Cue the Weeping and Knashing of Teeth: From The Atlantic: “Despite having once threatened to veto the bill due to controversial language about the treatment of suspected terrorists, the president signed the controversial National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law on Saturday. Barack Obama did not keep his lingering concerns about aspects of the bill [...]

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Hope and Change. From employed to unemployed in 2011! “In 2008, the youth vote helped sweep Barack Obama into office. Americans 18-29 spread the word on social media, energized fundraising and went to the polls. In 2012, the youth vote is moving on and throwing those omnipresent “Hope” bumper stickers and t-shirts in garbage bins. [...]

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This kind of thing happens on both sides, but lately it’s been on the side that’s been working to help Barack Obama get reelected. “A Democratic fundraiser was found guilty Friday of engineering a $21 million bank fraud scheme. Courtney Dupree was convicted of vastly overstating the billings of his Long Island City-based lighting company [...]

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I’ll admit it, I’m one of those who felt Boehner gave in too soon on the payroll tax showdown, but it’s like, “Who knew“? “It appeared, remarkably, that 89 United States senators voted to pass a bill making a major change to the payroll tax without bothering to ask the companies that actually process payrolls [...]

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Well here you go, Ron Paul could claim he’s already stimulating the economy. Well at least when it comes to prompting people to buy more Kelly Clarkson records. “NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — A word of advice to prospective American Idol contestants: vote libertarian. One day after she announced her support for Republican presidential candidate Ron [...]

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