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Erdogan Claims Victory in Referendum Making Him Dictator

Erdogan's expanded powers will give him considerable leverage with NATO and the US.

Erdogan will apparently be denied the decisive victory he sought, despite his crackdown on the opposition since the failed military coup last year.

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Fighting the GOP's embrace of Obama's premise for health care

One of the biggest reasons we formed this party in the first place is because we've grown sick of the Republican Party promising to oppose big-government policies during campaign season only to watch them embrace those policies once elected. There hasn't been a clearer example of this than Obamacarelite (or Ryancare, or Trumpcare, or whatever you want to call it).

There is important work that must be done. Things are happening more quickly than we anticipated. Thankfully, we’re also growing faster than we dreamed possible. If you’re sick of broken promises by politicians, parties, and organizations, you’re not alone. We’re sick of them, too. That’s why we’re here. We will keep our promises. We will not be corrupted. We will stay the course.

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Tom Cotton just exploded the GOP's lies about RINOcare: 'There is no 3-step plan'

We’ve got one shot at this and Republicans are blowing it.

“Passing this bill would constitute a breach of repeated Republican campaign promises to fully repeal Obamacare.”

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GOP Outside Group Pressures Vulnerable Members on Health Care Plan

While this campaign targets some more moderate members of the conference, AAN has previously targeted a different group of Republicans who don’t think the GOP health care plan goes far enough. Last week, ANN began an ad campaign that urges members of the conservative Freedom and Liberty Caucuses to “vote with President Trump” on the legislation.

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Deaths of Russian diplomats cannot be dismissed as conspiracy theory

Vladimir Putin is not a good person. He’s not America’s friend. The sooner that the President and his supporters realize this, the less likely it will be that Russia gets the upper hand on us in matters that count.

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Obama's Legacy: Big City Murder Rates Showing Fastest Increases Since the 1970s

This Obama legacy, left behind like a booby trap, presents a significant challenge for President Trump. He has a year or two at most to get this situation under control or he’ll be blamed for the increases in crime his predecessor’s policies have baked into the statistical cake. And we face a rising hue and cry from all of the usual suspects for more ever more restrictive gun control laws.

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Appeals court rejects Trump administration’s request to restore travel ban

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco denied the DOJ's request an emergency stay, pending full consideration of the motion.

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ISIS Burns Mother And Four Children

ISIS’s acts of brutality, including vicious killings of children, are operationalizing, with the help of 21st century technology, a literal reading of purist Islamic ideology, which began in the 7th century. We will finally have a president who is not afraid to speak the truth about the roots of the global jihadist threat we are facing.

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The RGA is betting on Virginia and Ed Gillespie

The RGA is betting big on Virginia through a PAC, A Stronger Virginia. According to RGA spokesman, Jon Thompson, because the money is in a PAC they may spend all of it or none of it. If it looks like the money is better spent elsewhere they will pull the money from Virginia but right now the $5 million is for our Governor’s race.

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How Mentally Ill Esteban Santiago Flew His Gun Across the Country… Legally

Keeping guns out of the hands of the mentally ill is not a gun control issue. It is a public safety issue. If mass shootings continue unabated, the left’s outcry for more gun control may lead to sweeping laws like those of New York that restrict all gun ownership, rather than sensible laws that target the real problem.

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Head of Intel Committee: Only Reason Obama is Going After Russia is Because Hillary Lost

Responding to Trump’s seeming to want to get off on the right foot with Russia’s Putin, Rep. Nunes said that all of the past recent presidents have attempted to do the same thing but that he doubts it’s possible for the U.S. to be true friends of the Russians.

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Waffle House employee fired after using gun in self-defense during robbery

“In the heat of the moment, as the robbers left, I ran to my car and retrieved my gun. I safely fired a round in the air in an attempt to scare the robbers who were in the process of getting in their vehicle. Not knowing if they were retrieving their weapon to return to the Waffle House. My shot must have gotten their attention as they rapidly drove off,” she wrote on her GoFundMe page. “Due to this action of firing a round safely in the air I have lost my job. I am a mother of three childern and have a disabled husband. Being the sole income, short term assistance would be welcomed to help make ends meet until I can secure another job.”

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Chicago had more homicides in 2016 than NYC and LA combined

While the police department has cited several factors for the declining numbers, including a concerted effort not to make minor drug arrests and focus on gun violence, Johnson acknowledged in a recent interview with The Associated Press that officers have become more cautious — in part out of fear of becoming the next "viral video."

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Sean Spicer, incoming White House spokesman:Trump's Twitter 'freaks the mainstream media out'

“Some of them will be on camera, some of them will be off. But absolutely, we understand the importance” of press briefings, he said. “We’ll use every tool possible. And absolutely, we’ll sit down and make sure that on a daily basis the press is informed.”

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Kelly Calls Out Hypocritical Media for Whining About Trump's 'Blacklist'

Kelly followed up by detailing how Hillary Clinton ignored her numerous attempts to get her on the program, all the while using Kelly to attack Donald Trump.

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Who Should Decide if 'Hydroponic' is 'Organic'?

"It would be better for the authorities to focus on ensuring the safety of food and the accuracy of label information about things like nutrition and allergens, while letting consumers figure out for themselves what organic means to them," writethe Globe's editors. "Farmers who grow crops only in soil and want to market themselves to consumers that way have every right to try, and if enough customers care then they'll be successful. But asking the federal government to define and enforce the boundaries of personal beliefs is just too much to ask."

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Here’s How Bad the Situation in North Korea Really Is for Christians and Other Religious People

Just to give a hint into how horrific North Korea purportedly is on the religious rights front, consider that 98 percent of those surveyed said there are no churches available to the public outside of Pyongyang, the nation’s capital. And there are apparently only four or five churches in that city, though they are purportedly used as mere props for tourists visiting the country.