The Jerusalem Post- Egyptian security forces shot dead dozens of supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Morsi on Saturday, witnesses said, days after the army chief called for a popular mandate to wipe out “violence and terrorism”.
Men in helmets and black police fatigues fired on crowds gathered before dawn on the fringes of a round-the-clock sit-in near a mosque in northeast Cairo, Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood said.
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President Obama was whistling in the dark if he seriously believes sex, lies, abuse of power, and betrayal of those fighting for their country are nothing more than “phoney scandals.” Could he be a fool, a tool, or a Soviet agent? The Washington Times writes:
The Democratic Party is battling scandals from New York to San Diego and from city hall to Capitol Hill, as the party finds itself on the defensive over embarrassing lapses ranging from sexual misconduct to multiple scandals ensnaring the Obama administration.
President Obama on Wednesday denounced what he called “phony scandals” and “an endless parade of distractions” blocking progress on the economy and other issues, but critics say the controversies underscore the missed opportunities for the president and his party to live up to pledges to clean up politics and break traditional patterns of money, influence and privilege in government.
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Christian girls in Northern Nigeria are being abducted, kept in the homes of Muslim leaders and forced to renounce their faith.
Professor Daniel Babayi, secretary of the Northern Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), said that the issue was getting worse and that they are currently pursuing five cases. He said:
Christian girls below the age of 18 are forcefully abducted and made to denounce their faith… They have been kept in the houses of emirs or imams. When we report to the police, they tell you there is nothing they can do. The police have become very helpless. In some instances, they are part of the conspiracy.
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Washington, DC — Representative James Lankford (R-OK), a member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, applauded the work of the Committee yesterday to send a number of important bills to the House floor for full House consideration. One of the bills passed in the Committee’s mark-up today was H.R. 1423, Lankford’s Taxpayers Right-to-Know Act.
“The federal government cannot produce a list of all the programs, the cost of the programs and the metrics to evaluate the programs. That is absurd,” said Lankford.
“The American people cannot hold their government accountable and eliminate duplication in government, if we cannot even produce a list of the programs. As we rapidly approach $17 trillion in national debt, it is vital that we hold the federal government accountable for how Washington spends our hard-earned tax dollars.”
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Senators Inhofe and Landrieu
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., and U.S. Sen. Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., have introduced the Youth Prison Reduction through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Support, and Education (PROMISE) Act (S.1307) to help prevent juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity through evidence-based practices. More than 300 law enforcement groups, community organizations and child welfare experts currently support the bill. U.S. Reps. Bobby Scott (D-VA) and Walter Jones (R-NC) introduced similar legislation in the U.S. House in March.