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White House Photographers Bristle At Lack Of Access

Doug Mataconis · 9 Comments
Obama Photographers

Another conflict between the Obama Administration and a news media that is frustrated about the extent they are being controlled by being refused access.

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Texas May Block Biology Textbook Because Of Evolution

Doug Mataconis · 26 Comments

Once again, some groups in Texas are trying to block approval of a science textbook because it is too deferential to Evolution.

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U.S., World Powers, Reach Temporary Nuclear Deal With Iran

Doug Mataconis · 51 Comments

Small steps from both sides in the Iranian nuclear negotiations, but too early to say that we’ve reached a solution.

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No, We Don’t Need To Allow People To Make Cellphone Calls On Airplanes

Doug Mataconis · 39 Comments

Imagine all these people talking on the cellphones during a long flight, or even a short one.

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OTB Caption Contest Winners

Rodney Dill · No Comments

The Hello You… Edition OTB Caption ContestTM is now over.

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John F. Kennedy A Conservative? No, Not Really

Doug Mataconis · 45 Comments

Conservatives have their own Kennedy myth to compete with the myth of Camelot.

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GOP On ObamaCare: Goodbye Repeal/Defund/Delay, Hello ‘Let It Burn’?

Doug Mataconis

The GOP seems to be shifting strategy on the Affordable Care Act.

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Filibuster

Political Impact Of Filibuster Changes Will Be Minimal To Non-Existent

Doug Mataconis

Yesterday’s change to the filibuster rule is likely to have little impact outside the beltway and the political chattering class.

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Nuclear Explosion

Senate Goes (Partly) Nuclear, Limits Filibusters For Some Nominees

Doug Mataconis

It wasn’t a Thermonuclear move, more like something the size of Hiroshima, but today the Senate took an historic move nonetheless.

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Government shutdown

Time To Start Thinking About Another Government Shutdown ‘Crisis’?

Doug Mataconis

Are we headed for another Federal Government shutdown, or will Congress actually do its job this time?

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Army to Discharge Sex Offenders Regardless of When Convicted

James Joyner

The Secretary of the Army has ordered discharge proceedings to begin on all convicted sex offenders.

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Filibuster

Will Another Senate Showdown Over Filibusters Lead To The ‘Nuclear Option’?

Doug Mataconis

After the GOP blocked a series of Obama judicial nominees, Democrats are again threatening to go nuclear on filibuster reform.

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OTB Caption Contest

Rodney Dill

Time for the Thursday OTB Caption ContestTM

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Calorie Counts On Menus Don’t Seem To Influence Food Choices

Doug Mataconis

Another government mandate that doesn’t address a real problem.

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Army Looking for a Few Average-Looking Women

James Joyner

A leaked internal email has the Army in hot water with feminists.

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OTB Caption Contest Winners

Rodney Dill

The You Make Me Wanna SHOUT Edition OTB Caption ContestTM is now over.

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ObamaCare Problems Put Obama’s Poll Numbers In A Tailspin

Doug Mataconis

The trends in President Obama’s approval numbers are not moving in the direction he ought to want them to go.

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Employment Numbers Rigged Prior To 2012 Election? The Evidence Doesn’t Show It

Doug Mataconis

Was the Jobs Report released one month before Election Day 2012 rigged? Despite a new report, there’s no evidence to suggest that it was.

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Rand Paul: Government Shutdown I Was Totally Behind With My Floor Votes Was A “Dumb Idea”

Doug Mataconis

The Junior Senator from Kentucky does some re-writing of history.

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Military Benefits vs Military Readiness

James Joyner

Without hard choices on pay and benefits, the Pentagon will have to make big cuts in readiness.

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Supreme Court Turns Aside Challenge To NSA Data Mining

Doug Mataconis

An unusual challenge to the NSA’s data mining program reaches its expected end in the Supreme Court.

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World Safer But More Dangerous Than Ever

James Joyner

Robert Kagan warns of “a changing world order.” But he’s grasping at rather thin straws.

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Jimmie Johnson Wins 6th NASCAR Championship

James Joyner

Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt have company.

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OTB Caption Contest

Rodney Dill

Time for the Monday OTB Caption ContestTM

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Kennedy Dallas

Blaming Dallas For Kennedy’s Assassination

Doug Mataconis

Don’t blame Dallas, or 60s era Texas conservatism, for what happened in Dallas 50 years ago,

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Justice Department and Prosecution of Glenn Greenwald

James Joyner

Does the Attorney General really think advocacy is a crime?

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VETERAN'S ALERT:

In addition to uncertain healthcare services, economic disadvantages, and finding a place to call home, veterans certainly do not need any more challenges. Unfortunately, the wounds of war can be less obvious than those that we can see. Psychological disorders and sicknesses caused by toxic exposure can be the most damaging aspects of war that veterans bring home. Toxin exposure in particular is of particular concern as previous exposure to asbestos among veterans is causing incidence of the aggressive cancer mesothelioma to rise among former members of the armed services. We must not leave those who risked their lives for our nation in the cold. Our veterans have never questioned the right or wrong of war when it mattered most. They simply did as they were trained. We must now show the same unwavering determination, in all ways we are able, by affording those opportunities to which they are entitled, including financial, medical and emotional support to all veterans.



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