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LETTER: Humorless Cartoon
Bob Englehart's Sunday cartoon was humorless: Trying to find humor in Republican and conservative outrage over four dead Americans in Benghazi; IRS targeting certain Americans including Tea Party groups concerned with gov't waste - like $50 million by the...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Fox News Channel (tv network)
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WRAPUP 2-U.S. reviews security damage from NSA disclosures
Reuters* Booz Allen Hamilton says has fired Snowden * Top Republican calls Snowden "a traitor" * Google and others seek loosening of secrecy on requests * Privacy groups want surveillance programs investigated * Civil liberties group files court challenge...Tags: Hong Kong, Culture, U.S. Congress, General Contracting, Elections
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Letters to the Editor: Ozzie & Harriet, lung transplant, tea party
Ozzie & Harriet days Recently, I overheard two women cheering the end of the "Ozzie & Harriet" days. I've since wondered what was so bad about those days. Were there too few no-fault divorces, making both spouses poorer? Too few latch-key kids? Too...Tags: Kathleen Sebelius, Maitland, Illegal Immigrants, National Government, Bithlo
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COLUMN - Obama's overdue reckoning on secrecy
Reuters(David Rohde is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By David Rohde June 7 (Reuters) - All day Thursday, Washington officials from across the political spectrum scrambled to explain reports in the Guardian and Washington Post of...Tags: Skype, Entertainment Events, Twitter, Inc., Dianne Feinstein, Lindsey O. Graham
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Lawmakers mostly support U.S. surveillance programs
Reuters* Media reports prompt controversy * Left and right upset, but not center * Obama unapologetic, invites debate By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, June 7 (Reuters) - The strongest criticism of President Barack Obama normally comes from the U.S. Congress,...Tags: Lisa Murkowski, U.S. Congress, Lindsey O. Graham, Bob Corker, National Government
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IRS manager: White House not involved in reviews
WASHINGTON (AP) — A self-described conservative Republican who is a manager in the Internal Revenue Service office that targeted tea party groups told investigators that he, not the White House, set the review in motion, the top Democrat on the...
Tags: Republican Party, Employees, CBS Corp., IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
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Trusting Big Brother in the prolonged war on terror
Every time I drive between Baltimore and Washington and come upon those big, spooky National Security Agency buildings in Fort Meade, I have cinematic thoughts about what goes on inside. I imagine the best and brightest of surveillance nerds spying on...Tags: Sports, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Personal Weapon Control, Roman Catholic Sex Abuse Scandal, U.S. Congress
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Bad signs on immigration
Even as the Senate takes up the issue of immigration reform this week, Republicans are increasingly giving indications that the effort isn't likely to go very far. First, it was Sen. Marco Rubio's dance around the issue — repeatedly speaking out...Tags: Medicaid, Rick Perry, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Raul Labrador, John Cornyn
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Column: Too sweet to kill
The steamboat conveying Andrew Jackson up the Ohio River toward his tumultuous 1829 inauguration had brooms lashed to its bow, symbolizing Old Hickory’s vow to clean up Washington. But sweeping out Washington’s Augean stables, like painting...Tags: International Trade, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Ted Cruz, The Washington Post
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President Big Brother says don't worry about federal spying
Last week, when Americans learned of a massive erosion of our freedom, also marked the 64th anniversary of the publication of George Orwell's "1984." If you haven't read it, please do so. If you read it years ago, read it again. The movie doesn't count....Tags: U.S. Congress, The Washington Post, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Wars and Interventions, National Government
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Sugar Guarantees Too Sweet A Deal To Kill
The Hartford CourantThe steamboat conveying Andrew Jackson up the Ohio River toward his tumultuous 1829 inauguration had brooms lashed to its bow, symbolizing Old Hickory's vow to clean up Washington. But sweeping out Washington's Augean stables, like painting the Golden...Tags: Andrew Jackson, Politics, Marco Rubio, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
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Cummings calls for end to IRS probe
Arguing that the congressional investigation into the IRS should be concluded, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings said Sunday that closed-door interviews with the agency's staff show neither the White House nor officials in Washington had a hand in targeting...
Tags: State of the Union Address, Internal Revenue Service, Politics, Taxation, CNN (tv network)
Jun 11, 2013
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Jun 11, 2013
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Jun 7, 2013
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Jun 7, 2013
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Jun 10, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
Jun 8, 2013
|Column| Baltimore Sun
Jun 10, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jun 9, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
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|Column| Chicago Tribune
Jun 9, 2013
|Column| Hartford Courant
Jun 9, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
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