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Obama Admin Struggles to Contain Fallout from Leaked Syria Memo

The Obama administration Friday struggled to contain the fallout from a leaked internal State Department cable signed by more than 50 mid-level diplomats slamming the White House’s Syria policy and calling for “targeted [U.S.] military strikes” against forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad to boost embattled pro-U.S. rebel forces. Secretary of State John F. […]

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Thomas Mair, Accused Killer of UK Lawmaker, Makes Defiant Court Statement

The man accused of murdering British lawmaker Jo Cox gave his name as “Death to traitors, freedom for Britain” in court Saturday, following the killing that has brought campaigning ahead of the country’s EU referendum to a standstill. Thomas Mair, 52, made his defiant statement as he made his first appearance in Westminster Magistrates’ Court

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DNC Hackers Accused of Broader Campaign Targeting Think-Tanks, Lobbyists

You have to wonder if they also hacked into Hillary’s insecure personal email server in her home. The hackers believed to be responsible for recently breaching the Democratic National Committee also compromised computers used by law firms, lobbyists and others closely tied to the U.S. political system, Bloomberg reported Friday. Citing a person familiar with

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Hillary Clinton Takes ‘180-Degree Spin’ on Police Gear

Flip-flop. An Orlando police officer’s life was saved Sunday, when a bullet was stopped by his Kevlar helmet, but if Hillary Clinton becomes president, future first responders may not be so lucky. At a rally in Cleveland this week, notably held at a military-grade helmet manufacturing plant, Mrs. Clinton emphasized her commitment to supply law

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Google, Facebook, Reddit are Run by a Bunch of “Left-Wing Guys”

Less than a month after the Facebook summit between founder Mark Zuckerberg and leading conservatives, the tense relationship between Silicon Valley and conservatives has taken a turn for the worse. There was more uproar on the right Monday over moves by two top websites to suppress information about the Orlando mass shooter’s ties to the

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Hillary Clinton Launches Eight-figure Ad Blitz in Battleground States

It takes a village™ Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign rolled out a multimillion-dollar ad campaign this week in eight battleground states across the country, offering an early glimpse of what’s likely to be an unprecedented advertising war leading up to the November election. The commercials — which will air in Colorado, Florida, Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina,

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Trump Remarks Prompt Apple to Abandon RNC

Apple has decided it won’t provide funding, technology or other assistance for the Republican National Convention in Cleveland next month as a direct result of controversial comments made by presumptive nominee Donald Trump, Politico reported Saturday. Despite contributing towards previous conventions — including roughly $140,000 worth of equipment split between both parties in 2008 —

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DOJ overrules FBI on gun sales debate, says no-fly list can be used for ban

Yet it’s OK for Obama to sell guns to Mexican cartels. From The Washington Times:  Attorney General Loretta Lynch overruled FBI Director James B. Comey this week, saying the Obama administration does support denying firearms sales to those on terrorist watch lists and that it can be done without harming investigations. Mr. Comey last year

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Why Did the FBI Ignore the Warning That the Orlando Shooter Was Not Acting Alone? 

Via CBS News: The co-owner of a Florida gun store says his employees contacted law enforcement before the Orlando shooting after gunman Omar Mateen attempted to purchase body armor and ammunition. Robbie Abell, co-owner of Lotus Gunworks, said Thursday his workers had a gut feeling about Mateen when he came to the store four or

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John McCain: Obama is ‘directly responsible’ for Orlando attack

Via The Washington Post: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), the elder Republican statesman, said President Obama was “directly responsible” for the terror attack in Orlando due to his failure to combat the rise of the Islamic State terror group. McCain’s statement goes beyond the criticism of Obama that has been leveled by his Republican colleagues in

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Idaho unemployment rate remains unchanged at 3.7%

From the Associated Press:  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho’s unemployment rate in May remained unchanged from the previous month at 3.7 percent. The Idaho Department of Labor in a news release Friday says gains in construction, financial activities and other services were offset by weaker-than-expected performance in manufacturing and wholesale trade. Other industries that were

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