Less than a month after the Facebook summit between founder Mark Zuckerberg and leading conservatives, the tense relationship between Silicon Valley and conservatives has taken a turn for the worse. There was more uproar on the right Monday over moves by two top websites to suppress information about the Orlando mass shooter’s ties to the […]
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It takes a village™ Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign rolled out a multimillion-dollar ad campaign this week in eight battleground states across the country, offering an early glimpse of what’s likely to be an unprecedented advertising war leading up to the November election. The commercials — which will air in Colorado, Florida, Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina,
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Apple has decided it won’t provide funding, technology or other assistance for the Republican National Convention in Cleveland next month as a direct result of controversial comments made by presumptive nominee Donald Trump, Politico reported Saturday. Despite contributing towards previous conventions — including roughly $140,000 worth of equipment split between both parties in 2008 —
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Yet it’s OK for Obama to sell guns to Mexican cartels. From The Washington Times: Attorney General Loretta Lynch overruled FBI Director James B. Comey this week, saying the Obama administration does support denying firearms sales to those on terrorist watch lists and that it can be done without harming investigations. Mr. Comey last year
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Via CBS News: The co-owner of a Florida gun store says his employees contacted law enforcement before the Orlando shooting after gunman Omar Mateen attempted to purchase body armor and ammunition. Robbie Abell, co-owner of Lotus Gunworks, said Thursday his workers had a gut feeling about Mateen when he came to the store four or
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Via The Washington Post: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), the elder Republican statesman, said President Obama was “directly responsible” for the terror attack in Orlando due to his failure to combat the rise of the Islamic State terror group. McCain’s statement goes beyond the criticism of Obama that has been leveled by his Republican colleagues in
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In a newsletter from Idaho Congressman Raul Labrador’s office today: “The House passed an important bill this week to strip the IRS of a tool the agency used to harass nonprofit and charitable groups and threaten First Amendment Rights. The Preventing IRS Abuse and Protecting Free Speech Act prohibits the IRS from requiring tax-exempt organizations
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I didn’t even realize that there were 249 Democrats in the State of Idaho. ?
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From the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho’s unemployment rate in May remained unchanged from the previous month at 3.7 percent. The Idaho Department of Labor in a news release Friday says gains in construction, financial activities and other services were offset by weaker-than-expected performance in manufacturing and wholesale trade. Other industries that were
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The United States government owns 47% of all land in the West. In some states, including Oregon, Utah and Nevada, the majority of land is owned by the federal government. Idaho’s Congressman Raul Labrador asks for 2% back, and the Dems go hermantile.An Eye on Boise at the Spokesman Review : The House Natural Resources
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Booze is only avaialbe to those willing to pay for VIP seats. How egalitarian. Via Betsy Russell’s blog An Eye on Boise at the Spokesman Review: Idaho’s State Board of Education today voted to ban alcohol sales at most home football games at Idaho universities for the coming season – including to ticket-holders at Boise State University and
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Here’s a totalitarian view for you, asking the President to overthrown the US Constitution. From The Washington Times: Vox Media writer Dylan Matthews drew social media ire on Thursday when he called for President Obama to “unilaterally” deny Americans their constitutionally protected rights. “This is not Dems‘ sales pitch but I’m totally down with letting
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