How many people think we should send her to Afghanistan with flowers for the Taliban? Here’s the thing: the only thing that Islam understands is force. It’s a religion of violence, and force is the only thing that they respect. Attorney General Loretta Lynch told Florida’s LGBT community that the “most effective” weapon at America’s […]
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The specter of Donald Trump’s presidential nomination being ripped from under him in a nastily contested Republican National Convention next month is alive — again. Anti-Trump forces appeared to have been defeated after he ousted his remaining opponents from the race in early May and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Speaker Paul D. Ryan
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said lawmakers will vote this week on an amendment that would expand the FBI’s ability to conduct online surveillance and allow the bureau to compel internet companies for their customers’ browsing history and other records without a warrant. Mr. McConnell, Kentucky Republican, said Monday the proposal would strengthen the ability
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Rifts have emerged between U.S. military leaders and the Obama White House on Washington’s future role in Libya, with the generals questioning the White House’s argument that the recent success against Islamic State shows Libya can go it alone in the fight against terrorism, without direct U.S. assistance. Marine Corps Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, the White
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Sen. Harry Reid took nearly $5,000 in campaign cash from the National Rifle Association the last time he ran for election — which made his vicious attack on the gun group Tuesday striking. After watching his gun control plans founder the night before in competing votes on the Senate floor, the Nevada lawmaker blamed the
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The Clinton Foundation has collected more than $2 billion in revenue since it formed — but has given only the tiniest fraction to veterans groups, instead preferring to focus on international causes and in-house operations that provide far more control and less transparency. Meanwhile, a separate private charity, the Clinton Family Foundation, has donated about
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And the rest of us question Donald’s faith… Via CNN: Donald Trump argued Tuesday that the American public knows very little about Hillary Clinton’s religion, raising questions about how it will impact her leadership should she become president. “We don’t know anything about Hillary in terms of religion,” he said, speaking to a group of
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Idaho ranked No. 22 nationally in a new report that examines a range of child welfare issues. But that same study gave Idaho lackluster scores on education issues — largely because of the state’s chronic pre-K shortage. On Tuesday, the Annie E. Casey Foundation released its 2016 edition of the KIDS COUNT Data Book. Titled “State
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Congressman Raul Labrador says he could get behind efforts to knock out Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention, but only if different kingmakers were leading the charge. If the plans were to put a conservative at the top of the ticket – such as Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, Rand Paul of Kentucky or
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It was only a matter of time before the tolerance of the progressives became violently intolerant, since they only tolerate people they agree with. Via BBC News: In this Saturday photo, police remove Michael Steven Sandford as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the Treasure Island hotel and casino in Las Vegas. Sandford, a
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Three Idaho charter schools run the risk of a midyear financial collapse, and are on notice with the state. Idaho’s Public Charter School Commission has issued notices of fiscal concern to Blackfoot Charter Community Learning Center in Blackfoot; Syringa Mountain School in Hailey; and The Village Charter School in Boise. The three schools received more
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Update: The Twin Falls Times-News reports today that Twin Falls Police Chief Craig Kingsbury and county Prosecutor Grant Loebs briefed the City Council and public last night about the June 2 incident that led to false internet reports about a gang-rape by Syrian refugees. The incident involved three boys aged 7, 10 and 14 and
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Maybe the Russians will tell us all the dirty little secrets that the Clinton Foundation is keeping hushed up? Or maybe they will start to release classified emails from her personal server? That could be a November Surprise for Hillary. Via Bloomberg: The Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation was among the organizations breached by
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From the Idaho Statesman: The Senate voted Monday on four gun proposals intended to keep guns out of terrorists’ hands. None received enough votes to pass. “It is not surprising that some are trying to use recent tragedy to change the Second Amendment rights in our Constitution,” Sen. Mike Crapo said in a combined press release with Sen.
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This is adjusted for inflation. It shows the “disruptive technology” that the internet brought about to the mainstream media. Based on newspaper data released yesterday by the Pew Research Center (“Newspapers: Fact Sheet “) including figures for annual newspaper advertising revenue, I was able to update the chart above through 2015. I’ve featured this chart
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Mass hunger in Venezuela has led to riots, with police arresting a number of people for looting, vandalism, and allegedly organizing the protests. And earlier today, a gunman stormed the Central Bank headquarters in Caracas, reportedly looking for board members and injuring two security officers before being shot and killed. Venezuela has faced countless shortages created by its centrally-planned economy, and
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The Senate voted down four separate gun control proposals earlier tonight, leading to much hand-wringing by liberals, who have ratcheted the rhetoric up to eleven in order to take advantage of the emotions surrounding the Orlando massacre to get the gun control measures they’ve always supported passed. That tact requires certain dangerous misrepresentations of reality. Just this
Via Reason Magazine: New York’s state Senate has passed a bill, which now awaits action from Gov. Andrew Cuomo, that would make it a crime to advertise an entire apartment for rent for a period of fewer than 30 days. First offenders would be fined $1,000, but that would balloon to $7,500 for a third
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Catherine Mulbrandon over at Visualizing Economics provides the attached graph showing the US inflation rate from 1790-2015. She blames inflation on the Federal Reserve Bank. Perhaps she is right. However, the USA effectively abandoned the gold standard in 1933 and completely severed the link between the dollar and gold in 1971.
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More info on how western states are trying to deal with the federal land grabs. Via Idaho Weekly Politics: A bill suggested by county commissioners from Idaho and authored by Congressman Raúl Labrador, R-Idaho, has been approved by the House Natural Resources Committee. Labrador’s Self-Sufficient Community Lands Act permits state and local management of up