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Alyssa Milano has been turned away from a Florida migrant detention center after turning up unannounced to perform an inspection inside. The actress arrived at Homestead on Wednesday morning and was joined by a group of activists who demanded to get inside and meet the migrant children being held there. They were refused entry and told they must submit formal requests,like everyone else. Milano, who was photographed showing up in a chauffeur-driven Mercedes, streamed videos from the site on Twitter. In one, she was heard telling some of the government workers blocking her access: ‘I’m Alyssa Milano. I’m an actress/activist...

A Nebraska Democratic Party official is now in hot water. An audio recording was posted on YouTube Thursday with Phil Montag, a technology chairman, voicing how glad he was Louisiana Congressman Steve Scalise got shot last week at a baseball practice. Nebraska Democratic Party chairwoman Jane Kleeb confirmed to FOX 42 News Thursday it was really his voice. "His whole job is to get people, convince Republicans to (expletive) kick people off (expletive) health care. I'm glad he got shot," said Montag in the audio recording. Montag is now looking for a new job. Kleeb let him go after the...

Claim: A photograph shows Hillary Clinton with former Ku Klux Klan member Robert Byrd. ✔ True

Conyers Has Driver's License Suspended After Bounced Check DETROIT -- Rep. John Conyers, the powerful chairman of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, had his driver's license suspended for a month this summer when a check he used to pay the renewal fee bounced, according to Michigan driving records obtained by The Associated Press. The 81-year-old Detroit Democrat tried to renew his license at a secretary of state branch office on Feb. 2, the records show. Months later, state officials determined the bank account tied to the check had insufficient funds, and his license was suspended on June 30. Conyers eventually...

Former US president Jimmy Carter lashed out at British Prime Minister Tony Blair for being "so compliant and subservient" to the Bush administration in Washington. "I have been surprised and extremely disappointed with Tony Blair's behaviour," Carter told the Sunday Telegraph newspaper as he promoted his new book "Faith and Freedom." "I think that, more than any other person in the world, the prime minister could have had a moderating influence on Washington, and he has not," said the 81-year-old former head of state. He faulted Blair for not having been a constraint on US President George W. Bush's decision...

http://www.opinioneditorials.com/guestcontributors/cadamo_20040902.html September 02, 2004 Tom Daschle’s Political Charade Chris Adamo Conservative pundits are reeling with amazement at Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D.-SD), who is running an ad in his home state portraying him in an embrace with President Bush. The actual incident took place on September 20, 2001, immediately after the President had addressed a joint session of Congress, following the attacks of 9-11. Daschle’s sudden affinity for the President represents a switch on the order of John Kerry’s “I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it,” and is thus completely consistent with election-year...

Sieg heil! Check out the body language and face. All that is missing is the lil' mustache. Caption Away!