Charity is Overrated: Texas Republican Joe Barton Has Some Questions to Answer

April 6, 2009

An old DC game with a new culprit: “The top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee operates a tax-exempt foundation that has raised donations from the industries his committee oversees, while giving less than a quarter of the foundation’s money to charitable causes.” Barton, a powerful member, is now in the crosshairs.

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Lanny Davis, Starbucks, Costco and Whole Foods: Can They Resurrect Card Check?

April 6, 2009

Salena Zito describes the push for a “Plan B” for failed card check legislation. “Although organized labor and business will passionately disagree, the reality is that when Sen. Arlen Specter, R- Pa., jumped off the labor-friendly bandwagon (taking Sen. Diane Feinstein, D-Calif., with him), the bill lost its mojo.” But it’s not dead yet.

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Latest Assets Australia's Got On the Rest of the World

April 6, 2009

This screams “top forward of the day,” so it deserves a nod: “Forty percent of Australian women now buy bras with a cup size of DD or higher, new figures from lingerie suppliers show.” In health terms, rise in obesity and use of contraceptive pills is to blame. If you can use the word “blame.”

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Binghamton Rampage Leaves 13 Dead, 26 Wounded

April 3, 2009

As many as 13 people have been shot dead and another 26 wounded in a shooting rampage inside an upstate New York civic association building that caters to immigrants, according to federal and state authorities.

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Hostages Taken, Fatalities at NY Immigration Center

April 3, 2009

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. – A gunman walked into an immigration services center in downtown Binghamton on Friday, killing an unknown number of people, wounding at least six and taking as many as 41 hostage, officials said.

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Obama's French Townhall Features Little French

April 3, 2009

President Obama held a much ballyhooed town hall in Strasbourg, France, on Friday, touted by the White House as an outreach to Europeans on the second leg of the president’s “listening” tour.

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Court: Same Sex Couples Can Marry in Iowa, Civil Unions Unconstitutional

April 3, 2009

In a unanimous decision released Friday morning, the Iowa Supreme Court has overturned Iowa’s law limiting marriage rights to opposite-sex couples, clearing the way for same-sex couples to marry across the Hawkeye State beginning later this month.

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Obama Issues Warning as North Korea Preps Rocket

April 3, 2009

WASHINGTON – As North Korea fueled a multistage rocket Thursday for its threatened satellite launch, President Barack Obama promised a “stern” response and Japan vowed to press for an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council. Senior U.S. defense officials said that trailers and vehicles carrying rocket propellant were in place at North Korea’s coastal […]

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Krauthammer: Obama's Ultimate Agenda

April 3, 2009

WASHINGTON — Five minutes of explanation to James Madison, and he’ll have a pretty good idea what a motorcar is (basically a steamboat on wheels; the internal combustion engine might take a few minutes more). Then try to explain to Madison how the Constitution he fathered allows the president to unilaterally guarantee the repair or […]

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The Death of the New York City Democrat: They're All Republicans Now

April 3, 2009

In Washington, Democrats won the White House and expanded their control of Congress. Albany is run by a Democratic governor, Democratic Assembly leader and a Democratic Senate majority leader. Everywhere New Yorkers look, Democratic dominion is spreading. Except in New York City.

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