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Barbara Boland | April 22, 2015
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is “an absolutely poisonous figure” and “a lot of the dysfunction in Washington can be traced directly to his doorstep,” said former White House press secretary Dana Perino – and it’s not the first time she’s publicly called Reid “poisonous,” either. Reid’s “been a disaster for this country” and is a “destructive entity," the Fox news host said on the…
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Barbara Boland | April 21, 2015
“We have seen over the last six years, [the Obama] administration has been the most antagonistic administration in the history of this country to the nation of Israel,” said presidential hopeful Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) Sunday to a gathering at the Londonderry Fish & Game Club in New Hampshire. “This President has actively undermined the nation of Israel,” said Cruz. “The president boycotted…
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Barbara Boland | April 21, 2015
Republican presidential hopeful Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is becoming quite the comedian on the campaign trail. Speaking at the Londonderry Fish & Game Club in New Hampshire, Cruz said: “People ask sometimes: ‘Why did you get into politics, why are you running for office? You got a screw loose?’” “I’ve told my six-year-old daughter, running for office is real simple. You just surgically…
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Barbara Boland | April 21, 2015
“We need to repeal every word of Common Core,” said Republican presidential hopeful Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) Sunday to applause from a group gathered at the Londonderry Fish & Game Club in New Hampshire. Cruz delivered a stump speech that focused on the 2nd Amendment and gun rights, and then took questions from voters on a variety of issues, including education. “Look, I’m a passionate…
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Barbara Boland | April 21, 2015
Former Republican presidential nominee John McCain (R-Ariz.) sniped that he was “fascinated to hear” presidential candidate Ted Cruz (R-Texas) had tried to get in touch with him about soldiers’ gun rights because “I haven’t heard a thing about it from him…. Maybe it was through some medium that I’m not familiar with. Maybe bouncing it off the ozone layer, for all I know.” McCain added: “There’…
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Barbara Boland | April 20, 2015
Because this deal depends on Iran … it's hardly off-base to question whether Iran's promises are reliable…  “It's very hard to see how an enduring nuclear agreement, one that requires us to trust Iran's intentions, can be reached in good faith while the regime illegally holds and allegedly tortures Americans” “to gain leverage in the ongoing negotiation,” wrote talk show host and Marine…
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Barbara Boland | April 20, 2015
The widow of “American Sniper” Chris Kyle, Taya, introduced country music star Garth Brooks at the Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards last night. Before she called Brooks onstage, Taya Kyle said: “I’m extremely grateful to all the first responders, the veterans, and their families, for all their sacrifices. And I hope their example continues to inspire service in hometowns all across this…
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Barbara Boland | April 17, 2015
Former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum and Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fl.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) were asked this week whether they would attend a gay wedding. Rubio said he would, Santorum said he would not, and Cruz dodged the question completely. Jorge Ramos, a Fusion host, asked newly-announced Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio whether he's attend a same-sex ceremony…
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Barbara Boland | April 16, 2015
Pregnant girls as young as 14 may participate in a study, without their parents’ approval, that measures how much they bleed, with and without an anti-hemorrhagic drug, after late-term abortions. The “Effects of Oxytocin on Bleeding Outcomes During Dilation and Evacuation” clinical trial will measure what happens as the drug is, or is not, administered to women after a second-trimester…
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Barbara Boland | April 16, 2015
“When it comes to Constitutional rights, what matters is what the Bill of Rights says. It doesn’t matter what might be popular at the moment,” said presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas.) in response to a reporter’s loaded question at the NRA’s annual meeting Friday about how he could go against public opinion on gun control.   “We’ve seen regimes across the face of the earth, come and…