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New York Times: “The most pressing question for Congressional Republicans is no longer how to finesse changes to immigration law or gun control, but how far they can push their cases against President Obama without inciting a backlash of the sort that has left them staggering in the past.” Tweet This Post
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Here’s One Way to Try to Avoid the FBI’s Internet Wiretapping Proposal
Posted by admin on May 8th, 2013
If The New York Times is to be believed, the Obama administration is "on the verge of" signing off on a proposal from the FBI that would make it easier for the agency's to intercept online communications. Please allow us to offer a tip that may help you avoid the Feds' steely gaze. Tweet This [...]
Infographic: How Corporations Avoid Paying Taxes
Posted by admin on April 15th, 2013
With Monday marking the income tax filing deadline in the U.S., there has been renewed interest in how some of the nation’s top corporations manage to pay just a small fraction of their earnings in taxes, sometimes owing nothing at all to the gov… The Onion Tweet This Post
Minuteman 3 Test Delayed to Avoid North Korean ‘Manipulation’
Posted by admin on April 7th, 2013
WASHINGTON — A senior defense official told ABC News today that Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has delayed a Minuteman 3 missile test that had been scheduled for Tuesday at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California “to avoid misperception or manipulation” by North Korea. The official… Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
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No Comments »Analysis: Supreme Court seems poised to avoid same-sex marriage tide
Posted by admin on March 26th, 2013
By Joan Biskupic WASHINGTON (Reuters) – For nearly four years, proponents of same-sex marriage have been strategically building a test case aimed at convincing the conservative-leaning Supreme Court to declare that gay marriage is a constitutional right. The advocates felt they were ready. But on Tuesday, after an intense, wide-ranging hearing, it appeared the justices [...]
History suggests Detroit bid to avoid state takeover is futile
Posted by admin on March 11th, 2013
(Reuters) – The Detroit City Council will argue its case on Tuesday against a state takeover of the city, but history shows a successful challenge would be unprecedented. So far, none of the five Michigan cities declared in financial emergency has been able to change the state government's position through a hearing, Terry Stanton, a [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: Avoid, Detroit, futile, history, state, Suggests, takeover No Comments »Congress moving swiftly to avoid government shutdown
Posted by admin on March 5th, 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Congress is moving rapidly to pass legislation funding the federal government through September 30, as Senate leaders on Tuesday expressed eagerness to avoid any threat of agency shutdowns when money runs out on March 27. "I'm cautiously optimistic we're going to reach a solution before we leave here for the Easter recess," [...]
Republicans have awesome new plan to avoid those awkward ‘Todd Akin moments’
Posted by admin on March 5th, 2013
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Posted in Breaking News Tags: Akin moments', Avoid, Awesome, Awkward, plan, Republicans, those, Todd No Comments »Republicans move to avoid government shutdown
Posted by admin on March 5th, 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Congressional Republicans announced a plan on Monday to avoid a government shutdown later this month, seeking to calm the waters after months of budget fights that ended in a failure last week to halt damaging spending cuts. Just three days into the $ 85 billion of automatic "sequester" cuts, Republicans in the [...]
Obama: could not avoid weighing in on gay marriage court case
Posted by admin on March 1st, 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Friday he felt compelled to weigh in on a California same-sex marriage case before the Supreme Court because of his and society's "profoundly positive" evolution on gay rights. Obama's administration on Thursday filed a brief urging the court to allow same-sex marriages to resume in California, which [...]
