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Republican Rep Wants Congress To Look Into Obama’s Eligibility To Be President. Still.

Congressman Jeff Duncan of South Carolina is still pushing birtherism. He told Rick Wiles wants Congress to waste its time looking the president’s eligibility to serve. After Wiles and Rep. Duncan discussed their desire to pursue and deport illegal immigrants, rather than extend the possibility of citizenship to them, the host asked if the House [...]

News Roundup & Open Thread for Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Christie's October special election timetable October Senate election violates NJ law, critics argue in NJ Supreme Court briefs. Peg Schaffer Files Supreme Court Appeal Regarding Special Election. Candidates for U.S. Senate Sheila Oliver makes the case to send a NJ woman to the Senate. Show More Summary

Jeb Bush says immigrant women are more “fertile” than American women

5 New Revelations About NSA Surveillance

In the wake of Edward Snowden's leaks, National Security Agency and Justice Department officials testified today before the House intelligence committee about the government's controversial surveillance programs. Here are the five most...Show More Summary

Goldberg on Obamacare Ad Campaign: They Said It Would Sell Itself, 'Still Destined to Become a Political and Economic Albatross'

WSJ's Taranto: "Female Sexual Freedom" Has Led To A "War On Men"

From the June 18 edition of WSJ Live's Opinion Journal Live: Previously: WSJ's Taranto Dismisses Military Sexual Assault Epidemic, Cries "War On Men" WSJ's Taranto Ignores Real Hate Crimes To Pretend Oppression Doesn't Exist

Cut Beauty Queens Some Slack

Linda Holmes offers a measured defense of “Miss Utah” Marissa Powell, who fumbled a question about income inequality during the Miss USA Pageant: These dumb questions aren’t intended to actually see whether you’re smart or not. Miss Utah USA might be smart and she might not be, but the last thing I’d use to guess […]

Will An Obscure 1915 NJ Law Upend Christie’s Special Election Decree?

This could put the kibosh on NJ Gov. Christie’s politically shrewd but pricey special election plan: Two liberal groups say they’ve found a “smoking gun” in a century-old state law that could force Gov. Chris Christie to schedule the general election in November. New Jersey Citizen Action and New Jersey Communities United in a brief [...]

It’s De Ja Freaking Vu All Over Again: Da Saga Of Little Jimmy & Big Frank

(PORTIONS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN JUNE 2006) Unless you’ve been hiding out in a cave with Judge Crater, then you probably know that Teamsters Union President Jimmy Hoffa disappeared from the parking lot of a suburban Detroit restaurant in 1975 never to be seen again. And that reports of his whereabouts arrive each spring with the [...]

Orwell’s Ghost

Even The New Yorker is taking a swing at the administration’s surveillance ops: Says the cover’s designer, Richard McGuire: “George Orwell’s ghost is shaking his head saying, ‘I told you so.’”

Amnesty Mob Bused to Kansas Sec. of State's Home for Immigration Protest

Proponents of the Senate “Gang of Eight” immigration bill and other pro-illegal immigrant measures reportedly protested on the front porch of Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s private residence on Monday. Fox News Radio's ToddShow More Summary

Congress: 'Gang' violence?

Lindsey Graham’s losing patience with Marco Rubio. "How do we put together a bill and then the guy who put it together says that he may not vote for it?" Graham told The Huffington Post. "I just don't get what we're doing here." “The Republican-led House will take its …

'Man of Steel' Director Zack Snyder: It's OK for Superman to Be American with Obama in Office

Conservatives have embraced Man of Steel, and rightly so, turning it into a cash cow for Warner Bros. The film is open about its religious aspects and has the kind of conservative leanings that we haven't seen in major blockbusters since The Dark Knight Trilogy. Show More Summary

Huckabee Praises James O'Keefe: "You've Really Changed the Face Of Journalism"

From the June 18 edition of Cumulus Media Network's The Mike Huckabee Show: Previously: Breakthrough: James O'Keefe Saves The World James O'Keefe's Latest Failure To Demonstrate "Widespread Voter Fraud" James O'Keefe: The Fraudulent Face Of The Voter ID Movement

CNN On Front Line With Palestinians Fighting For Assad

Bill Ayers: Obama Should Be Tried For War Crimes

And after all that “palling around!” Sitting down for an episode of RealClearPolitics’ “Morning Commute,” Ayers told host Charlie Stone that, on policy, Obama receives a “failing grade” along with the “F-minuses” he’s given previous presidents like George W. Bush and Richard Nixon. “I don’t think he’s let anybody down,” Ayers added, pointing to how [...]

Senate Minority Leader McConnell Threatens To Go Nuclear On Everything

Mitch McConnell warned Majority Leader Harry Reid that if Reid does away with the filibuster rule for presidential nominations, he’ll end the 60-vote threshold for everything if he becomes majority leader. “There not a doubt in my mind that if the majority breaks the rules of the Senate to change the rules of the Senate [...]

WATCH: Robot Keeps Balance Like Cats

Daily Show’s Samantha Bee on the Homosexual-Industrial Complex (video)

Immigration Reform Will Now Need a Majority of House Republicans

The chances of immigration reform being approved this year just got slightly bleaker. It will now need the support from the majority of House Republicans.