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Monday, June 8, 2015 |
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Full Text: Court Dismisses American Samoa Suit for US Citizenship
By Selected News Articles @ 11:21 AM :: 5256 Views :: National News
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...the 14th Amendment does not guarantee birthright citizenship to unincorporated territories....
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Sunday, May 17, 2015 |
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We Have Met the Enemy, and He Is Us
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 6030 Views :: National News, Taxes
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...three big issues that are holding us back in international competitiveness....
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Friday, May 15, 2015 |
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Enviros Challenge Deep-Sea Mining Licenses
By Selected News Articles @ 10:29 AM :: 5947 Views :: Environment, National News
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The Center for Biological Diversity brought the May 13 lawsuit in Washington, D.C., over five-year extensions that regulators granted Lockheed Martin for two exploration licenses it holds for a metal-rich zone of the Pacific Ocean....
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Sunday, May 10, 2015 |
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Court Challenge to Guam’s race-based plebiscite will go Forward
By News Release @ 11:50 AM :: 4983 Views :: National News
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The Guam legislature passed a law that allowed only “native inhabitants of Guam” to vote in an upcoming plebiscite concerning Guam’s political relationship with the United States....
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Saturday, March 14, 2015 |
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American Samoa: Faleomavaega Trying for Comeback?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:00 PM :: 8444 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation, Politicians
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Even in his latest pet project: the election of the new prime minister of India, he has been eclipsed by the other Samoan in the House, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) ....
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Thursday, February 5, 2015 |
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Obama's Budget: One Trillion Dollars of New Taxes
By NCPA @ 3:43 PM :: 5653 Views :: National News, Taxes
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Here are five Obama tax proposals that make no sense....
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Thursday, January 22, 2015 |
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New Illinois Governor Appoints Linda Lingle as COO
By News Release @ 8:02 PM :: 7863 Views :: National News, Politicians
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...Illinois Gov. Rauner names Hawaii's former 'superstar governor' Linda Lingle as Illinois COO....
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015 |
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Full Text of Joni Ernst’s Republican Response to 2015 State of the Union
By News Release @ 11:43 PM :: 5738 Views :: National News, Republican Party
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...history has shown there’s nothing our nation, and our people, can’t accomplish....
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014 |
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Another Homosexual Leader Busted for Homosexual Child Molestation
By Selected News Articles @ 4:03 AM :: 10241 Views :: National News, Family, Law Enforcement
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A prominent gay rights activist charged last week with sexually abusing a 15-year-old boy ... has visited the White House more than a half-dozen times in the past two years....
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Thursday, November 20, 2014 |
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U.S. not prepared for a major volcanic eruption, panel says
By Selected News Articles @ 2:29 PM :: 7746 Views :: Hawaii County , National News, Congressional Delegation
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The U.S. is falling short in its ability to track and respond to a major volcanic eruption at this time, a panel of experts told a congressional hearing Wednesday.…
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Saturday, November 15, 2014 |
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Sunday, November 9, 2014 |
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“If you’re answering to Omidyar you’re really not independent.”
By Selected News Articles @ 6:02 PM :: 12531 Views :: National News, Ethics, First Amendment, Pierre Omidyar
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“But they all kissed the ring because they wanted his money.”
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Saturday, November 8, 2014 |
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Hawaii Clinton Operative Tied to $500M Emerald Fraud
By Selected News Articles @ 2:46 PM :: 7747 Views :: Democratic Party, National News
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Paul Sullivan, a Hawaii resident and former deputy campaign manager for President Bill Clinton, could owe millions of dollars in attorney fees ....
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Wednesday, November 5, 2014 |
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It’s a Wave: Republicans Take US Senate, Build Majority in House, Grab Governorships
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:02 PM :: 7662 Views :: National News, Republican Party
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Republicans shifted the balance of power in the U.S. Senate, gaining at least seven seats, widened their majority in the House by at least 11 seats and defeated Democrats in 24 governor’s races....
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Wednesday, November 5, 2014 |
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Am Samoa, Guam, NMI, and Alaska -- Republicans Win Big Across Pacific
By Selected News Articles @ 3:12 PM :: 7988 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation
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Congressional candidate Aumua Amata was yesterday elected to serve as American Samoa’s non-voting Delegate to the U.S. House, unseating longtime incumbent, Congressman Faleomavaega Eni....
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Tuesday, November 4, 2014 |
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Faleomavaega Sued by Former Congressional Staff Attorney
By Selected News Articles @ 3:01 AM :: 6611 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation
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...a former member of Faleomavaega's staff is suing the delegate....
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Tuesday, November 4, 2014 |
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Supreme Court Upholds State's Right to Cut COFA Benefits
By News Release @ 1:16 AM :: 5918 Views :: National News, Health Care
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...a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court validates the state’s authority to determine the level of health care coverage provided to noncitizens who are ineligible for federal Medicaid....
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Tuesday, October 28, 2014 |
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Politically Modified Organism Makes Money Grow on Trees for Hawaii Anti-GMO Activist
By Andrew Walden @ 10:10 PM :: 7106 Views :: National News, Ethics, GMOs
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...Coburn's newly released “2014 Wastebook” has only one sad and lonely reference to federal spending on “silly, unnecessary, and low priority projects” in Hawaii....
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Tuesday, October 28, 2014 |
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American Samoa--Mistaken About Faleomavaega?
By Selected News Articles @ 2:26 PM :: 7715 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation, Politicians
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...Faleomavaega neither resigned nor retired and finally has returned home just a few days short of a year after his medical evacuation last October....
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Saturday, August 30, 2014 |
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Tuna Monument: Faleomavaega Slow on the Draw
By Selected News Articles @ 8:20 PM :: 8817 Views :: Energy, National News, Politicians, Small Business
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...it took nearly a month for the ailing delegate to file a formal letter with Obama pleading with him not to take any action that would harm American Samoa....
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Sunday, August 24, 2014 |
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Faleomavaega Coming Back to American Samoa for Election Season?
By Selected News Articles @ 3:59 AM :: 7275 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation, Politicians
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...the United Nations third decennial conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) will run from September 1-4 in Samoa....
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Saturday, August 23, 2014 |
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Redskins 1, American Samoa 0
By Selected News Articles @ 10:00 PM :: 6288 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation
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...These are the kinds of issues that have dominated Faleomavaega’s agenda over the years when he hasn’t been traveling....
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 |
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Saipan Gets better Representation than American Samoa
By Selected News Articles @ 8:04 PM :: 6755 Views :: Environment, National News, Small Business
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...“this is certainly the most important congressional group to visit the Northern Marianas at one time.”....
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Friday, August 15, 2014 |
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"The Giver" -- Opens Today Oahu, Maui, Kona, Hilo
By Video @ 3:08 PM :: 5134 Views :: National News
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A young man living in a future where complacency is valued above all else discovers the sinister secrets that hold his fragile society together....
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Friday, August 15, 2014 |
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Faleomavaega Skips Visit of Key House Committee to American Samoa
By Selected News Articles @ 11:08 AM :: 5882 Views :: National News, Politicians
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The group flew in and out without ever having seen the place or having had to entertain the question “Where’s Eni?”
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 |
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Am Samoa: Democrat Nod Goes to Faleomavaega in a Slick Maneuver
By Selected News Articles @ 5:54 PM :: 7457 Views :: Democratic Party, National News, Politicians
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...The party chairman then called for a vote and the dozen party attendees present (out of 600 people said to be members) unanimously endorsed Faleomavaega for re-election....
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 |
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Q&A: Ten Things You Need to Know About Boehner Suing Obama
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:52 PM :: 6653 Views :: National News, Health Care, Judiciary
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...Last week, the House of Representatives voted to authorize Speaker John Boehner to file a lawsuit challenging President Obama’s failure to fully implement Obamacare....
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 |
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Feds fly immigrant minors to Hawaii on taxpayer dime
By Malia Zimmerman @ 5:20 AM :: 5294 Views :: National News
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“between January 1 and July 7, a total of eight minors were discharged from the unaccompanied alien children program to sponsors in Hawaii.”
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Friday, July 25, 2014 |
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Obamacare, Tuna Zone: Humiliation for American Samoa Delegate
By News Release @ 7:57 PM :: 6074 Views :: Environment, National News
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...imagine the humiliation when, without any prior consultation with him, Obama announced a move that could have enormous ramifications for the fishing industry that is the foundation of the territory’s private sector....
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Friday, July 25, 2014 |
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US Territories Suddenly Exempted from Obamacare
By Selected News Articles @ 5:41 AM :: 6179 Views :: National News, Health Care
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The decision covers residents in Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands...the law was "undermining the stability" of the territories' insurance markets....
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 |
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Proposed EPA Rule Gives Feds Control of Hawaii Water Ditches
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:31 PM :: 8669 Views :: Honolulu County, National News, Agriculture
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...the new proposed rule would regulate all ditches, except in narrow circumstances. This even includes man-made ditches....
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Friday, July 4, 2014 |
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‘We Have Not Forgotten’: Presidents on the Fourth of July
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:39 PM :: 6041 Views :: National News
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For this Independence Day, here’s a look back at what some presidents had to say in honor of this historic day....
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Thursday, July 3, 2014 |
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Ex-Im and the Tour de Fraud
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:26 PM :: 4891 Views :: National News, Ethics
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One of the Export-Import Bank’s largest investment partners, BNP Paribas SA, pleaded guilty on Monday to violating U.S. sanctions against Sudan, Iran and Cuba....
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Wednesday, July 2, 2014 |
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Now Playing in Honolulu – America: Imagine the World Without Her
By Video @ 3:18 PM :: 5540 Views :: National News
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"America is great because she is good; if she ever ceases to be good she will cease to be great."
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Friday, June 27, 2014 |
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Hawaii, US, Other States Allege Fraud in $4B Mortgage Settlement
By Selected News Articles @ 3:12 PM :: 4859 Views :: National News
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...Chase was not entitled to all of the credits, because Chase no longer owned many of the loans it forgave or forgave loans that were not eligible for relief....
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Wednesday, June 25, 2014 |
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Court Rules Marriage Must Be Redefined Under Fourteenth Amendment
By Selected News Articles @ 4:04 PM :: 6313 Views :: National News, Family
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Today the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals issued an important ruling on Utah’s marriage amendment....
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Tuesday, June 24, 2014 |
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Sharyl Attkisson Calls Obama Administration ‘Worst Atmosphere’ for Journalists
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:53 AM :: 8385 Views :: National News, First Amendment, Obama
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Attkisson is an award-winning investigative reporter who earlier this year made headlines for resigning from CBS News....
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Tuesday, June 17, 2014 |
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Rep Hastings: Obama's Ocean Zoning Will Shut Down Tuna Fishery
By News Release @ 9:29 PM :: 8643 Views :: Environment, National News, Economy
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...in the not-too-distant future all of America’s tuna will be caught by foreign vessels....
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Thursday, June 12, 2014 |
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American Samoa Governor Puts Faleomavaega in His Place
By Selected News Articles @ 5:55 PM :: 7341 Views :: Democratic Party, National News, Politicians
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We were among those waiting for a quick Faleomavaega retort in his usual overkill with dates, times and places of consultation and were surprised by the silence....
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Wednesday, June 11, 2014 |
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Clinton: Released Taliban Leaders ‘Not a Threat to the United States’
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:24 PM :: 5627 Views :: National News, Military
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“They are a threat to the safety and security of Afghanistan and Pakistan. It’s up to those two countries to make the decision...." -- Hillary Clinton
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Tuesday, June 10, 2014 |
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Arizona Grapples With Humanitarian ‘Disaster’ as Unaccompanied Immigrant Children Fend for Themselves
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:58 PM :: 4563 Views :: National News
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Undocumented immigrant children, some as young as 5 years old and traveling with no parent or adult, are being dropped off by the busload in Arizona....
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Wednesday, June 4, 2014 |
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Am Samoa: Falomavaega Rips Obama, Clinton, Kerry
By Selected News Articles @ 3:13 PM :: 5795 Views :: National News, Politicians
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...even as the ailing, 13-term delegate was having his statement inserted into the Congressional Record, freshman U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) was upstaging him....
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Tuesday, June 3, 2014 |
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Ignore the Pundits. 2014 Isn’t About Tea Party Vs. the Establishment
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:19 PM :: 4082 Views :: National News
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...what matters most is whether we end up with enough lawmakers in Congress willing to reign in the increasingly imperial Obama presidency in his final two years....
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Monday, June 2, 2014 |
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Harry Reid’s Crusade Against the Koch Brothers Threatens Your Free Speech
By Heritage Foundation @ 6:00 AM :: 3941 Views :: National News
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...Reid, D-Nev., has promised the Senate will take up a proposed constitutional amendment this year that would radically alter the First Amendment.....
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Sunday, June 1, 2014 |
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Am Samoa: Will Faleomavaega Join the Old Bulls Leaving Congress?
By Selected News Articles @ 2:51 PM :: 6926 Views :: Democratic Party, National News, Politicians
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...we will have to keep a close eye on our election office to see if and when he or someone on his behalf picks up a packet containing the petitions that must be circulated....
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014 |
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The Smallest Victims of Obama's Immigration Policy
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:32 PM :: 4425 Views :: National News
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Children are crossing the border – and they’re doing it without their parents....
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Monday, May 26, 2014 |
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Am Samoa: Candidates Line up for Run at Faleomavaega's Seat
By Selected News Articles @ 8:24 PM :: 5863 Views :: National News, Politicians
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It has been just over seven months now that Faleomavaega continues to have been absent from public view....
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Tuesday, May 20, 2014 |
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These Guys Use 'Small Business' to Get Their Way in Washington
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:07 PM :: 4786 Views :: National News
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Saying that something helps small businesses is a great way to gain public support for your cause. Except when it’s not true....
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Monday, May 19, 2014 |
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Saving for Retirement -- Without the Government
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:10 AM :: 4154 Views :: National News
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...should the government expand from providing old-age entitlement benefits to controlling personal retirement investments as well?
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Thursday, May 15, 2014 |
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New IRS Revelations – and What the Obama Administration Is Doing Behind the Scenes
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:03 PM :: 6944 Views :: National News, Taxes, TEA Party
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...the Obama administration lied when it tried to pin the scandal on IRS employees in an Ohio branch office....
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