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The happiest states in America, ranked. Is your state one of them?

The happiest states in America, ranked. Is your state one of them?


Via: perrie-halpern  •  News & Politics  •  22 Comments  •  8 years ago

“Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness” is one of the best-known phrases in the United States Declaration of Independence. We have   Thomas Jefferson to thank for the phrase , which has...
George Conway rips Trump over tweet about Obama's '57 states' gaffe

George Conway rips Trump over tweet about Obama's '57 states' gaffe


Via: johnrussell  •  News & Politics  •  11 Comments  •  8 years ago

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway's husband George Conway took aim at the president on Twitter Friday over President Trump's criticism of his predecessor, former President Obama. In a...
Hannity Guest: Science Proves Trump Is The 'Most Sound-Minded' President Ever

Hannity Guest: Science Proves Trump Is The 'Most Sound-Minded' President Ever


Via: tessylo  •  News & Politics  •  116 Comments  •  8 years ago

Politics Hannity Guest: Science Proves Trump Is The 'Most Sound-Minded' President Ever   Ed Mazza, HuffPost   3 hours ago   > Gina Loudon: "My book actually uses science...
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announces he will not seek re-election

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announces he will not seek re-election


Via: vic-eldred  •  News & Politics  •  2 Comments  •  8 years ago

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Tuesday that he is not seeking re-election for a third term amid withering criticism over his administration’s policies and a soaring violent crime rate in...
Israeli refusal to meet the Palestinians halfway leads to stalemate in negotiations

Israeli refusal to meet the Palestinians halfway leads to stalemate in negotiations


Via: kpr37  •  News & Politics  •  18 Comments  •  8 years ago

Postal worker admits stealing more than 6,000 greeting cards filled with cash and checks

Postal worker admits stealing more than 6,000 greeting cards filled with cash and checks


Via: johnrussell  •  News & Politics  •  1 Comments  •  8 years ago

A U.S. postal worker admitted to stealing more than 6,000 greeting cards filled with cash and checks in Wisconsin. As part of a plea deal, Ebony Lavonne Smith, 20, of Milwaukee pleaded...
Brexit threatens Northern Irish peace, academic study finds

Brexit threatens Northern Irish peace, academic study finds


Via: bob-nelson  •  News & Politics  •  13 Comments  •  8 years ago

Brexit will threaten peace in Northern Ireland , disrupt cross-border cooperation and create potentially lethal divides between British and Irish people in Northern Ireland, an 18-month study...
Texas Border Patrol agent accused of "serial killing spree" in Laredo

Texas Border Patrol agent accused of "serial killing spree" in Laredo


Via: johnrussell  •  News & Politics  •  2 Comments  •  8 years ago

Texas Border Patrol agent accused of "serial killing spree" in Laredo Editor's note: this story has been updated throughout A U.S. Border Patrol agent has been accused of going...
Palestinian stabs American-Israeli man to death in West Bank

Palestinian stabs American-Israeli man to death in West Bank


Via: johnrussell  •  News & Politics  •  1 Comments  •  8 years ago

Palestinian stabs American-Israeli man to death in West Bank JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian assailant on Sunday fatally stabbed an Israeli settler outside a busy mall in the...
Nike Online Sales Surge After Kaepernick Ad

Nike Online Sales Surge After Kaepernick Ad


Via: johnrussell  •  News & Politics  •  73 Comments  •  8 years ago

Nike's decision to put Colin Kaepernick at the center of its latest "Just Do It" ad campaign did not come without scrutiny, and prompting  in protest.  But from a sales perspective, the...
GOP Donor Les Wexner Announces Departure From Republican Party After Obama Visit

GOP Donor Les Wexner Announces Departure From Republican Party After Obama Visit


Via: krishna  •  News & Politics  •  5 Comments  •  8 years ago

Lex Wexner Wexner hosted a fundraiser for  Mitt Romney  in 2012. [30]  Wexner donated $250,000 to  Restore Our Future , Romney's  Super PAC . [31]  In 2015, Wexner donated $500,000...
Liberalism Is A Social (Media) Disease

Liberalism Is A Social (Media) Disease


Via: heartland-american  •  News & Politics  •  2 Comments  •  8 years ago

If you’re at all like me, when you are talking with liberal friends and it turns to politics the conversation gets heated. Not from my end, but theirs. They quickly turn emotional, taking...
Justin Bieber ‘applying for US citizenship’ before marrying American model Hailey Baldwin

Justin Bieber ‘applying for US citizenship’ before marrying American model Hailey Baldwin


Via: buzz-of-the-orient  •  News & Politics  •  20 Comments  •  8 years ago

Justin Bieber ‘applying for US citizenship’ before marrying American model Hailey Baldwin Justin Bieber is engaged to Hailey Baldwin  ( AP ) Pop superstar, born in Ontario,...
Get Wrecked: Think Progress Had A Meltdown After They Got Fact Checked By The Weekly Standard

Get Wrecked: Think Progress Had A Meltdown After They Got Fact Checked By The Weekly Standard


Via: heartland-american  •  News & Politics  •  6 Comments  •  8 years ago

The liberal media was in full assault mode during the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh. The main attack line is that once he’s on the Court, he will overturn Roe v. Wade....
Dianne Feinstein to Refer Cryptic Kavanaugh Document to Department of Justice

Dianne Feinstein to Refer Cryptic Kavanaugh Document to Department of Justice


Via: vic-eldred  •  News & Politics  •  96 Comments  •  8 years ago

A day after it was reported that Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) possesses a sensitive document about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, the senator says she is referring the matter to the...
Obama cartoon/Steve Kelley

Obama cartoon/Steve Kelley


Via: kpr37  •  News & Politics  •  137 Comments  •  8 years ago

 More Harvard, Yale freshmen identify as LGBTQ than as conservative, surveys find

More Harvard, Yale freshmen identify as LGBTQ than as conservative, surveys find


Via: skrekk  •  News & Politics  •  1 Comments  •  8 years ago

More freshmen at both Harvard and Yale identify as LGBTQ than as politically conservative, according to surveys published by the universities’ student newspapers. According to Yale Daily News’ “...
Momentum Speaker Franco Berardi and the New Nazis

Momentum Speaker Franco Berardi and the New Nazis


Via: kpr37  •  News & Politics  •  5 Comments  •  8 years ago

Momentum’s “The World Transformed” conference in Liverpool later this month will be an ugly assembly. Have a look at Franco Berardi, for example. The Italian Marxist is billed as a “writer...
Trump pushes conspiracy theory denying Puerto Rico hurricane death toll

Trump pushes conspiracy theory denying Puerto Rico hurricane death toll


Via: tessylo  •  News & Politics  •  99 Comments  •  8 years ago

Trump pushes conspiracy theory denying Puerto Rico hurricane death toll   Christopher Wilson   1 hour 11 minutes ago   Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: Leah...
Kavanaugh, the NYT op-ed, and the failure of Trump-skeptical Republicans

Kavanaugh, the NYT op-ed, and the failure of Trump-skeptical Republicans


Via: bob-nelson  •  News & Politics  •  48 Comments  •  8 years ago

Some Republicans know Trump is a menace — but can’t bring themselves to act. The week’s news has been dominated by two stories: Trump Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh ’s confirmation...
Willie Nelson upsets fans with plans to perform at Beto O'Rourke rally

Willie Nelson upsets fans with plans to perform at Beto O'Rourke rally


Via: bob-nelson  •  News & Politics  •  19 Comments  •  8 years ago

‘I am no longer willing to watch that hippie guitarist who supports that damn socialist running for Senate,’ an upset fan tweeted in response to Willie Nelson’s announcement. Gary...
Wealthiest Republican supporter in Ohio quits party

Wealthiest Republican supporter in Ohio quits party


Via: jbb  •  News & Politics  •  8 Comments  •  8 years ago

Wealthiest Republican supporter in Ohio quits party The wealthiest supporter of the gop in Ohio said Thursday that he is no longer a member of the Republican Party. "I just decided I'm no longer...
Trump Honors Only One Victim in Puerto Rico: Himself

Trump Honors Only One Victim in Puerto Rico: Himself


Via: bob-nelson  •  News & Politics  •  4 Comments  •  8 years ago

In June in San Juan, P.R., hundreds of pairs of shoes were set out in a tribute to the victims of Hurricane Maria. President Trump disputed the storm’s death toll in a tweet on Thursday....
The Sentence That Enabled Our Endless War Turns 17 Today

The Sentence That Enabled Our Endless War Turns 17 Today


Via: bob-nelson  •  News & Politics  •  1 Comments  •  8 years ago

Seventeen years ago the US went to war on the strength of a single sentence: 60 words that were written, debated, and voted upon before the US even knew for certain who was behind the 9/11...
Elizabeth Smart pleads for reconsideration of kidnapper's release

Elizabeth Smart pleads for reconsideration of kidnapper's release


Via: badfish-hd-h-u  •  News & Politics  •  28 Comments  •  8 years ago

Elizabeth Smart, who was kidnapped as a 14-year-old and sexually abused for nine months before being rescued, urged authorities Thursday not to release one of her captors, 72-year-old Wanda...
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