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Kenyan Doctors Find Anti Fertility Agent In A Popular Vaccine
Written by Steve Weatherbe: Kenya’s Catholic bishops are charging two United Nations organizations with sterilizing millions of girls and women under cover of an anti-tetanus inoculation program sponsored by the Kenyan government. According to a statement released Tuesday by the Kenya Catholic Doctors Association, the organization has found an antigen that causes miscarriages in a…
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Second Amendment Crushes Gun Control Candidates in Midterm Elections
As the election returns came in on November 4th 2014 one thing was evident—the Second Amendment crushed gun control candidates in Senate and gubernatorial races around the country. In so doing, the Second Amendment annihilated the left’s relentless claim that 90 percent of Americans support more gun control. On the gubernatorial level, in Arizona, pro-Second…
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Sen. Harry Reid Knocked Off His Throne; House Reinforced with Pro-Gunners
As you have no doubt heard, Republicans successfully took control the U.S. Senate, and in the process, dethroned one of the most anti-gun Majority Leader’s in the history of the Upper Chamber. As of now, the Republicans hold a 53-seat majority, although they may gain another seat in Louisiana. Voters across the United States stood…
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This Was How America Looked After Obama Was Elected in 2008…
Tuesday’s midterm elections gave way to the largest Republican majority in the House of Representatives since World War II, dramatically shifting the country away from the Democratic wave President Barack Obama rode into office. Two House maps illustrate just how much the country shifted politically. House of Representatives — 2008 Image source: Screen grab of…
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[VIDEO] McConnell: ‘We Can’t Repeal ObamaCare’
The Republican Party is riding high after last night’s big Senate victory. But there is one goal they probably still cannot achieve as long as President Barack Obama is in the White House: repealing the Affordable Care Act. The soon-to-be Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) more or less admitted as much during his press briefing…
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Election of Tim Scott, First Black Senator Elected Since Reconstruction, Results In Racist Vitriol
Tim Scott has a lot to celebrate. The U.S. Representative from South Carolina who was chosen to fill the empty seat of Senator Jim DeMint in 2013 just officially won his election to the seat, and he won it handily, with 61% of the vote. His election makes him the first black American to serve…
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These 10 Tweets Show What America Thinks About Obama’s Post-Election Speech
President Obama took to the microphone this afternoon to address the results from Tuesday night’s power-shifting midterm elections. The persistent theme of the press conference was whether or not he’d work with Republicans. While he did state that he is committed to work with Congressional leadership, many felt the President didn’t handle the persistent line of questioning…
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[VIDEO] CHARLIE RANGEL (D-NY): ‘The GOP Wins Elections Through Racism, Still Believes In Slavery’
Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) is doubling down on his belief that southern Republicans still believe in slavery and think the Confederates won the Civil War, implying that the Democrats’ major senatorial losses came as a result of racism. Rangel made the initial comments last week at a rally for incumbent New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.…
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California Senator Facing Up to 8 Years In Prison, Serves Little More Than An Hour
A California state senator who resigned his seat after being convicted of eight counts of perjury and voter fraud and sentenced to 90 days in prison has been freed before he even entered the jail system. Roderick Wright was convicted in January, four years after a Los Angeles County grand jury charged him with lying…
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‘Very Troubling’ Video Seemingly Shows Touch-Screen Voting Machine in Virginia ‘Malfunctioning’
Voters have experienced technical difficulties as a result of possible “calibration issues” affecting touch-screen voting machines in Virginia Beach and Newport News, Virginia, the Virginia Department of Elections confirmed on Tuesday. The office of U.S. Rep. Scott Rigell (R-Va.) released video recorded by a voter that appears to show him trying to vote for a…
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Former Charlotte Mayor, a Convicted Felon, Caught at Polling Place Doing Something ‘He Shouldn’t Have Done’
Former Charlotte mayor and convicted felon Patrick Cannon appeared to cast a ballot Tuesday, putting him in violation of his bond, an official told a local news outlet. Greg Forrest, who heads Charlotte’s U.S. Probation Office, told the Observer the action might have the 47-year-old Democrat in front of a judge again. “Let’s cut to the…
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Glenn Beck Says You Should Consider This While in the Voting Booth
Glenn Beck said Tuesday that there are “millions of reasons” to vote in the midterm elections, and many of them haven’t been born yet. “There is the size of government. Who are we really?” Beck said on his radio program. “The right to life. The national debt. … We have religious freedoms that are at…
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What the ‘six-year itch’ has meant for presidents
If the Democrats lose control of the Senate tonight, it’ll be in keeping with a tradition of sorts — the president’s party typically loses Senate seats in the sixth year of an administration. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File In 2006, Republicans lost six seats and the Senate majority for the final two years of George…
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Texas Official Says They’re Investigating Voting Machine That Appeared to Leave Off GOP Gubernatorial Candidate’s Name
An elections administrator in Bexar County, Texas, says her office is investigating a voting machine that appeared to leave off Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott’s name. “We’ve had complaints that we don’t understand,” Jacque Callanen told TheBlaze. “I’m sending someone out to bring that booth into us.” An image of the voting booth was posted on…
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[VIDEO] Desperate, Anti-Gun Activists Hope to Shame Pro-Gun Voters into Inaction
The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence (CSGV) decided to ratchet up the gore (and poor taste) in their latest series of anti-gun ads. Mis-characterized by CSGV as public service announcements, the only service these grisly ads provide to the public is alerting the electorate to the gun control community’s increasingly angry, inflammatory, and judgmental tactics.…
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Dear Ignorant People, Please Don’t Vote Today
Dear Ignorant People, Please don’t vote today. Don’t exercise your rights today. Don’t participate in the sacred democratic ritual. Just sit on your couch and watch reruns on Bravo, or whatever it is you do with your time. But please don’t vote. Please, dear God, I beg you. Don’t vote. And realize, friends, that I…
