Report: IRS flagged groups that ‘criticize how the country is being run’

http://twitter.com/#!/grace_lightning/status/334422753815969792 It’s not hard to believe the IRS’ “apology” last Friday for targeting Tea Party groups was timed to soften the blow of the inspector general’s report on the agency, which was due to be released this week but has already leaked to several news organizations, including ABC News. A quick review of the report […]

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Nancy Reagan Turned Down Rock Hudson’s Plea For Help Nine Weeks Before He Died

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Rock Hudson was desperately trying to get treatment for AIDS in France in 1985. Much of that story has been told, but one part hasn’t: After a simple plea came in for White House help to get Hudson transferred to another hospital, First Lady Nancy Reagan turned down the request. On a Sunday evening in […]

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How is CNN ‘covering’ Earth Day? Rex Huppke reveals and it’s hilarious

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http://twitter.com/#!/iboudreau/status/458595870041071616 Heh. But of course! CBS’ Mark Knoller helped get the ball rolling with his giggle-inducing snark about President Obama and Marine One. Humor columnist Rex Huppke upped the funnies with his summary of Earth Day news “coverage.” MSNBC and Fox News were on the receiving end of some ribbing, but the CNN synopsis takes […]

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8 tweets for a ‘Happy Birthday’ to Mitt Romney

http://twitter.com/#!/StephenColber/status/179401669833007104 No birthday is complete without humor. With that said, read these, take them in stride and have a happy birthday Mitt Romney! Happy Birthday Mitt Romney. He's having a small party: Just family and a few close corporations. — david shayne (@davidshayne) March 12, 2012 EXCLUSIVE! Photo from when Mitt Romney first came into […]

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Move over, Jesse Jackson: Ted Cruz is reading ‘Green Eggs and Ham’

http://twitter.com/#!/DanaBashCNN/status/382658818217218049 Some people won’t like anything Sen. Ted Cruz says. The do not like him on the Hill, they do not like him passing bills. Plenty were touched, though, when his filibuster turned into a bedtime story for his daughters. Isn’t that breaking the rules by going off topic? No, says Cruz, because he’s doing […]

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This Former Special Ops Soldier Just Took Matters Into His Own Hands. For Rhinos.

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Across much of Africa anti-poaching tactics have remained largely unchanged for decades. Small groups of undertrained and poorly equipped rangers are sent out for days on end to conduct patrols in remote and dangerous locations. Modern-day poachers have evolved and routinely utilize military tactics and equipment to kill high-target species, such as elephants, rhinos and […]

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Las Vegas Review-Journal releases skewed poll showing Obama up 4 in Nevada

http://twitter.com/#!/lochnar/status/263991762333335552 “Obama Widens lead in Nevada,” says the newspaper’s headline. President Obama is ostensibly leading GOP rival Mitt Romney by 4 points, according to the SurveyUSA poll commissioned by the Review-Journal. But looky here: Democrats accounted for 43 percent of those surveyed, Republicans 33 percent and independents 23 percent. So this is a D+10 sample. As […]

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