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Apr 09 2020
News
Left-wing UK mayor says Boris Johnson 'completely deserves' coronavirus — and pays big price for her 'deeply offensive' remarks
While a Facebook post had asked people to say a "little prayer" for United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson after he was admitted to intensive care Monday night for his worsening COVID-19 condition, Sheila Oakes — mayor of Heanor in Derbyshire — had other ideas.
"Sorry, he completely deserves this, and he is one of the worst PMs we've ever had," Oakes noted in a comment, BBC News
The BlazeJun 19 2020
Analysis
7 Times John Roberts Was A Leftist Hack
Knock, knock. Who’s there? Unelected leftist politicians in robes with lifetime tenure. Turns out, the Supreme Court is a joke, and the punchline is Chief Justice John Roberts.
Two high court decisions this week brought that reality into focus, when the George W. Bush-appointed chief sided with leftist justices to say sexual orientation is “sex,” and that the current commander in chief
The FederalistApr 07 2020
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Special Report: Johnson listened to his scientists about coronavirus - but they were slow to sound the alarm
It was early spring when British scientists laid out the bald truth to their government. It was “highly likely,” they said, that there was now “sustained transmission” of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom.
If unconstrained and if the virus behaved as in China, up to four-fifths of Britons could be infected and one in a hundred might die, wrote the scientists, members of an official
ReutersNov 05 2014
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Voters In Texas City Approve Ban On Fracking
Residents of Denton, Texas, voted Tuesday to ban hydraulic fracturing in the city.
According to unofficial results posted on the city's website, 58.64 percent of voters supported banning the controversial drilling method that is also called fracking; 41.36 percent voted against the proposition. It's the first time a city in the energy-friendly state has voted to ban fracking.
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NPR (Online News)Apr 14 2013
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Brown On Senate Bid: 'Nothing's Off ... And Nothing's On The Table'
WASHINGTON -- Former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown on Sunday declined to comment about rumors that he may run for the U.S. Senate in New Hampshire in 2014 but Republican strategist Karl Rove appeared enthusiastic about the possibility of a Brown candidacy. During an appearance on Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace asked Brown whether he was in fact considering a bid to unseat Sen. Jeanne
HuffPostFeb 01 2014
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New Jersey Gov. Christie Knew of Bridge Lane Closures, Attorney Says
The attorney for the man who oversaw the road closures that have embroiled New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in a political firestorm said there is evidence that the GOP presidential hopeful knew of the traffic mess while it was taking place, contrary to what the governor said in January.
The allegations, which Mr. Christie's office denied, are the first from a former ally that contradict
Wall Street Journal (News)Jan 18 2014
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Dems subpoena records from Christie’s office, campaign in bridge scandal
New Jersey Democrats have subpoenaed documents from Gov. Chris Christie’s office and campaign in their legislative investigation into the bridge-closure scandal, along with records from 18 individuals, according to the complete list released Friday evening. Subpoenas went out to key senior staffers in Mr. Christie’s official office and his 2013 re-election campaign, as well as to Bridget Anne
Washington TimesJan 18 2014
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Christie marches on as controversy at home unfolds
Gov. Chris Christie hits the road this weekend to headline private fundraisers in Florida, but the political crisis he leaves behind in New Jersey could still follow him south. The Republican, viewed as a formidable potential presidential candidate in 2016, will likely face questions in closed-door sessions with Republicans in the Sunshine State. He could face a crush of reporters, protesters
CNN DigitalJan 13 2014
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Hillary Clinton’s political hit list of top betrayers includes Kerry, Kennedy
Aides for Hillary Clinton who worked her 2008 presidential campaign kept tight watch on her friends and foes, naming and maintaining a list of those in the party who were perceived to have betrayed her during her primary war with President Obama, a new book revealed. Among those on the list: Then-Sen. John Kerry and the late Sen. Edward Kennedy. Also on the list: Sens. Jay Rockefeller, Bob
Washington TimesJan 11 2014
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The GOP’s tarnished golden boys
For a while, Chris Christie and Bob McDonnell were untouchable. The first major Republicans elected after the 2008 Obama landslide, the tough-as-nails Garden Stater and the straight-edged Virginian heralded the conservative resurgence in 2010 and pointed the way toward sweeping victories for small-government candidates on the state level. A year ago, both seemed like plausible and even
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