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‘Agenders’ claim victory over U.N. in Plantation; mayor says no

By | 10.04.11 | 6:22 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Richard Swier, vice president of The United West, posted an article on the group’s website highlighting the anti-Agenda 21 movement here in Florida. His piece calls upon fellow “agenders” to ask local officials whether they plan on “having government agents come into [their] homes.”

Bachmann tells radio host Ingraham China blinding U.S. satellites with lasers

By | 10.03.11 | 9:27 am | More from The Minnesota Independent

On the radio program of conservative talker Laura Ingraham, Michele Bachmann rattled off a litany of complaints against China, accusing the country of blinding U.S. satellites with lasers, selling weapons to terrorist regimes and engaging in cyber attacks on both U.S. businesses and the military.

“China has widespread intellectual property More…

Gary Johnson, Ron Paul criticize killing of alleged terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki by U.S. drone attack

By | 09.30.11 | 5:12 pm | More from The New Mexico Independent

The drone attacks that killed Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen have sparked renewed talks of due process for U.S. born citizens alleged to have been involved in terrorist activity.

Awlaki was born in New Mexico, and two presidential candidates, along with a host of civil liberties writers, More…

Rick Perry’s comments on immigration enforcement influence Florida Legislature

By | 09.30.11 | 2:03 pm | More from The Florida Independent

GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry’s statements on immigration in Florida last week and the reaction of immigration-enforcement-only policy supporters seems to be having an impact on the Florida Legislature.

Bachmann blames ‘weakness’ of Obama for wave of democratic movements in Middle East

By | 09.30.11 | 9:26 am | More from The Minnesota Independent

At a campaign stop Thursday in North Carolina, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann blamed Pres. Barack Obama for the outbreak of the Arab Spring, the wave of democracy uprisings across the Middle East.

Injured workers sue contracting, insurance firms over injuries in Iraq, Afghanistan

By | 09.28.11 | 1:02 pm

In a 200-page complaint filed in federal court Monday, dozens of former government contractors injured in Iraq and Afghanistan accuse their old employers and insurance carriers of blocking or withholding their health benefits.

VIDEO: Ron Paul $1m ‘veteran’ ad

By | 09.22.11 | 3:31 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

The Texas Congressman has a new 60-second ad spot that highlights not only Ron Paul‘s own background in the military, but features veterans discussing the ways that Paul has honored them.

U.S. Senate moving on first Homeland Security authorization since 2003

By | 09.22.11 | 3:31 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

In a political climate where the most mundane of tasks often appear mired in complex partisan strategies designed to show one party or the other holding a strategic advantage, a U.S. Senate committee has managed something quite unusual. It has managed to come to agreement on the first authorization bill More…

With military budget on cutting block, armed forces look to Super Committee to broker deal

By | 09.16.11 | 10:28 am | More from The Iowa Independent

A failure of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to strike a $1.5 trillion budget cut deal, or a later decision by Congress to reject the plan, could lead to automatic and devastating consequences for the nation’s military and the defense industrial base, a Pentagon spokesman warned.

If either More…

Rick Perry not likely to receive respite from immigration criticism in Iowa

By | 09.14.11 | 7:30 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

Criticism hasn’t eased for Texas Gov. Rick Perry in the wake of his statement during a recent debate that the border can’t be secured and defense of his state’s tuition policy for some undocumented immigrants — and a two-day tour in Iowa this week doesn’t look like it will More…