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NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s crackdown on big, sugary sodas is staying on ice. An appeals court ruled Tuesday that New York City’s Board of Health exceeded its legal authority and acted unconstitutionally when it tried to put a size limit on
UPDATE: Amash’s NSA amendment failed 205-217 Stay tuned for a list of how congress members voted. It’s RINO season! You can find your representative’s contact information HERE. Congressional Switchboard Number: (202) 224-3121 Live coverage of congressional debate may begin around 12pm: http://www.c-span.org/Live-Video/C-SPAN/ A critical
UPDATE 8/2/13: SCROLL DOWN FOR LIVE UPDATES… NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has left Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, according to Reuters.
Speaking at the Veterans of Foreign Wars 144th Natl Convention in Kentucky, Senator Rand Paul used the opportunity to highlight his opposition to foreign aid to oppressive regimes and using the military as the world’s policeman. Senator Paul was applauded and received standing ovations.
BREAKING: (Atlantic Wire) Chris Inglis, NSA deputy director, revealed today in hearings that analysts look “two or three hops” from terror suspects when evaluating terror activity. Previously, the limit of how surveillance was extended had been described as two hops. This meant that if the NSA
Rand Paul is leading the entire Republican field of 2016 presidential hopefuls according to a new poll from PPP. Expect full results in a matter of hours. Rick Santorum, who won the previous Iowa caucus, in 7th place. Does this explain the coordinated liberal
(Transcript via FOX) GRETA VAN SUSTEREN: Well, this will or should make you sick to your stomach. There is news tonight the U.S. military is spending $34 million on new headquarters in Afghanistan. What’s the problem with that? Well, we’re not going to use it.
Judicial Watch announced today that it has obtained documents proving that the Department of Justice played a major behind-the-scenes role in organizing protests against George Zimmerman. Zimmerman is on trial for second-degree murder in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin in February 2012. FLASHBACK…
ALERT! Just in- Snowden “will leave (the airport) in the next few days…some legal papers are still required,” says Russian lawyer in Moscow — CNNNortheastDesk (@CNNNEDesk) July 17, 2013 Details: http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/17/world/russia-snowden/ 7/17/13 New interview with Greenwald: http://harpers.org/blog/2013/07/241527/ Did Edward Snowden reach out to you directly, out
In the second part of an exclusive interview with Glenn Greenwald (released on July 8th 2013) and Laura Poitras, former NSA contractor Edward Snowden contemplates the reaction from the US government to his revelations of top-secret documents regarding its spying operations on domestic and
