John McCain and Sarah Palin are operating on different pages these days. Recent tweets from McCain: .@SenJohnMcCain: We can’t just do nothing anymore http://t.co/WbB1pLiaZe #Syria — The Situation Room (@CNNSitRoom) June 13, 2013 Our failure to act is unconscionable:...
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Sen. John McCain and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin attend a campaign rally at Pima County Fairgrounds on March 26, 2010 in Tucson, Arizona.
McCain vs. Palin on Syria: U.S. vs. Allah
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A banner supporting Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee who leaked top-secret documents about sweeping U.S. surveillance programs, on June 17, 2013 in Hong Kong.
#AskSnowden Trended Today — ‘Petting a Phoenix?’
Updated at 12:10 pm EDT #AskSnowden was trending on Twitter today. “Probably the best use of the Internet I’ve seen in a long time,” wrote one tweeter logging into the electronic conversation generated by the Guardian’s hosting of an online...
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Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, his wife Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and their daughter Chelsea Clinton speak to guests at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) on June 14, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois.
Hillary, Chelsea Clinton: ‘Selfie’ Fest
Is this why we have Twitter? Having so much fun with Chelsea, taking selfies back stage. MT:@ChelseaClinton http://t.co/QXvdrgDH7n — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 14, 2013 Chelsea started it: My first #selfie w my mom @HillaryClinton back stage at #CGIAmerica. #ProudDaughter...
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U.S. Rep. Joe Heck (R-NV) greets young supporters during an election night watch party at The Venetian on November 6, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Congressman’s Kid: Campaign Bounds
There’s no question that the reported homophobic and racist remarks of the 16-year-old son of Nevada Rep. Joe Heck are more than juvenile and offensive. Yet the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s attempts to hang them on the kid’s father heading...
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NSA Internet Surveillance Hot Online
It’s bigger than President Barack Obama. It’s bigger than Washington. It’s even bigger than Justin Bieber. The National Security Agency has taken the Internet by storm, and this time, Internet users know it. Since news of a once-secret U.S. electronic surveillance...
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Hillary Rodham Clinton writes on her cell phone with Roberta S. Jacobson, left, US Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, and U.S. Ambassador to Brazil Thomas Shannon, right, in Brasilia, Brazil, before heading to Brussels on April 17, 2012.
#tweetsfromHillary: Wife, Mom, Hair Icon, Pantsuit Afficionado
Updated at 1:45 pm EDT Question: What goes from Zero to 65,301 in 60 minutes? Hint: “Wife, mom, lawyer…” Need more hints? “Women & kids advocate…” This should settle it: “FLOAR, FLOTUS, US Senator, SecState” Then there are bonus hints:...
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Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, right, smiles with Hillary Clinton, U.S. secretary of state, center, and daughter Chelsea Clinton, left, after the closing session of the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting in New York, on Sept. 22, 2011.
Being Clinton: Three Better Than One
The 42nd president of the United States is headed for his 45th reunion at Georgetown University this weekend, and sent along a photo of that kid before the comeback kid who turned out with a tassel, mortarboard and gown: Looking...
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President Barack Obama holds a stuffed bear alongside New Jersey Governor Chris Christie after playing an arcade game along the boardwalk as they view rebuilding efforts following last year's Hurricane Sandy in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, on May 28, 2013.
Christie Scores Teddy for Obama
Out on the boardwalk, they are tossing pigskins… Out on the boardwalk, the governor wins… President Barack Obama went 0-5 in his football tosses at “Touchdown Fever,” an arcade on the boardwalk at Point Pleasant, Jersey. Gov. Chris Christie nailed...
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Republican strategist Karl Rove at the California Republican Party convention, in Sacramento, Calif., on March 2, 2013.
Karl Rove’s Scandal-Making Machinery
Of all the so-called scandals that have beset the Obama administration in recent months, the one that can truly be dubbed with the S-word is rolling on: Karl Rove, architect of George W. Bush’s presidential campaigns and fall-guy for the...
Read more »House Republicans Tweet For Keystone
House Republicans aren’t leaving it to lawmaking to get the Keystone XL pipeline built: They’re also turning to social media. The House Energy and Commerce Committee has started the Twitter feed @KXLFiles in recent days, according to committee spokeswoman Charlotte Baker. The first-person feed...
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