By Eric Hayden, The Atlantic In Iowa’s Ames Straw Poll this weekend, Michele Bachmann bested 2nd place Ron Paul by less than 200 votes. And yet, in the immediate spin cycle at least, pundits talked about Rick Perry, Mitt Romney and Bachmann. Paul seemed to be, as his supporters always point out, invisible. Last night [...]
By Liz Goodwin | Yahoo News Pay Pal founder and early Facebook investor Peter Thiel has given $1.25 million to an initiative to create floating libertarian countries in international waters, according to a profile of the billionaire in Details magazine. Thiel has been a big backer of the Seasteading Institute, which seeks to build sovereign [...]
By Barbara Polichetti, Projo.com WARWICK, R.I. — A taxpayer rally to protest the city’s substantially increasing local car taxes got off to a slow and damp start at City Hall Monday but grew quickly with protesters opting to avoid the wet sidewalks and instead assemble in the council chambers to await the 7 p.m. start. [...]
From Rasmussen Reports Texas Governor Rick Perry, the new face in the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, has jumped to a double-digit lead over Mitt Romney and Michele Bachmann with the other announced candidates trailing even further behind. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely Republican Primary voters, taken Monday night, [...]
By David Jackson, USA TODAY President Obama came face-to-face with the Tea Party last night in Iowa, clashing with a member during and after a town hall last night. Ryan Rhodes, a group leader in the Hawkeye State, stood up and shouted a question during a town hall, asking the president how he can call [...]
By Chris Cillizza, The Washington Post DES MOINES, Iowa — Texas Rep. Ron Paul has long been regarded as a somewhat entertaining distraction in his two presidential races over the past four years. But, on the eve of the Ames Straw Poll, the first major organizing test of the 2012 Republican presidential race, there is [...]
By FOXNews.com Texas Gov. Rick Perry tossed his cowboy hat into the ring Saturday, putting his undefeated political record on the line in his first presidential rodeo. Perry declared his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination with guns blazing. After posting the announcement on his website, he told South Carolina voters in a conference call [...]
By: REED WILLIAMS, The Richmond Times Dispatch Authorities involved in the arrest of a protester who removed his shirt and pants at a security checkpoint at Richmond International Airport were doing their jobs and acted appropriately, a government attorney argued Wednesday in Richmond federal court. Carlotta P. Wells, an attorney for the U.S. Department of [...]
D.C. Council members have used an independent nonprofit organization to steer millions of taxpayer dollars to favored charities, often with ties to friends or campaign donors, a Washington Post review shows.
Aug. 12 (Bloomberg) — U.S. stock-index futures extended gains, signaling benchmark indexes may trim a third straight weekly drop, after government data showed retail sales climbed in July by the most in four months.
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