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Thursday, April 23, 2015

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Best-selling author Jim Rickards has just released a new book called The Big Drop. Inside, it warns of a few critical dangers that every American should begin preparing for right now. However, this book is not available for sale. Instead, we're on a nationwide campaign to spread the book far and wide for FREE. Click here to learn how to claim a copy.
Breaking: US drone strikes in Pakistan killed US, Italian hostages; live video of Obama statement
4/23/2015 9:56:22 AM  Ed Morrissey
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Heartbreaking news, and a demonstration of the limit of remote-control warfare. The US drone program in Pakistan inadvertently killed two Western hostages being held by al-Qaeda, including an American whose family had repeatedly appealed for his release
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The other Hillary scandal of the day: Clinton Foundation to refile taxes, endure audit
4/23/2015 9:21:09 AM  Noah Rothman
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Americans have to be asking themselves if they really have the stomach for ten more years of this. On Thursday, a variety of major scandals involving Clinton's alleged penchant for selling her influence as America's chief diplomat in exchange for
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Video: Time to let Hinckley out of psychiatric custody?
4/23/2015 8:41:18 AM  Ed Morrissey
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Actually, John Hinckley lives mostly out of the mental hospital already, as NBC News informed viewers yesterday. He stays with his mother in a tony gated community in Williamsburg for 17 days every month, mostly unmonitored if occasionally surveilled by
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Clinton Foundation tied to Russian efforts to control uranium supplies
4/23/2015 8:01:03 AM  Jazz Shaw
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I’m not sure if this is a “bombshell” report from the New York Times this morning or if it’s just more of the same old same old when it comes to Hillary Clinton and the Clinton Foundation. The Paper of Record has been digging into
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We have your book on hold...

Best-selling author Jim Rickards has just released a new book called The Big Drop. Inside, it warns of a few critical dangers that every American should begin preparing for right now. However, this book is not available for sale. Instead, we're on a nationwide campaign to spread the book far and wide for FREE.

Click here to learn how to claim a copy.

SCOTUS justices face off over "ridiculous" raisin law, property rights
4/22/2015 10:31:31 PM  Mary Katharine Ham
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Jazz Shaw referenced a case this week we’ve been watching at HotAir since it was argued the first time, on more narrow grounds, at the Supreme Court a couple years ago. The question at the heart of this round of oral arguments on an archaic raisin
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Cool: Cards call up first Naval Academy grad to appear in majors since 1921
4/22/2015 9:31:42 PM  Mary Katharine Ham
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Mitch Harris graduated from the Naval Academy in 2008 and served his country for a couple years, always trying to keep his pitching arm ready for the day he might be able to come back home and make a go of it in baseball. Yesterday, the 29-year-old
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Hillary Clinton 2004: Heterosexual marriage is a fundamental bedrock principle of civilization
4/22/2015 8:41:50 PM  Allahpundit
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Via Philip Klein, who says after watching this that if Hillary has merely “evolved” on gay marriage then Peter Parker merely “changed slightly” after being bit by that spider. I don’t begrudge anyone a sincere reversal on
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Dana Perino unloads on 'poisonous,' 'abhorrent,' 'disaster for the country,' Harry Reid
4/22/2015 8:01:55 PM  Noah Rothman
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Outgoing Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid is a rather despicable figure, and he has determined to use his waning days in Washington to prove that fact. A famous proponent of efficacy McCarthyism, a fan of making unfounded allegations against his
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What America needs now is a "more adult" version of the Muppets
4/22/2015 7:21:20 PM  Allahpundit
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To cleanse the palate, they mean “more adult” in the sense of adding faux-dramatic plot lines and backstories for the characters, not “more adult” in that other way you’re thinking. Although who knows? If the ratings are
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It begins: Hillary backer defects to Martin O'Malley's camp
4/22/2015 6:41:26 PM  Noah Rothman
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This week, the first real cracks in the liberal coalition ahead of the 2016 presidential election became apparent to all observers. While many saw the liberal schism coming, few would have predicted that a dispute over a free trade agreement would have
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Video: EU faces pressure to deal with refugee crisis …
4/22/2015 6:01:01 PM  Ed Morrissey
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“I think that the most important issue,” Maltese Interior Minister Carmelo Abela tells CNN in response to the massive refugee crisis facing Europe, “is to destroy and stop the actions of smugglers,” primarily based in the failed
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Obama: We could penetrate Iran's new Russian-made S-300 air-defense system if we wanted to
4/22/2015 5:21:06 PM  Allahpundit
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Maybe that’s true and maybe it isn’t — well, no, actually it’s almost certainly true — but since both sides understand there’s zero chance O would ever attack Iran, what does it matter? Even as saber-rattling, this is
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Daily Beast: Pentagon graphic hides ISIS gains
4/22/2015 4:41:36 PM  Noah Rothman
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In the ongoing fight against ISIS, there is good news and bad news. In Iraq, security forces loyal to Baghdad have recaptured some of the areas around the city of Ramadi, the capital of the key Anbar province. "The security situation in Ramadi, the
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Pope Francis adds Cuba to itinerary on US trip
4/22/2015 4:01:51 PM  Ed Morrissey
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The Vatican announced earlier today that Pope Francis has added a pastoral visit to Cuba as part of his world tour this autumn. The pontiff will visit Cuba just prior to his visit to the US, no doubt motivated in part to remain a part of
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Scott Walker, the media and "anti-immigration" rhetoric
4/22/2015 3:21:51 PM  Jazz Shaw
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Both Noah and Allahpundit have been talking about this entire Scott Walker immigration flap, but the media meltdown doesn’t seem to be justified in this case. Or perhaps it’s just aiming in the wrong direction. As far as Noah’s post
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Trade Wars: Obama vs Warren … vs Hillary?
4/22/2015 2:41:30 PM  Ed Morrissey
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Begun the Trade Wars have, at least among Democrats. Barack Obama has long sought fast-track authority to negotiate trade deals that the Senate would then have to either approve or reject in toto at a later date if needed, a rare point of consensus
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DHS confirms: Yes, the "Top Model" murder suspect was allowed to stay in the U.S. under Obama's amnesty — despite being a gang member
4/22/2015 2:01:11 PM  Allahpundit
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A known gang member, I should stress. His gang affiliation was already flagged in a federal database when he applied for amnesty under Obama’s 2012 DACA action for DREAMers. Immigration officials are supposed to check that database before granting
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Hillary's Iraq War vote doesn't matter anymore, but her climate change fanaticism does
4/22/2015 1:21:29 PM  Noah Rothman
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Like the proverbial general who is always ready to fight the last war, Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee charged screaming into the 2016 fray wielding obsolete hardware. “I don’t think anybody should be president of the United States that
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Hot Air Primary Survey: April Results
4/22/2015 12:41:11 PM  Patrick Ishmael
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Scott Walker has once again won the consensus and second choice votes, but your new first choice leader is… Ted Cruz. Rather than commentate, I’ll just leave you with the
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Affleck: Hey, sorry for pressuring PBS into covering up my embarrassing ancestor
4/22/2015 12:01:24 PM  Ed Morrissey
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Until this contretemps began with PBS, the biggest apology due the public from Ben Affleck was for Gigli. Rather than have to explain why his distant ancestor owned slaves, Affleck pressured Henry Louis Gates and PBS into omitting that fact for his
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Reminder: Polls show public support for Scott Walker's position on legal immigration
4/22/2015 11:31:29 AM  Allahpundit
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Not always majority support, granted, but Ramesh Ponnuru reminds us there’s a sizable chunk of voters out there who are open to reducing legal as well as illegal immigration. Given widespread paranoia among top Republicans about losing Latinos
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Ken Buck investigated for having an AR-15 in his DC office Update: Dismissed
4/22/2015 11:01:17 AM  Jazz Shaw
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David Gregory nearly found out the hard way about defying the District of Columbia’s restrictive gun laws ( though prosecutors lost interest in the story quickly) and now one congressman may be entering into the same sort of kerfuffle.
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We have your book on hold...

Best-selling author Jim Rickards has just released a new book called The Big Drop. Inside, it warns of a few critical dangers that every American should begin preparing for right now. However, this book is not available for sale. Instead, we're on a nationwide campaign to spread the book far and wide for FREE.

Click here to learn how to claim a copy.

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