    Wednesday night on “The Daily Show,” comedian Jon Stewart mocked IRS officials Lois Lerner, Steven Miller and Douglas Shulman for their lack of forthcoming information about the tax agency targeting conservative groups. “Does anyone here know what the hell happened?” Stewart asked...


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