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By Brandon Jones On Friday, October 11th, 2013
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Van Jones asks Ted Cruz if he should apologize to GOP in heated discussion over Obamacare

Former Green Czar Van Jones, now host of CNN’s ‘Crossfire,’ targeted Texas Senator Ted Cruz over Obamacare, the government shutdown and the popularity of the GOP. “Do you feel like you owe your party an More...

By Brandon Jones On Thursday, October 10th, 2013
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Government shutdown forces Yorktown restaurant to close

The partial shutdown of Washington has now sparked a new battle of Yorktown. Carrot Tree Kitchens Restaurant is owned by Glenn Helseth in the historic Yorktown, a building owned by the National Park Service. Helseth More...

By Brandon Jones On Thursday, October 10th, 2013
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DOT official says Feds order National Guard to block I-495 to prevent trucker protest

Two different sources are reporting that Department of Transportation officials were told to work with the National Guard to block interstate routes to prevent a trucker protest schedule for this weekend. Freedom More...

By Butter Bracco On Wednesday, October 9th, 2013
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John Bell, the latest runner to get fined for jogging at Valley Forge during government shutdown

A Pennsylvania man has made headlines for his run through Valley Forge because when he returned he was greeted by two park rangers and slapped with a $100 fine. Scenic overlooks closing were just the beginning. More...

By Brandon Jones On Wednesday, October 9th, 2013
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National Parks are still closed but immigration reform rally moves ahead on National Mall

The National Park Service is allowing an immigration reform rally to go on as planned Tuesday on the National Mall, even though it’s closed due to the federal shutdown. Susana Flores, a spokesperson for the “Camino More...

By Butter Bracco On Tuesday, October 8th, 2013
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Vietnam Vets arrested at Memorial for violating ‘curfew’

Police reportedly arrested several anti-war veterans and other protesters at the Vietnam war memorial in New York City Monday night after they refused to leave the site after the 10 p.m. curfew time. Police gave More...

By Brandon Jones On Monday, October 7th, 2013
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Obama administration uses government shutdown to ban fishing off of the Florida Keys

The Obama administration has closed off parts of the ocean around Florida to public access as part of the government shutdown. MackerelPublic Domain Image/ Jastrow at the French Wikipedia project National Park Service More...

By Brandon Jones On Monday, October 7th, 2013
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Rand Paul defends government shutdown, defends GOP, says they’ll negotiate VIDEO

On Meet the Press with fill-in host Savannah Guthrie Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) discussed the government shutdown, defended the attempts to reduce spending and proclaimed that the Republicans were “winning” More...

By Brandon Jones On Monday, October 7th, 2013
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Government Shutdown: AMBER alert website down, Michelle Obama’s ‘Let’s Move’ up and running

The official website of the AMBER Alert program has been taken offline, due to the federal government shutdown. “Due to the lapse in federal funding, this Office of Justice Programs (OJP) website is unavailable,” More...

By Brandon Jones On Monday, October 7th, 2013
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Chris Wallace battles Jack Lew on President Obama’s refusal to negotiate: ‘Your history is wrong’

From Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew battled over the history of the debt limit, with each accusing the other side of incorrectly evaluating historical trends as the President More...

By Butter Bracco On Monday, October 7th, 2013
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Government Shutdown: Scenic overlooks are being closed

The National Park Service is expanding their closures, even after the publicity surrounding the WWII Memorial, now closing scenic overlooks along the George Washington Parkway. Considered some of areas of amazing More...

By Brandon Jones On Monday, October 7th, 2013
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Harry Reid ‘Why would we’ help one cancer patient, then insults intelligence of reporter asking

The government shutdown has created a lot of bizarre statements but Harry Reid’s response to a reporter pressing in funding the NIH ranks at the top. Harry Reid caricature by donkeyhotey [email protected] The More...

By Brandon Jones On Sunday, October 6th, 2013
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President Obama says end shutdown, pass new debt ceiling and he’ll negotiate changes

President Barack Obama says he’s willing to negotiate changes to his signature health care law and to find ways to reduce spending, but stresses he will not bargain until after Congress reopens the government More...

By Robert On Sunday, October 6th, 2013
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LP Political Director Howell on ‘government shutdown’: ‘The government is very much open here in Washington, D.C.’

While the media and most political officials continue the hyperbole and scaremongering over the partial government shutdown, one spokesperson from the nation’s third largest  political party says the government slowdown More...

By Brandon Jones On Friday, October 4th, 2013
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President Obama suggests GOP would ‘get fired’ for shutdown, making comparisons to worker strikes

Described as a gaffe by conservative critics, President Obama spoke to a Maryland crowd Thursday about the shutdown, comparing the GOP to workers refusing to show up for work until their demands were met. donkeyhotey More...

By Brandon Jones On Friday, October 4th, 2013
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Government Shutdown: EPA worker’s sob story omits role as union rep

The Associated Press may have been duped as a partisan union leader appeared on camera as a struggling worker given a furlough during the government shutdown. Breitbart.com details how the video “EPA Worker: Furloughs More...

By Brandon Jones On Thursday, October 3rd, 2013
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Rand Paul, Mitch McConnell talk Obamacare negotiations with Democrats on ‘hot mic’ VIDEO

A local Kentucky TV news station caught Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Sen. Rand Paul Wednesday morning discussing some congressional Republican messaging strategy regarding the showdown with Democrats More...

By Brandon Jones On Wednesday, October 2nd, 2013
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Leaked emails reveal John Boehner betraying GOP on Obamacare and immigration

Leaked emails show that before the House speaker, John Boehner,demanded an end to health-care subsidies for congressional staffers, he worked behind the scenes to procure them. Behind-the-scenes, Boehner and his More...

By Brandon Jones On Wednesday, October 2nd, 2013
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Democrats block GOP bills to fund national parks, veteran affairs, DC in government shutdown battle

The House of Representatives will make another attempt Wednesday to pass three emergency funding bills after each failed to obtain the required two-thirds majority Tuesday.  Harry Reid caricature by donkeyhotey More...

By Robert On Tuesday, October 1st, 2013
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Government shutdown affects on the CDC, NIH: Tracking MERS, clinical trials

While we will continue receiving the mail and Social Security recipients will still receive their checks, the partial government shutdown due to a lapse in appropriations with affect federal health agencies ability More...

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