Media
Glenn Beck's New Conspiracy Theory About Obama and the Oval Office is a Doozy
Glenn Beck is upset that when President Obama delivered his remarks laying out his plans for confronting ISIS last night, he did not do so from the Oval Office, suggesting that this is all part of Obama's effort to fundamentally transform the nation by erasing America's image of what the presidency represents.
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Inside Washington
Likely 2016 GOP Presidential Candidate: To Know Obama, Read 'Mein Kampf'
In an interview with Newsmax host J.D. Hayworth, Ben Carson said that if people want to know the truth about President Obama, they should simply “read ‘Mein Kampf’ and read the works of Vladimir Lenin.” “Mein Kampf,” of course, was written by Adolf Hitler and is filled with anti-Communist diatribes.
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Immigration
GOP Candidate and Top Anti-Immigrant Activist Charged With Child Sexual Abuse
Maryland GOP politician Michael Hethmon, who also serves as senior counsel for the Immigration Reform Law Institute, has been charged with child sexual abuse over claims that he molested an 8-year-old girl, according to WUSA.
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Civil Rights & Social Justice
He Removed One Letter on His Resume, and Suddenly He Started Hearing from Companies
That old nursery rhyme we learned as children isn’t quite true anymore. Sticks and stones may break your bones, but your name can hurt your chances of getting a job.
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Civil Rights & Social Justice
Hillary Clinton Manages to Say Something Meaningful About Ferguson and Racism
It took her almost three weeks, but likely 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton finally said something about the shooting and killing of Michael Brown and what’s transpired since.
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Civil Rights & Social Justice
Ben Stein: Michael Brown 'Wasn't Unarmed. He Was Armed With His Incredibly Strong, Scary Self'
In an interview with Newsmax’s Steve Malzberg, conservative pundit Ben Stein insisted that Michael Brown, the black teenager who was shot to death by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, “wasn’t unarmed” because he was “armed with his incredibly strong, scary self.”
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Civil Rights & Social Justice
Battlestar Galactica's Profound Warning About the Militarization of Police
In Battlestar Galactica there’s a scene where President Laura Roslyn and chief military Commander William Adama debate how to respond to the potential rioting of civilians. In the absence of a police force capable of handling the situation, Roslyn wants the military to police the civilians. Adama tells her the military won’t be her cops.
“There’s a reason you separate the military and the police,” he says. “One figh
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Religion
Former GOP Majority Leader: God Always Intended for Jesus Christ to Get into American Politics
"We've got to rewrite the federal government," DeLay proclaimed. "Let's bring Jesus Christ back into our political system and stand for him unashamedly because none of this is going to happen without God."
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