Jeb Bush Perpetuates Myth That Obama Is Closing The Vatican Embassy

Jeb Bush Perpetuates Myth That Obama Is Closing The Vatican Embassy: "Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) called out President Barack Obama for closing the U.S. embassy to the Vatican, questioning whether the decision was political "retribution" for Catholic opposition to the Affordable Care Act.

Bush tweeted about the closure on Wednesday evening:"

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Pope Francis denounces ‘trickle-down’ economics

Pope Francis denounces ‘trickle-down’ economics: "Pope Francis has released a sharply worded take on capitalism and the world's treatment of its poor, criticizing "trickle-down" economic policies in no uncertain terms."

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Army Officer Who Tried Blaming Twin Brother For Sexual Assaults Pleads Guilty - Business Insider

What!!!!!!!!!!!!

Army Officer Who Tried Blaming Twin Brother For Sexual Assaults Pleads Guilty - Business Insider: " A U.S. Army officer who initially blamed his identical twin brother for a series of sexual assaults on underage girls because they share the same DNA pleaded guilty to the crimes on Tuesday, prosecutors said.
First Lieutenant Aaron Gregory Lucas, an artillery officer stationed at Fort Carson, Colorado, pleaded guilty to kidnapping, sexual assault on a child, indecent exposure and other charges, said Lee Richards, spokeswoman for the El Paso County district attorney's office."

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Towboat sinks in river in Iowa, releasing oil

Towboat sinks in river in Iowa, releasing oil: "A towboat sank Monday in the Mississippi River near the Quad Cities-area community of LeClaire, releasing oil into the water and prompting a response from several agencies who were trying to determine how much fluid leaked, the Coast Guard said."

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Why Millions Of Americans Go Hungry And How To Address Their Needs

Why Millions Of Americans Go Hungry And How To Address Their Needs
This week many Americans will celebrate Thanksgiving with family and friends. But for millions of others, the holiday will mark another day of worrying how they'll feed themselves and their children. On Nov. 1, a temporary boost in the federal food stamp program came to an end. Anti-hunger advocates across the country said they saw an almost immediate rise in the number of people at food pantries and soup kitchens. Congress is seeking billions of dollars in additional cuts over the next decade to the food assistance program, now known as SNAP. Diane talks with representatives of anti-hunger organizations across the country about why so many Americans are not getting enough to eat.

Guests

Jerry Hagstrom 

founder and executive editor of The Hagstrom Report, and columnist for National Journal.

Jim Weill 

president, Food Research and Action Center.

Triada Stampas 

senior director of government relations, Food Bank for New York City.

Terri Stangl 

executive director, The Center for Civil Justice, in Flint and Saginaw, Michigan.

Reverend Derrick Harkins 

senior pastor, The Nineteenth Street Baptist Church in Washington, D.C.

Celia Cole 

CEO, Texas Food Bank Network.

In Historic First, 3 Female Marines Graduate From Infantry School - The Daily Beast

In Historic First, 3 Female Marines Graduate From Infantry School - The Daily Beast: "The first three female Marines graduated from the Marine Corps School of Infantry this Thursday at Camp Geiger, N.C., a year and a half after the Marine Corps announced it would begin accepting female service members in its infantry training courses. The course began with 15 female Marines who volunteered for the training."

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Days Before Launch, Obamacare Website Failed To Handle Even 500 Users - Business Insider

500 Users?
Days Before Launch, Obamacare Website Failed To Handle Even 500 Users - Business Insider: "n the last days before the botched October 1 launch of President Barack Obama's healthcare website, the team in charge was seeing alarming results from performance tests, according to internal emails released by Republican lawmakers investigating the rollout."

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Scottsboro Boys granted posthumous pardon in 1931 Ala. rape case - CBS News

Alabama is Evil!

Scottsboro Boys granted posthumous pardon in 1931 Ala. rape case - CBS News: " Alabama granted posthumous pardons on Thursday to three of the Scottsboro Boys, a group of black teenagers whose fight against false charges that they raped two white women in 1931 helped initiate the modern civil rights movement.

The action by the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles clears the last of the Scottsboro boys who had yet to be exonerated: Charles Weems, Andy Wright and Haywood Patterson. The three were among nine youths accused of gang-raping two women aboard a freight train in Alabama and convicted by all-white juries in the town of Scottsboro."

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CNN obtains GOP playbook to target Obamacare

YourStory

Obamacare is much more than a bad website; it’s a bad law. Americans all across the country are already feeling 

the law’s negative effects, such as rising premiums, limited access, and cancelled policies. This is happening to 

hardworking Americans in every corner of America – including your own district. When you’re home, highlight the 

House Republican Conference’s “YourStory” project and encourage your constituents to submit feedback of their own 

experiences with Obamacare. 

Talking Points

• Premiums are increasing: The administration has abandoned President Obama’s promise to reduce 

premiums by $2,500, and now acknowledges premiums will increase as a result of Obamacare.

• Millions of Americans will lose the plan they have and like
• Obamacare is hurting job creation
• Billions of dollars in tax hikes
• Fewer people will get covered
• Millions more uninsured

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Rep. Trey Radel gets probation for cocaine bust, to seek treatment - CNN.com

I actually like this guy!

Rep. Trey Radel gets probation for cocaine bust, to seek treatment - CNN.com: "U.S. Rep. Trey Radel was sentenced to a year of probation after pleading guilty Wednesday to misdemeanor cocaine possession -- a charge that authorities say came after he bought a small amount of cocaine in a sting in the nation's capital last month."

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Rep. Trey Radel gets probation for cocaine bust, to seek treatment - CNN.com

I actually like this guy!

Rep. Trey Radel gets probation for cocaine bust, to seek treatment - CNN.com: "U.S. Rep. Trey Radel was sentenced to a year of probation after pleading guilty Wednesday to misdemeanor cocaine possession -- a charge that authorities say came after he bought a small amount of cocaine in a sting in the nation's capital last month."

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Blackwater Founder Erik Prince: War on Terror Has Become Too Big

Blackwater Founder Erik Prince: War on Terror Has Become Too Big: " “I am all in favor of killing terrorists,” Prince said. “But the fact that [Anwar] al-Awlaki was killed and his 16-year-old son, born in Colorado, was killed with no due process other than that he got on the ‘kill list’ is troubling to me.” The Obama administration has claimed that Awlaki, an American citizen who was killed in a drone strike in 2011, was an operational leader of al Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen.

Prince said he believes al-Awlaki’s son was deliberately targeted in a second strike after the one that killed Awlaki. The Obama administration has said that strike was not targeting Awlaki’s son, but someone else."

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Obama Pick for Court Is 3rd in a Row Blocked by Republicans - NYTimes.com

Representation by Nullification!

Obama Pick for Court Is 3rd in a Row Blocked by Republicans - NYTimes.com: "Senate Republicans on Monday blocked President Obama’s third consecutive nominee to the country’s most powerful and prestigious appeals court and insisted they would not back down, inflaming a bitter debate over a president’s right to shape the judiciary."

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Theodore Wafer Charged With Murder In Shooting Death Of Renisha McBride

Theodore Wafer Charged With Murder In Shooting Death Of Renisha McBride: "
A man was charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter and a related gun charge in the death of 19-year-old Renisha McBride, Michigan's Wayne County Prosecutor's Office said Friday.

Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced the charges against Theodore Paul Wafer, 54, also known as Ted, who allegedly shot the young woman in the face on his porch in Dearborn Heights, Mich. in the early hours of Nov. 2."

http://www.newsmax.com/TheWire/porch-shooting-theodore-paul-wafer-charged/2013/11/15/id/536965

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Chevron apologizes after its gas line explodes in Ellis County | wfaa.com Dallas - Fort Worth

Chevron apologizes after its gas line explodes in Ellis County | wfaa.com Dallas - Fort Worth: "Chevron apologizes after its gas line explodes in Ellis County"

Officials in Milford said residents will likely have to wait until late Friday night before they can return home following a gas pipeline explosion Thursday morning south of the town in Ellis County.

The explosion occurred just after 9:30 a.m. at a drilling site near FM 308 in a rural area. Officials said the crew working on the rig was able to escape and there were no injuries.

Ellis County Judge Carol Bush said a 1.5 mile radius around the site has been closed off as a team investigates. Representatives with Chevron, which owns the pipeline, were also at the scene.

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George Zimmerman ARRESTED -- GF Calls 911, 'He Pulled A Gun On Me!' | TMZ.com

What are those supporters saying after all of the laws broken since 'The Killing'?

- Speeding in Texas

- Domestic violence against his wife in Florida

- Domestic violence against his baby's momma in Florida

- Display of a firearm 

George Zimmerman ARRESTED -- GF Calls 911, 'He Pulled A Gun On Me!' | TMZ.com: "George Zimmerman's girlfriend went NUCLEAR after he allegedly pointed his shotgun at her face and broke a bunch of her stuff ... and we got her dramatic 911 call -- but the craziest part ... Zimmerman says she's pregnant.

As we reported, Zimmerman was arrested in Orlando, FL earlier today after allegedly pointing his DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUN at his girlfriend ... and shoving her out of the house, this according to the Seminole County Sheriff.

The GF called 911 in the middle of their argument -- shouting at dispatch while yelling at Zimmerman. Once police arrived, Zimmerman placed his own call to 911."

George Zimmerman ARRESTED -- GF Calls 911, 'He Pulled A Gun On Me!'
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Is Walmart's request of associates to help provide Thanksgiving dinner for co-workers proof of low wages? | cleveland.com

Something is wrong here!

- employees use MEDICIAD, and SNAP assistance.

Is Walmart's request of associates to help provide Thanksgiving dinner for co-workers proof of low wages? | cleveland.com: "The storage containers are attractively displayed at the Walmart on Atlantic Boulevard in Canton. The bins are lined up in alternating colors of purple and orange. Some sit on tables covered with golden yellow tablecloths. Others peer out from under the tables.

This isn't a merchandise display. It's a food drive - not for the community, but for needy workers.

"Please Donate Food Items Here, so Associates in Need Can Enjoy Thanksgiving Dinner," read signs affixed to the tablecloths."

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Why Republicans Are Starting to Love Health Reform

Why Republicans Are Starting to Love Health Reform:

The Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, is starting to take effect. And here’s a shocker. While the overall legislation is wildly unpopular among Republicans—90 percent disapproved, according to a June poll—individual components seem to be catching on like wildfire among the GOP crowd.

Take, for example, the requirement that insurers continue policies to children whose parents have coverage until they turn 26. The Commonwealth Fund last week released an interesting study (PDF) of young people and Obamacare. It found that between 2011 and 2013, the number of people aged 19 to 25 who had been on a parent’s health insurance plan in the previous year rose from 13.7 million to 15 million. “Of the 15 million young adults on a parent’s plan, an estimated 7.8 million likely would not have been eligible to enroll in that plan prior to the Affordable Care Act,” the Commonwealth Fund reported. The report also found that Republicans were more into this provision of the ACA than Democrats. In March 2013, 73 percent of young Republicans surveyed had heard of the provision, compared with 63 percent of Democratic youths. Maybe it’s because they were more likely to be benefitting from the expansion. “In March 2013, 63 percent of Republican young adults had enrolled in a parents’ policy, compared with 45 percent of Democrats,” the report said.

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Liz Cheney: I disagree with my sister on gay marriage - POLITICO.com

Dogged by family!
Liz Cheney: I disagree with my sister on gay marriage - POLITICO.com: "Liz Cheney: I disagree with my sister on gay marriage"

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Pipeline explodes in North Texas; hundreds evacuated - CBS News

Pipeline explodes in North Texas; hundreds evacuated - CBS News: "Residents and hundreds of school children in the North Texas city of Milford were evacuated after a 10-inch Chevron natural gas pipeline exploded Thursday morning, CBSDFW.com reports. No injuries were reported and a several mile radius around the pipeline was blocked off as fire crews allowed the fire to burn off.

The Ellis County Sheriff's Office says the explosion occurred about 9:30 a.m. Thursday at a rig near Milford, about 40 miles south of Dallas. Chevron spokesman Justin Higgs says the accident involves a liquefied petroleum gas pipeline."

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Growth Gain Blurs Signs of Weakness in Economy - NYTimes.com

Growth Gain Blurs Signs of Weakness in Economy - NYTimes.com: "Five years after the global economy was falling at its fastest rate, Western economies are still failing to gain much-needed momentum, despite the efforts of central bankers on both sides of the Atlantic."

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Job Growth Eases Fears About Effect of Closing - NYTimes.com

Job Growth Eases Fears About Effect of Closing - NYTimes.com: "The latest figures, along with upward revisions for job creation in August and September released by the Labor Department on Friday, lifted the estimated monthly pace of hiring to 202,000 over the last three months. If that strength persists, the Federal Reserve will probably feel comfortable enough to begin easing back on its stimulus efforts, economists said, though probably not as early as its next meeting in December."

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CBS Apologizes For ‘60 Minutes’ Benghazi Story | Here & Now

Fool's gold.

CBS Apologizes For ‘60 Minutes’ Benghazi Story | Here & Now: "CBS made a highly unusual apology this morning, for its Oct. 27 “60 Minutes” report on the 2012 attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya.

In the segment, CBS correspondent Lara Logan interviewed a former security officer whose credibility has since been undermined by revelations he gave a different account of the attack to the FBI."

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Obama: 'I'm Sorry' About Obamacare Problems - Business Insider

Obama: 'I'm Sorry' About Obamacare Problems - Business Insider: "President Barack Obama told NBC's Chuck Todd in an interview Thursday that he is personally "sorry" about Americans losing their current health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act.
"I am sorry that they are finding themselves in this situation based on assurances they got from me," Obama said."

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The October Jobs Report - Business Insider

The October Jobs Report - Business Insider: "The October Jobs Report is out, and it is much stronger than people had expected.
Total non-farm payrolls came in at 204,000. That's well ahead of the 120,000 that was expected.

Private payrolls were up 212K, which means that the public sector is still a bit of a drag on the labor picture.

Critically, there were strong upward revisions to previous months that totaled 60,000."

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Report: Ken Cuccinelli eyed Bob McDonnell removal - Emily Schultheis - POLITICO.com

Whatever! or What-evs!

Report: Ken Cuccinelli eyed Bob McDonnell removal - Emily Schultheis - POLITICO.com: "As the possibility of a federal indictment swirled around scandal-plagued Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell this summer, Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli was planning a “dramatic” break from the sitting governor in which he would use the Virginia state Constitution to try to remove McDonnell from office, a prominent state political analyst reported Thursday.

According to Larry Sabato at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, Cuccinelli planned to employ a never-before-used section of the state Constitution to deem McDonnell unfit to govern."

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Sean Hannity Gets Fact-Checked Hard On Obamacare Claims

Sean Hannity Gets Fact-Checked Hard On Obamacare Claims: "Sean Hannity has been fact-checked, and the results aren't pretty.

In an article posted on Salon on Friday, Eric Stern "re-reported" a recent episode of Fox News' "Hannity" during which host Sean Hannity invited six guests to tell their Obamacare "horror stories."

According to Stern, there was a lot more to each of the guests' stories than Hannity let on. Stern decided to conduct his own investigation by separately interviewing each guest, and what he said he found was not that the guests were cheated by Obamacare, but rather that they had tried very little, if at all, to participate in the ACA."

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Nuclear Arsenal Safety: Air Force Officers Caught Napping At Command Post With Blast Door Open: Report

Nuclear Arsenal Safety: Air Force Officers Caught Napping At Command Post With Blast Door Open: Report: "Nuclear Arsenal Safety: Air Force Officers Caught Napping At Command Post With Blast Door Open: Report"

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Wall St. Watchdog Too Broke To Do Any Watching (Thanks To Austerity)

Wall St. Watchdog Too Broke To Do Any Watching (Thanks To Austerity): "Wall St. Watchdog Too Broke To Do Any Watching (Thanks To Austerity)"

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