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Fox News contributor and Daily Caller editor-in-chief Tucker Carlson added to the ongoing Republican civil war by calling conservative nonprofits “parasites” on conservatism who have consumed “literally billions of dollars” and “achieved virtually nothing in the last thirty years.” Carlson also remarked, “If there’s a more useless group of people in the world, I’m not aware of it.”   Since Mitt Romney’s defeat last November, Republicans have been feuding among themselves over the future of the party and conservative ideals. The fight exploded when Karl Rove and his allies at American Crossroads announced plans to, in the words of  The New York Times , ”recruit seasoned candidates and protect Senate incumbents from challenges by far-right conservatives and Tea Party enthusiasts.”  Conservative media figures conservative   groups  like  FreedomWorks  have hit Rove over the project

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During an appearance on Meet the Press Sunday morning, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) reiterated his new found openness to providing a pathway to citizenship for young undocumented immigrants who were brought into this country as children. When host David Gregory asked Cantor point blank whether or not he supported the DREAM Act — which “would offer a pathway to citizenship for undocumented young people who attend college or serve in the military” — Cantor avoided giving a direct answer.

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In the wake of the Mitt Romney’s loss in the 2012 presidential election, Fox News personalities are urging the Republican Party to reach out to Latinos and immigrants. But these same figures have spewed anti-immigrant rhetoric for years

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As Hurricane Sandy bears down on the east coast, Breitbart.com is reporting  that President Obama’s “proposal for the upcoming budget sequester would cut nearly $900 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including disaster relief, food and shelter, and flood management at both the federal and state levels.” This is absolutely false: the  report  they characterize as the White House’s “sequester proposal” is actually a legally required estimate of how scheduled automatic budget cuts will impact discretionary spending, and inveighs strongly  against  allowing those cuts to take effect.  The debt-limit deal passed in 2011 (with the support of  over two-thirds  of House Republicans, including GOP vice presidential candidate  Paul Ryan ) required both parties to find a way to cut the deficit by $1.2 trillion, or face  steep, automatic cuts across the board  starting in January 2013 — the sequester. On August 7, President Obama signed into law the  Sequester Transparency Act , which required the White House to “submit to Congress a detailed report on the sequestration” that provides “an estimate for each category of the sequestration percentages and amounts necessary to achieve the required reduction.” The White House Office of Management and Budget released that report in September

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Following up on their model policy to ensure ongoing bullying of LGBT students , Focus on the Family and Alliance Defending Freedom have released new model legislation about “ parents’ rights .” Much of the access they seek for parents greatly endangers children and deprives them the opportunity to learn about their own identities and the world around them. Here is the risky access these anti-gay groups seek for parents: The right to be notified if courses teach sex education, family planning, homosexual themes, diversity issues, and extreme violence

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On Friday, Fox & Friends asked Ann Romney if it was difficult for the couple to turn down a $30 million job offer after Mitt lost the 2008 presidential nomination.

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Gina Rinehart, the world’s richest woman. According to the world’s richest woman , low-income people are only poor because they don’t work hard enough , and because the government has coddled them with a minimum wage that is too high. Australian Gina Rinehart, who inherited her $30 billion fortune, said, “If you’re jealous of those with more money, don’t just sit there and complain.

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By Roger Bybee, March 2011 issue How the New Republican Budget Chair Wrecked His District and Rose to Power.

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Rep. Scott Tipton (R-CO) FORT GARLAND, Colorado — Rep. Scott Tipton (R-CO) doesn’t have 99 problems, but the government allowing young adults to stay on their parents’ health care plans is one

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A cute strawberry themed craft you and your kids will love.

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