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College students "who are NOT U.S. Citizens and who get the PELL Grant" plan to return to their home countries after getting free gas cards and child care.
Members of Congress "specifically exempted themselves from many of the laws they have passed, such as being exempt from any fear of prosecution for sexual harassment" ... (and) from the healthcare reform."
Members of Congress can "retire with the same pay after only one term" in office
Says the Obama administration plans to ban all weapons for U.S. citizens through international treaties.
"Mitt Romney received exactly zero votes in at least 12 Cuyahoga County precincts."
Less than 10 percent of President Barack Obama’s Cabinet members have private-sector experience.
Medicare insurance premiums will be rising to "$120.20 per month in 2013 and $247.00 per month in 2014."
The health care law includes "a 3.8% sales tax" on "all real estate transactions."
Says President Barack Obama "doubled the national debt, which had taken more than two centuries to accumulate, in one year."
The media won’t publish a real photo of Trayvon Martin with tattoos on his face.
Says "a lip-reading instructor at the River School, a Washington, D.C., school for the deaf" has determined that during 9/11 ceremonies, Michelle Obama said, "All this for a damn flag."
Says "a lip-reading instructor at the River School, a Washington, D.C., school for the deaf" has determined that during 9/11 ceremonies, Michelle Obama said, "All this for a damn flag."
Says Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie made a late-night visit to Kinko’s to forge President Barack Obama’s birth certificate two days before Obama unveiled it to the media.
Says President Barack Obama’s finance team is recommending a "1% tax on all transactions at any financial institution."
The salaries of Wisconsin’s best-educated public school teachers were "slashed" by Gov. Scott Walker through a recent administrative rule change.
Says President Barack Obama "added" $6.5 trillion to the national debt in his first term, more than the $6.3 trillion added by the previous 43 presidents combined.
Says the Department of Homeland Security has ordered "enough rounds of .40 caliber ammunition to kill every man, woman and child in the United States," possibly to combat "massive civil unrest" or "an invasion by a foreign power."
Says there is an upcoming vote to preserve benefits of Texas homestead exemption for seniors and the disabled.
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