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  • Obamas’ Next Home: 9 Bedrooms in a Wealthy Washington Neighborhood

    05/26/2016 7:08:11 AM PDT · by BuckeyeTexan · 54 replies
    NYT ^ | May 25, 2016 | Julie Hirschfeld Davis
    WASHINGTON — President Obama and his family plan to move to a mansion in the upscale Kalorama neighborhood of Washington, a mere two miles from the White House, when he leaves office in January, according to people familiar with his plans. Mr. Obama, who has said his family will remain in the capital until his daughter Sasha completes high school in 2018, will rent the 8,200-square-foot, nine-bedroom home, the people said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to reveal his plans. The house — valued around $6 million, according to several real estate websites, with...
  • The story behind the ‘American Dream’ photo at West Point that went viral

    05/25/2016 7:46:18 PM PDT · by BuckeyeTexan · 19 replies
    WaPo ^ | 05/25/2016 | Dan Lamothe
    As 2nd Lt. Alix Schoelcher Idrache stood at attention during the commencement ceremony at West Point, N.Y., on Saturday, he was overcome with emotion. Tears rolled down both cheeks, but his gloved left hand held firm on his white, gold and black “cover,” the dress headgear that Army cadets wear. The photograph of Idrache, by Army Staff Sgt. Vito T. Bryant, was published Tuesday on the Facebook page of West Point’s U.S. Military Academy, and it almost immediately went viral. Part of that is Idrache’s background: He worked his way through one of the nation’s most prestigious military schools after...
  • John Cornyn: Ted Cruz Went to Washington to Run for President

    04/26/2016 7:48:23 PM PDT · by BuckeyeTexan · 52 replies
    Texas Tribune ^ | 04/26/2016 | Steven Becker
    On Monday afternoon, KERA News' Krys Boyd sat down with Sen. John Cornyn in the Hart Senate Office Building to talk about new legislation he’s sponsoring, Donald Trump — and Ted Cruz, his Texas colleague in the Senate who's running for president. Here’s an excerpt from their conversation. Read the full story at KERA News.
  • Report: Country Music Legend Merle Haggard dies at 79

    04/06/2016 10:42:04 AM PDT · by BuckeyeTexan · 123 replies
    ABC23 ^ | 04/06/2016 | Staff
    BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Country music legend, and Oildale native, Merle Haggard has passed away on his birthday. He was 79-years-old.
  • Donald Trump: Don't change abortion laws

    04/01/2016 6:18:24 PM PDT · by BuckeyeTexan · 9 replies
    CBS News ^ | 04/01/2016 | Jake
    Donald Trump said Friday that he believes the laws regulating abortion should stay as they are, but he doesn't disagree with the proposition that abortion is murder. The GOP frontrunner lit a fresh controversy this week with his shifting responses to a question on abortion policy. He said during an MSNBC town hall on Tuesday that he'd like to see the practice banned, and that women who undergo it should face "some form of punishment." But he quickly backtracked, explaining in a statement that while he believes it should be banned, the punishment should be levied on abortion providers, not the...
  • Donald Trump: The Art of the Address

    04/01/2016 12:30:03 AM PDT · by BuckeyeTexan · 9 replies
    NYT ^ | 03/31/2016 | Bob Garfield
    FOURSCORE and seven years ago, our fathers — and also, our mothers. I love mothers, too, because we need our mothers — brought forth on this continent a huge nation, a great, amazing country dedicated to the proposition that we can beat any weak losers who are bad, bad guys and totally overrated, believe me. Now, it just so happens we are in a horrible, stupid war. They’re killing us. Just killing us. I would sue for peace, because when I sue I never settle, but if it had been up to me we never would have been here to...
  • Anonymous Set to Take Down Trump on April Fool's Day

    03/31/2016 11:58:45 PM PDT · by BuckeyeTexan · 56 replies
    FoxBusiness ^ | 03/31/2016 | Elizabeth Chmurak
    In less than 24 hours, Anonymous will officially launch a cyber-attack on Republican frontrunner Donald Trump. The hacker group declared “total war” on Trump on March 15 with a video posted on its YouTube channel, dubbed #OpTrump. In the video, Anonymous invites hackers and anyone with a computer to shut down the billionaire businessman’s websites, expose his private information, “dismantle his campaign and sabotage his brand” on April 1. “Your inconsistent and hateful campaign has not only shocked the United States of America, you have shocked the entire planet with your appalling actions and ideas. You say what your audience...
  • Trump: I'd pick justices who would look at Clinton's email scandal

    03/31/2016 12:02:43 AM PDT · by BuckeyeTexan · 82 replies
    POLITICO ^ | 03/30/2016 | NOLAN D. MCCASKILL
    Donald Trump on Wednesday fired back at Hillary Clinton, remarking that he would likely nominate Supreme Court justices who “would look very seriously at her email disaster.” The former secretary of state has been under fire over her use of a private email server during her time at the State Department and called out the Republican front-runner in a speech Monday highlighting the impact the Supreme Court should have on this election. Clinton invoked Trump’s proposal to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. and asked Wisconsin voters what kind of justice a President Trump would nominate. “Well, I’d probably appoint...
  • Supreme Court's tie vote upholds public employee fees for unions

    03/29/2016 7:27:07 AM PDT · by BuckeyeTexan · 38 replies
    LA Times ^ | 03/29/2016 | David Savage
    The Supreme Court announced a tie vote today in what labor law experts had called a "life-or-death" case for public employee unions. The split decision preserves a long-standing rule that requires about half of the nation's teachers, transit workers and other public employees to pay a "fair share fee" to support their union.
  • Texas Lt. Gov: Border Plan Working, but Feds and Mexico Need to do more

    03/09/2016 12:51:28 PM PST · by BuckeyeTexan · 12 replies
    ABC Houston ^ | 03/09/2016 | Ted Oberg & Trent Seibert
    HOUSTON (KTRK) -- In a day-long tour of the Texas-Mexico border near McAllen on Tuesday, abc13's Ted Oberg joined Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Texas Department of Safety Director Steve McCraw in an inspection of the border, where Patrick noted gaps in border fencing and suggested that the Mexican government should help pay for the cost of a wall to keep smugglers from the U.S. Oberg started Tuesday of this week with Patrick and McCraw in a helicopter inspection of the border. The copter later landed near the Rio Grande where the DPS showcased three of their river patrol boats,...
  • Mass rally against gay civil unions in Italy capital

    01/30/2016 1:50:14 PM PST · by BuckeyeTexan · 3 replies
    YahooNews ^ | 01/30/2016 | Ella Ide and Olivier Baube
    Rome (AFP) - Tens of thousands of people gathered in Rome's Circus Maximus arena Saturday to protest against a civil unions bill for same-sex couples, a hot-potato issue for Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's government. But while organisers had been hoping to attract one million people and authorities had prepared for 500,000, journalists at the scene estimated the numbers to be in the tens of thousands. Official numbers were not immediately available. "Without limits, our society will go mad!" organiser Massimo Gandolfini told the "Family Day" rally, as grandparents, parents and children held up banners reading "Wrong is wrong" in the...
  • Police Investigate Multiple Shootings At Denver Coliseum

    01/30/2016 12:56:16 PM PST · by BuckeyeTexan · 27 replies
    CBS Denver ^ | 01/30/2016 | Staff
    DENVER (CBS4) - Police rushed to the Denver Coliseum on Saturday afternoon on reports of multiple shootings and a stabbing. Officers tweeted that there were several people shot.
  • Oregon protest leader Ammon Bundy, others arrested; 1 killed

    01/26/2016 7:31:55 PM PST · by BuckeyeTexan · 203 replies
    CNN ^ | 01/26/2016 | Dana Ford & Holly Yan
    CNN)One person was killed as authorities arrested a group of people -- including Ammon Bundy -- involved with the armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, the FBI and Oregon State Police said. The deceased individual, who has not been identified, was the subject of a federal probable cause arrest, officials said.
  • Harris grand jury indicts pair behind Planned Parenthood videos

    01/25/2016 1:56:06 PM PST · by BuckeyeTexan · 52 replies
    Houston Chronicle ^ | 01/25/2016 | Brian Rogers
    Harris County grand jury probe into Planned Parenthood of the Gulf Coast ended Monday with the indictments of two anti-abortion activists. David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt were both indicted for tampering with a governmental record. An additional indictment for prohibition of the purchase and sale of human organs was issued for Daleiden, according to a release from the Harris County District Attorneys Office.
  • Blizzard Live Thread: Northeast Freepers please check in

    01/23/2016 12:02:03 AM PST · by BuckeyeTexan · 368 replies
    01/23/2016
    Dear Northeast Freepers: Please check-in to let us know that you're safe. If you want to share your blizzard experiences- whether funny or scary - we're listening. If you need something, please say so. Maybe we can help or get word to someone who can. ~Signed, Your Friends at Free Republic.
  • Trump bungles Bible reference at Liberty University

    01/18/2016 10:26:35 AM PST · by BuckeyeTexan · 459 replies
    POLITICO ^ | 01/18/2016 | Blake Hounshell
    Donald Trump, speaking to a religious crowd at Virginia's Liberty University on Monday, turned to scripture. "We're going to protect Christianity. I can say that. I don't have to be politically correct," he said. "Two Corinthians, 3:17, that's the whole ballgame ... is that the one you like?"
  • 7 Reasons Why Trump Will Win

    12/01/2015 6:26:07 PM PST · by BuckeyeTexan · 41 replies
    Medium.com ^ | 11/30/2015 | Nicco Mele
    I called it several weeks ago but here it is in writing: Donald Trump will win Iowa & New Hampshire. Here are the top seven reasons why: 1. Despair: Imagine if on almost every issue important to you over the last eight years you're watching the other side win. The President and pop culture are celebrating and it feels to you like the world is collapsing (think gay marriage and socialized medicine). Joe Trippi first pointed this out to me. It is hard to underestimate the anger of the Republican primary voter. This piece is very good on the subject:...
  • Orlando Muslim family claims it was targeted by gunfire

    11/16/2015 10:18:12 AM PST · by BuckeyeTexan · 78 replies
    ClickOrlando.com ^ | 11/15/2015 | Troy Campbell
    ORLANDO, Fla. - A Muslim family said Sunday that they might be victims of a hate crime after shots were fired into their Orlando house. Amir and Nehal Elmasri said when they returned home to their gated community from feeding the homeless Sunday morning, they noticed a bullet hole in their garage door. The family said that the bullet went through their garage and into their master bedroom. "Just a little bit of a black hole in a beige garage door, when we parked right there," Amir Elmasri said. "So, it's in front of my eyes and I said, 'What...
  • Kingston Girl Wants To Change Constitution So She Can Run For President

    11/03/2015 8:43:24 PM PST · by BuckeyeTexan · 147 replies
    CBS Boston ^ | 10/28/2015 | Staff
    BOSTON (CBS) - President Alena Mulhern has a nice ring to it. But the little girl from Kingston can't actually be elected to our nation's highest office. Alena was adopted from China. So since she wasn't a US citizen from birth, the Constitution forbids her from becoming President. She doesn't accept that and Wednesday she took her campaign for change to the State House. "We should all have the opportunity to run for president," 10 year old Alena Mulhern says as she testifies before a State House committee. She's not going to let anyone tell her the top job is...
  • This New Lawsuit Against Obamacare Has Legs

    10/04/2015 11:00:58 PM PDT · by BuckeyeTexan · 17 replies
    DailySignal.com ^ | 9/25/2015 | Hans von Spakovsky
    For those who thought that the lawsuits challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) were at an end, think again. On September 9, Judge Rosemary Collyer of the federal district court for the District of Columbia refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the entire U.S. House of Representatives against the Obama administration over its funding of certain aspects of Obamacare. This is a historic lawsuit and a historic decision. In the past, individual members of Congress have filed a number of (unsuccessful) lawsuits against sitting administrations. But this is one of the few occasions when such a suit has been...