#373076
"During the roughly two years of Arab Spring protests that confronted authoritarian governments with popular uprisings, Clinton’s State Department approved $66 million worth of so-called Category 14 exports -- defined as "toxicological agents, including chemical agents, biological agents and associated equipment" -- to nine Middle Eastern governments that either donated to the Clinton Foundation or whose affiliated groups paid Bill Clinton speaking fees," IBTimes reports.
#373077
Republican FEC Commissioner Lee Goodman acknowledged that he’s been exercising his “discretion” to hold up complaints against Republican and conservative groups.
#373078
The name "Marcus Luttrell" may be most recognizable from the multi-million dollar, blockbuster movie and best-selling novel, "Lone Survivor." But, on Wednesday, Luttrell could be seen standing behind Gov. Rick Perry as he launched his second presidential bid.
#373079
Remember the Patient Deflection and Unaffordable Care Act, rammed through Congress by the Obama administration in its heady, early days? The bureaucratic monstrosity overseen by the Internal Revnue Service that was going to provide 'health care' for all Americans at an 'affordable' price? Yeah, neither does the New York Times:Just a few years ago, lawmakers in this left-leaning state viewed President Obama’s Affordable Care Act as little more than a pit stop on the road to a far more ambitious goal: single-payer, universal health care for all residents.Then things unraveled. The online insurance marketplace that Vermont built to enroll people in private coverage under the law had extensive technical failures. The problems soured public and legislative enthusiasm for sweeping health care changes just as Gov. Peter Shumlin needed to build support for his complex single-payer plan. Finally, Mr. Shumlin, a Democrat, shelved the plan in December, citing the high cost to taxpayers. He called the decision “the greatest disappointment of my political life.”Priceless: 'Things unraveled.' All by themselves and just like that -- poof! Who could have seen any of this coming?As the United States Supreme Court prepares to rule in a case that could gut a major element of the Affordable Care Act — federal subsidies for low- and middle-income people — Vermont should have little to worry about. Only states that use the federally run insurance marketplace stand to lose subsidies if the court rules against the Obama administration, and Vermont is among the 14 states that fully run their own.But even though its residents’ subsidies appear safe for now, Vermont stands as a cautionary tale. Despite an eventual cost of up to $200 million in federal funds, its online marketplace, or exchange, is still not fully functional, while disgust with the system is running deep among residents and lawmakers alike.Meanwhile, the hopes for a single-payer system, once tantalizingly close, may be lost for years. Under such a system, the government operates one health insurance plan for all residents, covering their medical costs instead of having private insurers do it.“It’s just been a spectacular crash, really,” said State Representative Chris Pearson, a member of Vermont’s Progressive Party. “We’ve gone from this vision of being the first state to achieve universal health care, to limping along and struggling to comply with the Affordable Care Act.”And they won't learn a damn thing from it, either.
#373080
A new Pew Research Center poll finds that the percentage of Americans who see immigrants as a “burden” is on the rise, while the percentage who think immigrants strengthen the country is on the decline.
#373081
A pastor on the South Side is asking Republicans to talk to his flock after what he says are 50 years of disappointment from the other party.
#373082
(Reuters) - Baltimore's top prosecutor plans to seek a protective order that would block the release of Freddie Gray's autopsy report and other documents as she prosecutes police over his arrest, the Baltimore Sun reported on Thursday. State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby told the newspaper that prosecutors "have a duty to ensure a fair and impartial process for all parties involved" and "will not be baited into litigating this case through the media." Gray, a 25-year-old black man, died on April 19 from a spinal injury suffered in police custody. Mosby has charged six officers with violations ranging from misconduct in office to, in one case, second-degree murder.
#373083
NEW YORK (AP) — An appeals court in New York on Wednesday announced its decision granting a law license to an immigrant who was brought to the United States illegally when he was a child.
#373085
A majority of Americans think trade restrictions are necessary to protect American jobs and oppose giving President Barack Obama fast-track authority to negotiate trade deals that Congress can approve or reject but not amend. Establishment Republicans and Democrats are feverishly
#373086
While water pollution associated with hydraulic fracturing operations has occurred, the revolutionary oil extraction technique has not led to widespread, systematic pollution of drinking water, according to a long-awaited study from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA has worked on the study for nearly five years now. Now with some assurance, the EPA has ...
#373087
The directive stemmed from two secret memos from Justice Department lawyers in 2012, The New York Times reports.
#373088
The Clinton Health Access initiative took up to $10m from the Cameroon Baptist Church's health board. The church's leadership says homosexuality is 'from the devil'.
#373089
When WW first reported that President Barack Obama will visit Portland on May 7, one of the first questions in political circles was what role, if any, would Portland real estate investor Terry Bean p
#373090
An explanation of how the minimum wage can be expected to harm marginal workers (even while it might help others). Want to see more of this kind of thing? Be...
#373091
There was a ton of bad news for Hillary Clinton in two new polls that put the former S
#373092
Most of the illegal immigrant criminals Homeland Security officials released from custody last year were discretionary, meaning the department could have kept them in detention but chose instead to let them onto the streets as their deportation cases moved through the system, according to new numbers from Congress.
#373093
Breaking tonight on CNN is the news that Pamela Geller was in fact one of the beheading targets of 26-year-old Usaama Rahim, a Muslim jihadi that police shot dead yesterday in Boston: Usaamah Rahim...
#373094
When my wife and I were about to have our daughter, we, like every parent, went though a painfully exhaustive list of possible names for our newest. One of the names that made the short list ... Read More »
#373095
Same sex marriage is law now. Legal in nearly 40 states. Soon to be heard and likely validated by the United States Supreme Court. It’s in and unlike its fabulously flamboyant fellows you can be sure ... Read More »
#373096
During a hearing today, Representative Duffy exposed some connections between the ExIm Bank and the Clintons.
#373097
Shooting incidents in the city have risen for two straight years, and killings involving a gun have also increased dramatically, officials said Monday. There have been 439 shootings through Sunday ...
#373098
Nobody has the talent for flying as close to the flame, and surviving intact if not undamaged, like Bill and Hillary Clinton. The revelation Wednesday in this newspaper, that the Clintons set up and kept hidden a foundation in Sweden to receive $26 million from Swedish government interests, writes a new chapter in the chronicles of greed and avarice. What the Clintons were up to is unusually outrageous, imaginatively unethical and probably criminal.
#373099
Under the draft provisions of the latest trade deal to be leaked by Wikileaks, countries could be barred from trying to control where their citizens' personal data is held or whether it's accessible from outside the country. Wikileaks has released 17 documents relating to the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA), currently [...]
#373100
Most Americans, even most liberals, believe the state of moral values in the United States is getting worse, according to a Gallup poll.
