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Duane Lester
Todd Akin Wins Missouri Senate Primary

Last night, Todd Akin started out in the lead and held on to it throughout the night: Rep. Todd Akin, who played up his tea party credentials and conservative appeal, broke out from a three-way Missouri Republican primary on Tuesday [...]

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Missouri GOP Primary Results

As of right now, Todd Akin is leading, but there is a long way to go tonight.  You can watch the results here.

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Abortionist: “Let Me See You Adopt One of Those Ugly Black Babies.” (Video)

The following video is rife with racism, but there’s another point I want to talk about after you watch it: That is “abortion practitioner Ashutosh Ron Virmani referring to the black children that he kills as ‘ugly black babies.’” Steven [...]

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Weak: Obama Calls Mitt “Romney Hood” For Robbing the Poor to Give to the Rich

President Obama called Mitt Romney “Romney Hood” at a fundraiser or round of golf or something else not related to creating jobs or lowering the cost of health care. He says Romney’s tax plan gives the rich a tax cut [...]

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Good News: Health Care Costs Rising 7% Next Year

Wasn’t Obamacare actually called the “Affordable Care Act?” When does the affordable part kick in? Companies on average expect to pay 7 percent more for their employees’ healthcare next year than in 2012, according to a new survey of 82 [...]

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So, My Mixer Finally Gave Up The Ghost

I’m here at American for Prosperity’s Defending the American Dream Summit. After setting up in the Blogger’s Lounge yesterday, I decided to crash Radio Row. After setting everything up, I could not get my Behringer audio mixer to function like [...]

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Watch AFP’S “Defending the American Dream Summit” Live Here

I’m at the Americans for Prosperity “Defending the American Dream Summit” this weekend. If you want to watch the event, they are live streaming it here:

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Now Racist in the US: Calling the President “Skinny”

Be advised, if you note President Barack Obama is skinny, you’ll probably be lambasted as a racist. After all, it’s pretty obvious when you say it, you’re really reminding everyone the president is black: In the Aug. 1 Wall Street [...]

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Andrea Mitchell Decimated By Logic; She Never Knew What Hit Her (Video)

When I worked with adjudicated youth, we used to preach to them, “To choose the act is to choose the consequences.” If you decide to break the law, you decide to go to jail for your actions. And if you [...]

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Ted Cruz Wins in Texas! Tea Party Says, “IT’S NOT ABOUT WHO’S LEFT, BUT WHO’S NEXT!”

One of the folks I got to meet last Thursday at FreePAC won big tonight as the Tea Party shows the stories of their demise are greatly exaggerated: Former state solicitor general Ted Cruz, a tea party-aligned conservative once regarded [...]

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Seriously: Best Military Homecoming Video Ever

Who’s cutting onions? (dabs eyes) Hat Tip: Mashable

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Ohio Coal Mine Closes, Specifically Cites Obama’s War on Coal

A coal mine in Ohio has closed down. As Moe Lane points out, the local news is only telling part of the story: OhioAmerican Energy, Inc., a Subsidiary of Murray Energy Corporation, today announced that it is closing its coal mining operations [...]

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Review: BassBud Earbuds Leave Me Speechless

As the listeners of my podcast know, I recently destroyed my earbuds when they ended up on the floor under my desk. Serendipity stepped in and I received an email asking if I would like to try out a pair [...]

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