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FEMA wants at least $5.8M in Sandy aid repaid
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has asked hundreds of victims of 2012’s Superstorm Sandy to return nearly $6 million paid as compensation, and thousands more could be asked to do the same. The Associated Press reports that as of early September, FEMA had asked around 850 aid recipients to return a collective…
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[VIDEO] Flashback 9/11: As It Happened
A look back at the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001
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[WATCH] JOHN MCCAIN B*TCH SLAPS JAY CARNEY IN CARNEY’S FIRST CNN APPEARANCE
It was good to see the old senator have a lucid moment for a change! Brought to you by Powdered Wig Society CNN ISIS JAY CARNEY JOHN MCCAIN OBAMA
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Super-Tough Cops Take Down 70-Pound High School Girl Who Wanted To Keep Her Cell Phone
Two Houston, Texas school district police officers pinned a 15-year-old girl face down on the floor on Tuesday because she didn’t want to relinquish her cell phone to an assistant principal. The girl, sophomore Ixel Perez, weighs 70 pounds, according to her brother. She attends Sam Houston High School. In a video of the incident,…
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Sarah Palin and Family Allegedly Involved in Giant Drunken Brawl at Snowmobile Party
This weekend, Sarah Palin and many members of her family were reportedly involved in a big ol’, 20-person drunken brawl at a Wasilla snowmobile party, which, if you’re playing Palin bingo, means you’ve won. Anchorage police confirmed that an incident had indeed occurred, and that the Palins were definitely there, and it was real nasty.…
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DC sixth-grade teacher in hot water after having kids compare George W. Bush to Hitler
A public school teacher in Washington who instructed sixth-graders to compare former President George W. Bush to Adolf Hitler has learned her own lesson, according to district officials, but critics wonder why she still has a job. D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson responded to the controversy late Wednesday on Twitter, saying no curriculum intended…
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IN NEED OF A HERO: 9/11 first responder in need of life-saving transplant
Thirteen years after working tirelessly on the rescue and recovery efforts in the days and weeks that followed the September 11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center, 54-year-old firefighter Jimmy Martinez, is in need of a hero of his own. “I knew that there was potential for great harm, but I just didn’t think…
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New Michael Brown Witnesses Speak Out: He Had His Hands Up
CNN spoke with two new witnesses to Michael Brown‘s shooting; two unnamed contractors, both of whom were recorded on video taken right after the shooting, shouting about how Brown had his hands up. One of the contractors recounted how he heard a shot, then another 30 seconds later, and then witnessed Brown staggering as he…
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Counterterrorism Experts: Idea that ISIS Poses Threat to U.S. is a ‘Farce’
Sounding distinctly different than the hawkish pundits and bellicose lawmakers who have dominated the televised discussion of ISIS, several counterterrorism experts told the New York Timesthat ISIS, the band of Sunni militants who have been marauding across northern Iraq this summer, posed no real threat to the United States. Daniel Benjamin, a former counterterrorism advisor…
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Texas Man Sued For $3 Million by Fracking Company After He Says He Can Light His Tap Water On Fire
Steve Lipsky’s tainted water well had already stirred national debate about the impacts of oil and gas production. Now it stars in a free speech dispute that has landed in Texas’ highest court – the biggest test of a state law meant to curb attempts to stifle public protest. So much methane has migrated into…
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[VIDEO] Ferguson protestors schedule National HWY I-70 shutdown for Wednesday
(KTVI) – Wednesday protestors plan to shut-down interstate-70 over the shooting of Michael Brown. The shutdown is scheduled to take place in the afternoon at I-70 and Hanley Road. Organizers say the shutdown is because Governor Jay Nixon’s refused to replace county prosecutor Bob McCulloch with a special prosecutor. The highway patrol says it will…
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Ted Cruz: Democrats’ Amendment Would Criminalize SNL
The Senate this week is debating a bill proposed by Democrats to add a constitutional amendment that would overturn the Citizens United Supreme Court decision and place more limits on campaign spending by corporations. Plenty of Republicans have attacked this as an assault on free speech, and Ted Cruz echoed these sentiments on the Senate…
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Bill Maher: ‘Rand Paul Could Possibly Get My Vote’
HBO’s Bill Maher has made something of a career bashing Republicans on a weekly basis, but recent interviews indicate he may be willing to vote GOP in 2016 under certain circumstances. “Rand Paul is an interesting candidate to me,” Maher told The Hill this week. “Rand Paul could possibly get my vote.” Sen. Paul (R-KY)…
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OUTRAGEOUS: School Security Guard to Army Officer ‘You Can’t Come In While Wearing Your Uniform’
Fox and Friends asked its viewers what story outraged them the most this morning. And this one out of Michigan was an easy winner: an Army officer was apparently told he could not enter his daughter’s school because he was wearing his Army uniform. Marine Vet Denied Entry to Six Flags Over This ‘Offensive’ Shirt… Disabled Vet Harassed by…
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LITIGATION NATION: Lowe’s pays $1.6M settlement over 2×4 labeling
Lowe’s has new rules regarding how it can label building products in California. A Superior Court judge laid out terms by which the retailer must advertise its 2x4s and other dimensional materials in a $1.6 million settlement order and final judgement filed on August 27. The order, brought on as part of a civil consumer protection action, lists three main…
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Capitol Hill Veteran Quits Job with Bridge-Burning Letter: ‘F*ck You People’
Want to know why American politics suck so bad? Here’s a primer from an anonymous Capitol Hill staffer who’s been at the job for 20-odd years, and who quit with an epic email detailing exactly why it is that Hill culture, and American politics, suck. And when we say epic, we mean that in a…
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12 Seconds Into the Video, the Volcano Erupts. 25 Seconds in, The Powerful Ensuing Effects Are Felt
Incredible footage posted online captured Papua New Guinea’s Tavurvur Volcano eruption — in addition to the ensuing sonic boom. The video, posted to Facebook earlier this week, shows several individuals nearby on a boat react in shock when they see ash spew into the sky. Then the apparent cameraman makes a keen observation, warning others…
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Emails reveal that national security reporter shared drafts with CIA press office
Emails released by The Intercept on Thursday between an American national security reporter and the Central Intelligence Agency’s public affairs staff shows the existence of “a closely collaborative relationship,” the news site reported. Using Freedom of Information Act requests, The Intercept obtained a trove of emails sent between the CIA’s press office and a handful of acclaimed…
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Virginia moonbat wants God to kill everyone in the NRA with Ebola
Mike Dickinson, the unhinged Virginia Democrat who once sought the House seat formerly held by Eric Cantor, now claims to have a radio program and says he intends to pray that God would murder everyone in the NRA with Ebola. On Sunday, he issued this tweet: But, Examiner reported Monday, that wasn’t enough. He followed…
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DC protesters block streets in Michael Brown solidarity march
A crowd of protesters has taken to the streets of Washington, DC, expressing their solidarity with the people of Ferguson who gathered earlier on Saturday in remembrance of Michael Brown, the unarmed black teenager killed by police earlier this month. Chanting “Hands up! Don’t shoot!” the Washington protesters took over the streets in a northeast neighbourhood,…
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The 13 pictures showing ISIS’ thoughts on the West
These MEMEs pretty well sum up their thought on the world and future plans….. http://instagram.com/american_jihad
