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The Declaration of Independence 1776

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the [...]

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Tea party leader lashes out at Scott Brown

By JENNIFER EPSTEIN Sen. Scott Brown has thrown his tea party supporters “under the bus” with his recent critiques of some Republican budget cut proposals, a movement leader said Friday. Brown, a Massachusetts Republican, on Thursday denounced GOP suggestions to cut social and cultural programs as “irresponsible,” and Judson Phillips, a leader of Tea Party [...]

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Mitt Romney: Proud of Massachusetts Health Care Law

By MAGGIE HABERMAN POLITICO Mitt Romney rejected Mike Huckabee’s call for him to admit that the “RomneyCare” health care program failed, instead saying he’s “proud” of “getting everyone covered” when he was governor of Massachusetts. “Mitt Romney is proud of what he accomplished for Massachusetts in getting everyone covered,” Romney’s spokesman, Eric Fehrnstrom, told the [...]

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Brown outpolls Kerry, Obama

By Matt Viser and Frank Phillips Most popular official in survey; For incumbents, message is mixed US Senator Scott Brown, who only months ago was a little-known figure even within the tiny band of Republicans in the state Senate, not only catapulted to national stature with his upset US Senate victory, but is today the [...]

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The Tax Police and the Health-Care Mandate

Americans of modest means may soon get a lesson in the power of the IRS. Is there an IRS agent in your future? Shortly before Barack Obama signed the health-care bill, Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee created a stir with a report suggesting our new law will lead the Internal Revenue Service [...]

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Rachel Maddow to Challenge Sen. Scott Brown in MA.?

I just received an email from Sen. Scott Brown’s office that said that there is talk in MA. Democratic circles that the Party is talking to MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow about the possibility of running against Scott when his partial term in the Senate expires. Ms. Maddow lives in Western Massachusetts and her high visibility as [...]

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Malicious Transparency?

We’ve heard the line, it would be on CSPAN.  When Scott Brown was driving his truck around Massachusetts, the Democrats were behind locked doors combining the House and Senate Health Care Bills.  When talk show hosts rolled out the audio of this video from breitbart.tv (see above), all it showed was Obama breaking another campaign promise. [...]

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