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Donald Trump on Monday demanded that Hillary Clinton return $25 million the Clinton Foundation reportedly received from Saudi Arabia. “Crooked Hillary says we must call on Saudi Arabia and other countries to stop funding hate,” Trump posted to Facebook. “I am calling on her to immediately return the $25 million plus she got from them for the Clinton Foundation!” The Wall Street Journal reported last year that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia had donated between $10 million and $25 million to the Clinton foundation since it was created in 1999. Other donors included the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Australia and...

Michael Moore tweets that President Obama should return his Nobel Peace Prize after he approved military strikes on Libya.

To be honest, I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who've been honored by this prize -- men and women who've inspired me and inspired the entire world through their courageous pursuit of peace. But I also know that this prize reflects the kind of world that those men and women, and all Americans, want to build -- a world that gives life to the promise of our founding documents. And I know that throughout history, the Nobel Peace Prize has not just been used to honor...

If President Obama wishes to be seen as a serious world leader, he should decline the Nobel Peace Prize. Doing so would be, in fact, the most honorable thing for him to do. A very simple expression of gratitude for being considered would be appropriate. And a courageous footnote of honesty, by simply stating that because he had been in office for only twelve days at the time of the nomination, he had done nothing to deserve it, and that he would not feel at ease accepting the prize, would be refreshing.

Tax collections soar in December, shatter even rosy forecasts By BOB LEWIS Associated Press Friday, January 14, 2005 RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia collected nearly one-fifth more in taxes last month than it did the previous December, pushing general fund revenue growth for the first half of the budget year to 13 percent, far better than official forecasts. Total general fund revenues grew by 18.7 percent in December. Even without last year's tax increases, December growth would have reached 15.5 percent and year-to-date growth would have been 10.9 percent, Finance Secretary John M. Bennett said Friday in his monthly revenue report...

 "Al's $100K payback" Al Sharpton political cartoon.  May 15, 2004...The Federal Election Committee has determined the $100,00 in matching funds given to Democratic presidential candidate Al Sharpton needs to be returned to the American taxpayers. Reason? Massive irregularities in Sharpton's campaign financing.The National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC) had filed formal complaints against Sharpton's campaign  with the FEC. NLPC Chairman Ken Boehm stated, "We are delighted that the FEC has acted to deny taxpayer money for Sharpton's presidential campaign. As we have documented, there exist massive irregularities in the financing of his campaign." Boehm added, "Al Sharpton is notorious...