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Texas gubernatorial hopeful Beto O’Rourke’s emotional outburst during Wednesday’s press conference on the Uvalde School shooting has drawn conflicting responses from either side of the aisle even as he appeared to shift his own stance in the aftermath. O’Rourke interrupted Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s press conference, telling the state leadership that they "are doing nothing." Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin responded by calling O’Rourke a "sick son of a b---h" before the latter was escorted out of the auditorium.

: "You're Full of SH.." (Shows how NOT to get the Union Vote)

In November 2018, as seen from Earth and certain spacecraft, the sun seemed to be calm. But it wasn't: The sun was experiencing what scientists call a "stealth" coronal mass ejection. And conveniently, NASA's Parker Solar Probe was completing its first close pass behind the sun, putting its instruments in a perfect position to see what was happening on Nov. 11 and 12 during this usually cryptic event. "If you've ever seen a coronal mass ejection image, you normally see a lot of activity in these images," Kelly Korreck, a solar physicist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, said during a...

The Obama administration is facing criticism and ridicule after a bizarre outburst by the John Kerry-led State Department urging Hungarian authorities to prop up a defunct Communist Party propaganda organ. In an official statement, the Obama administration, which recently attacked media diversity in the United States, echoed discredited conspiracy theories pushed by communists and called on anti-communist Hungarian officials to prop up the bankrupt newspaper — supposedly to preserve “media pluralism.” But the ownership of the far-left paper, known as Nepszabadsag, wants to shut it down, citing growing financial losses and plunging circulation figures. It was not immediately clear...

Is Joint List MK Hanin Zoabi on her way out of the Knesset? Coalition Chairman David Bitan (Likud) revealed this afternoon (Monday) that a Prime Minister backed initiative is being promoted to pass legislation that will facilitate the expulsion of Zoabi from the Knesset. The Chairman explained that Likud leaders wish to enlist as broad a base of support as possible for the initiative, rather than push it through the Knesset against strong opposition. Bitan said that most of the Jewish parties have already pledged support, including opposition party Yesh Atid. He expressed hope that the support of the Zionist...

We wanted SARAH and we STILL want Sarah. PERIOD

WASHINGTON – The House has voted to admonish Rep. Joe Wilson over his "You lie" outburst to President Barack Obama during the president's health care speech to Congress last week. The 240-179 vote on the resolution of disapproval reflected the sharp partisan divide over the issue. Democrats insisted that the South Carolina Republican take responsibility for what they said was a serious breach of decorum. Republicans characterized the vote as a political stunt.

Gibbs seizes reporter's phone @ 2:28 pm by Eric Zimmermann At his daily press briefing today, press secretary Robert Gibbs got fed up when a reporter's cell phone rang repeatedly, eventually deciding to simply seize the device. When the phone first rang, Gibbs snapped at the reporter to turn the volume down. "Put it on vibrate," he said. "We've been through this before." A few minutes later, the phone rang again, and this time Gibbs decided to take action. He strode off the podium and demanded the reporter hand the phone over. "Give me the phone," he demanded, as the...

Obama outburst in Pennsylvania Shame, shame, shame TRIBUNE-REVIEW By Salena Zito ABC News is reporting that Barack Obama launched into a fiery offensive tonight in a speech before the United Steelworkers Union in Steelton, Pa. Obama, in response to Sen. Hillary Clinton criticisms of his 'bitter' remarks, said "Shame on her, shame on her, she knows better."

NEW YORK - The most riveting moment of Barbra Streisand's Madison Square Garden concert was one of the only unscripted ones. Streisand endured jeers as she interjected a political skit into Monday night's show, exchanging zingers with a celebrity impersonator playing George Bush as a bumbling idiot. Though most of the crowd offered polite applause during the slightly humorous routine, it went on a bit too long, especially for those who just wanted to hear Streisand sing. Though most of the crowd offered polite applause during the slightly humorous routine, it went on a bit too long, especially for those...

Chris Wallace (FOX TV) just stated on the Monday morning news segment of Fox TV (aired in the 7:00 a.m. EST hour) that, not only did Bill Clinton retain his anger at Wallace after the interview was over and the cameras were off (despite Wallace trying to part on friendly terms), Clinton absolutely fumed at his own personal staff, right then and there while still on the Fox TV premises, for getting him into the interview with Wallace where he had earlier lost his head.Wallace said Clinton's blow up at his staff for this mistake was very visible and...

I just happened to be cruising eBay, and look what I found. http://cgi.ebay.com/DVD-of-me-saying-GO-YOURSELF-to-DICK-CHENEY_W0QQitemZ7712584996QQcategoryZ4104QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem The guys name is Ben Marble, M.D. Must be a doctor in the Howard Dean vein! I thought it would be funny for a freeper to bid and win it and then tell the guy what to do when he came to collect his cash!

Just heard a Florida senator (possibly Ander Crenshaw) is calling for Corrine Brown to step down, citing her recent racist outburst as the reason.

“This whole thing was a fraud," Senator Ted Kennedy (D., Mass.) complained Thursday to the Associated Press. "There was no imminent threat," his jeremiad against President Bush's Iraq policy continued. "This was made up in Texas, announced in January to the Republican leadership that war was going to take place and was going to be good politically." As if accusing the president of the United States of sending GIs into combat for electoral gain were not outrageous enough, Kennedy added that Bush misallocated funds. "My belief is this money is being shuffled all around to these political leaders in all...