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Ron Paul… Not So Popular in Home State, Texas

While Ron Paul may have a national following of supporters, apparently he’s not so popular in his home state, Texas. The Hill reports, “Paul finished third in a straw poll of 1,300 Texas Republican activists who had been delegates to recent Republican conventions.”
The congressman corralled just 17 percent of the votes cast, trailing California’s Duncan [...]

Springsteen: “This One’s for John”

The Hill had a quip about Bruce Springsteen’s show in Washington, D.C. on Monday night that included a shout-out to John Kerry as the band queued up to play “Last to Die.” “Last to Die” from Springsteen’s latest, Magic, was inspired by John Kerry’s Senate Committee on Foreign Relations testimony on April 22, 1971.
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Henry Waxman: Blackwater May Have Engaged in Tax Evasion

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman Henry Waxman asserted today that Blackwater USA “may have engaged in significant tax evasion.”

In a letter to Blackwater Chairman Erik Prince, panel Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) noted that the IRS earlier this year ruled that the company “violated federal tax laws by treating an armed guard as an [...]