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Rick Perry Leads Ted Cruz by 9 Points in Texas Senate Race

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Former Governor Rick Perry leads controversial Senator Ted Cruz in the latest poll for the Texas Senate race. Senator Cruz stunned conservatives when he refused to endorse Donald Trump at the RNC Convention in Cleveland. This came after Cruz was thumped in the GOP primary race. The crowd booed him off the consention stage. Perry leads Cruz in a senate primary matchup 46% to 37%. The Texas Tribune... 

White Nationalist Activist David Duke Announces US Senate Run

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One of the most prominent activist in America’s White Nationalist movement, David Duke has just announced that he is running for US Senate in November as a Republican. It wouldn’t be the first time Mr Duke runs for a public office. Back in 1989 David Duke served as a Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives. Back in 1988 David Duke also ran for president but he failed though his... 

Trump: Cruz a ‘hypocrite’ on bank loans

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Republican primary front-runner Donald Trump says rival Ted Cruz’s image as a champion of the everyday American doesn’t square with the two $500,000 loans he failed to disclose from big banks to fund his 2012 Senate campaign. “He’s being a great hypocrite, wouldn’t you think?” Trump said Saturday at a Portsmouth, N.H., rally. “You know, he talks about he’s going to be Robin Hood, he’s... 

America Obsessed with Censoring the Internet like China as CISA Returns

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After a delay, cybersecurity legislation dreaded by privacy advocates and relentlessly pursued by national security officials, known as CISA, will get a vote on the Senate floor “in a couple of days,” a top sponsoring senator anticipates. The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015, also known as CISA, is as polarizing as it is close to a vote. It finally hit the Senate floor for debate... 

Senate debates Patriot Act as expiration of surveillance provisions looms

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The US Senate is poised to pass the USA Freedom Act now that major surveillance powers vested in the USA Patriot Act have expired. The House-passed bill, representing a slightly less intrusive spying law, will come to a vote on Tuesday. The Senate let certain parts of the USA Patriot Act lapse, failing to extend then by the June 1 deadline. Among them is the notorious Section 215, authorizing bulk... 

TPP Gives Obama Power To Destroy America

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In this exclusive emergency address, Alex breaks down the hidden reasons behind the sinister Trans Pacific Trade Partnership. The TPP is global domination by a fascist cartel bent on enslaving the world. Now the Senate has given fast-track authority to Obama to implement this secret plan and set fire to our Constitution, rules of law and ultimately our liberty and way of life. Kentucky Senator and... 

Israel has 'true puppets in US Senate' - Scott Rickard

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American Republican senators who “put together a really ridiculous position” by writing a letter to Iran are true puppets of the Zionist regime in the Senate, says a political commentator. “What you have here is a clear influence by the right-wing Zionist community and Zionist influencers in American politics that have true puppets within the American senator seats,” said Scott Rickard, an... 

US Senate panel quietly passes CISA bill amid fresh surveillance fears

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The Senate Intelligence Committee voted overwhelmingly to advance a cybersecurity bill meant to expand information-sharing between the private sector and the government, though privacy advocates contend it only strengthens domestic surveillance programs. Dubbed the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA), the bill cleared the Senate Intelligence Committee by a 14-1 vote, with outspoken civil... 

Lindsey Graham Meets With Terrorist, Threatens to Overthrow U.S. Government

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John McCain and Lindsey Graham meeting Abdelhakim Belhadj in September 2012. Imagine if a radical right-winger met with the leader of ISIS and then threatened to use military force to overthrow the U.S. government. That’s what Lindsey Graham has done, yet instead of languishing in Guantanamo Bay, he’s in the Senate. During a speech in Concord, New Hampshire, Graham said he would use the force of... 

US to give Israel $350 million for Iron Dome

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The US contractor for Iron Dome is Raytheon. The US Senate has approved a multi-billion-dollar military spending bill that includes $350 million for Israel’s Iron Dome missile system. The Senate passed the bill on Friday by a 89-11 vote. The bill was sent to the White House for President Barack Obama’s signature. The 2015 defense authorization bill also authorized $521.3 billion for Defense... 

US Senate Passes Budget Over 6X Larger Than Number of Galaxies in Universe

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The $1.1 trillion spending bill approved by the Senate Saturday night is over six times larger than the estimated number of galaxies in the observable universe. $1.1 trillion is a little over a thousand billions and astronomers estimate there’s only around 170 billion galaxies in known existence, stretching nearly 14 billion light-years away in every direction. Additionally, one study estimates... 

US Senate Bill Calls for Political Warfare Against Russia

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In addition to declaring economic war on Russia, attempting to cripple the largest exporter of natural gas in the world, and arming a fanatical clique of fascists in Kiev, S.2828, dubbed the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014, dusts off a Cold War relic. The final paragraph of a summary of S.2828 states: Directs the Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors to submit to Congress a plan for... 

Hungary summons US envoy over McCain's insults

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Hungary has summoned the United States top diplomat in Budapest after Republican Senator John McCain described the country’s prime minster as a “neo-fascist dictator.” Speaking in the US Senate on Tuesday, the Republican senator criticized Hungary’s premier Viktor Orban for pro-Russian stances. McCain described Hungary as “a nation that is on the verge of ceding its sovereignty to... 

Obama to announce immigration action defying GOP impeachment threat

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US President Barack Obama will announce an executive order on immigration reform Thursday, according to the White House. In a statement on Wednesday, the White House said Obama will give a prime-time address at 8 p.m. on Thursday to discuss his plan for immigration reform, likely to include temporary reprieve from deportation for as much as 5 million undocumented illegal immigrants. A senior congressional... 

Democrats blame Obama for Senate losses

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Democrats blame US President Barack Obama for their losses in the Senate, saying they were beleaguered by a deeply unpopular White House. After months of bitter and costly campaigning, Republicans took the control of the Senate in Tuesday’s midterm elections. The Republican Party picked up at least seven Senate seats, securing a majority in the 100-member chamber. Republicans won races in Arkansas,... 
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