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Awkward! MSNBC Makes Chuck Schumer Watch A Montage That Rips Him Apart
1 week, 2 days ago

Awkward! MSNBC Makes Chuck Schumer Watch A Montage That Rips Him Apart

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LOADING ERROR LOADING Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was made to watch a montage Tuesday of criticisms from members of his own party, after helping Republicans in Congress pass a spending bill to avert a government shutdown — rather than try to negotiate. And this is not just about progressive Democrats, this is across the board, the entire party.” “I …

Rachel Maddow Savages MSNBC In Fearless Biting Of Hand That Feeds Her
1 month ago

Rachel Maddow Savages MSNBC In Fearless Biting Of Hand That Feeds Her

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LOADING ERROR LOADING MSBNC host Rachel Maddow shredded her network Monday for its “bad mistake” in canceling colleague Joy Reid’s show and “indefensible” removal of “non-white” hosts in or around prime time. But that’s what I think.” Maddow continued, “It is also unnerving to see that on a network where we’ve got two ― count them ― two non-white hosts …

Stephen Colbert Salutes The 1 Unexpected Company Defying Trump
1 month, 1 week ago

Stephen Colbert Salutes The 1 Unexpected Company Defying Trump

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LOADING ERROR LOADING “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert on Monday called out “petty and vindictive” President Donald Trump for going after The Associated Press after the news agency refused to use the term “Gulf of America.” “The Associated Press keeps calling it the Gulf of Mexico because that’s what it’s called,” Colbert pointed out. “You can’t get mad at The …

Veteran Journalist Sounds Alarm On FBI, CIA Purge With Frightening Analysis
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Veteran Journalist Sounds Alarm On FBI, CIA Purge With Frightening Analysis

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LOADING ERROR LOADING Garrett Graff, a veteran journalist and historian, issued a dire national security warning on Wednesday after the CIA offered buyouts to its entire workforce, a move that falls in line with President Donald Trump’s push to fill the federal government with loyalists. Graff, in an interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, gave two examples of what a purge …

MSNBC Host Tears Apart Right-Wing DEI Obsession With Brutal Reality Check
1 month, 3 weeks ago

MSNBC Host Tears Apart Right-Wing DEI Obsession With Brutal Reality Check

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LOADING ERROR LOADING His comments arrived after Melissa Murray, an MSNBC legal analyst and law professor at New York University, argued that the attacks on DEI are “about rolling back the gains of the Civil Rights Movement” and “reestablishing, reentrenching a form of racial and gender hierarchy.” Velshi chimed in and noted that there were “far more plane crashes” prior …

Former HHS Secretary Reacts To RFK Jr.'s Confirmation Hearing: 'Very, Very Dangerous'
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Former HHS Secretary Reacts To RFK Jr.'s Confirmation Hearing: 'Very, Very Dangerous'

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LOADING ERROR LOADING A former secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday suggested that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been nominated for “the wrong Cabinet post” after how President Donald Trump’s pick for her old job performed in his confirmation hearing. Sebelius, who served under Barack Obama and oversaw the Affordable Care Act’s implementation, has previously …

AOC Slams 'Billionaire Feeding Frenzy' At Trump Trough: 'It Is A Kiss-Ass Race'
2 months ago

AOC Slams 'Billionaire Feeding Frenzy' At Trump Trough: 'It Is A Kiss-Ass Race'

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LOADING ERROR LOADING Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is slamming the U.S. billionaire class for going “all in” on President Donald Trump after his election victory in November, noting that many who previously criticized him are now in a “kiss-ass race” to show Trump their utmost fealty. “It is, ‘How can I show how much fealty I have to Donald Trump in …

‘I Broke The Law': Capitol Rioters Reject Trump’s Pardons, Demand Accountability
2 months ago

‘I Broke The Law': Capitol Rioters Reject Trump’s Pardons, Demand Accountability

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LOADING ERROR LOADING At least two people who pleaded guilty for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol say they don’t want pardons for what they did, with one saying President Donald Trump can “shove his pardon up his a**.” “I am guilty of the crimes I have committed and accept the consequences,” Jason Riddle, …

Mike Johnson Talks Around Trump's Arnold Palmer Penis Comment
5 months, 1 week ago

Mike Johnson Talks Around Trump's Arnold Palmer Penis Comment

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LOADING ERROR LOADING During a rally in Palmer’s Pennsylvania hometown on Saturday, the former president went on a 10-minute ramble which ended with him praising the PGA legend’s intimate anatomy. “I know you want to talk about policy, and I respect that,” Tapper continued, pivoting back to concerns about Trump’s “fitness, his acuity and his stability.” Again, he asked Johnson, …

'We Can Do Better To Support Immigrants'
6 months, 1 week ago

'We Can Do Better To Support Immigrants'

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Illustration:Jianan Liu/HuffPost; Photo: Chris Ray, Getty Images Jesus “Chuy” Mendez-Fragoso is the owner of multiple bar and restaurant concepts in Birmingham, Alabama, including The Louis Bar and Unos Tacos in the Pizitz Food Hall, Adios Bar, and upcoming Salud, plus he’s a franchise owner for Honest Coffee Roasters. Back in the early ’90s in Shelby County, Alabama, there were no …

Southern Baptist Convention Votes To Oppose IVF As Not 'God-Honoring'
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Southern Baptist Convention Votes To Oppose IVF As Not 'God-Honoring'

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LOADING ERROR LOADING The Southern Baptist Convention passed a resolution Wednesday opposing the use of in vitro fertilization to conceive children, suggesting it is not a “God-honoring” process and that the U.S. government should thus work to “restrain” it. Doug McSchooler via Associated Press Earlier this year, Alabama’s Supreme Court sparked a crisis in the Republican Party when it ruled …

Kimmel Praises 'Toughest (And Funniest)' Son Following Third Open-Heart Surgery
10 months ago

Kimmel Praises 'Toughest (And Funniest)' Son Following Third Open-Heart Surgery

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LOADING ERROR LOADING Jimmy Kimmel revealed Monday on Instagram that his 7-year-old son, Billy, had successfully undergone a third — and what the late-night host said will hopefully be his final — open-heart surgery. Kimmel’s emotional recollection on his “Jimmy Kimmel Live” show of his son’s first few days — which included a passionate plea to Congress to ensure universal …

Letter From The Editor: HuffPost Needs Your Support
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Letter From The Editor: HuffPost Needs Your Support

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This April marked three years since I first started working as HuffPost’s editor-in-chief. We’re regularly producing award-winning journalism, holding power to account, and bringing you fun and fearless news every single day. Threats on IVF, a draconian abortion ban in Arizona, and the looming Biden-Trump showdown all will have vast and potentially dire impacts on American life. Threats on IVF, …

Time Journalist Shares What 'Struck' Him About Trump After Stunning Interview
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Time Journalist Shares What 'Struck' Him About Trump After Stunning Interview

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LOADING ERROR LOADING Time magazine on Tuesday published a bombshell interview with former President Donald Trump, the presumptive 2024 Republican nominee, titled “If He Wins.” Massimo Calabresi, Time’s Washington bureau chief, appeared on CNN Tuesday to discuss the article, written by national politics reporter Eric Cortellessa. The piece begins with the sentence: “Donald Trump thinks he’s identified a crucial mistake …

CNN Host Gives Mike Pence A Very Awkward Reminder After He Shrugs Off Trump Threat
1 year, 8 months ago

CNN Host Gives Mike Pence A Very Awkward Reminder After He Shrugs Off Trump Threat

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LOADING ERROR LOADING Former Vice President Mike Pence stunned CNN’s Dana Bash over the weekend when he said he was unconcerned by Donald Trump’s veiled threat about what his supporters might do should he be sentenced to jail. The twice-indicted former president had told an Iowa radio station last week that the possibility of jail time was a “very dangerous …

Hailey Bieber Reveals She 'Struggled With A Little PTSD' After Suffering Mini-Stroke
2 years, 2 months ago

Hailey Bieber Reveals She 'Struggled With A Little PTSD' After Suffering Mini-Stroke

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LOADING ERROR LOADING Hailey Bieber is getting candid about the “very scary” moment she suffered a mini-stroke last year and how it’s affected her mental and physical health since then. Bieber — who later underwent a patent foramen ovale closure procedure to mend a hole in her heart — got candid about how “terrifying” the experience was. Though she’s visited …

Ashton Kutcher Tears Up While Describing His Twin Brother’s Brush With Death
2 years, 3 months ago

Ashton Kutcher Tears Up While Describing His Twin Brother’s Brush With Death

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Michael and Ashton Kutcher in 2013. Adam Bettcher via Getty Images Ashton Kutcher gets vulnerable as he shares for the first time about a health crisis in his family. On an episode of “The Checkup with Dr. David Agus,” a new docuseries on Paramount+ where notable names sit down with Dr. Agus to discuss personal health issues, the “That ’70s …

Chloë Grace Moretz Became A ‘Recluse’ After Viral Body-Shaming ‘Family Guy’ Meme
2 years, 6 months ago

Chloë Grace Moretz Became A ‘Recluse’ After Viral Body-Shaming ‘Family Guy’ Meme

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LOADING ERROR LOADING Few young actors have been as consistently booked and busy as Chloë Grace Moretz, who’s appeared in more than 50 films since her breakout role in the “Kick Ass” franchise. But growing up in the public eye came with a major cost for the 25-year-old star, who said that a “horrific” viral meme comparing an edited paparazzi …

Guess Which Of His Movies Jason Momoa Thinks Is A 'Pile Of S**t'
2 years, 7 months ago

Guess Which Of His Movies Jason Momoa Thinks Is A 'Pile Of S**t'

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You can only pick one. David Livingston via Getty Images There’s a movie in the Jason Momoa cinematic oeuvre he considers to be a “big pile of shit.” No, not “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.” Or “Justice League.” That other one. That would be none other than 2011′s “Conan the Barbarian,” a box office bomb that did the unthinkable: …

Man's Scathing Message For Anti-Vaxxers, Coronavirus-Deniers Goes Viral On TikTok
3 years, 7 months ago

Man's Scathing Message For Anti-Vaxxers, Coronavirus-Deniers Goes Viral On TikTok

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LOADING ERROR LOADING The husband of a woman with stage 4 breast cancer ― who he says was discharged from hospital early because of the pressure exerted on health services amid the resurgent pandemic ― has gone viral with a blunt video message in which he challenges coronavirus-deniers and anti-vaxxers. Jason Arena, 45, from Mooresville, North Carolina, demands to know …

Oh Great, Now We Have To Worry About A Potentially Devastating 'Moon Wobble'
3 years, 8 months ago

Oh Great, Now We Have To Worry About A Potentially Devastating 'Moon Wobble'

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LOADING ERROR LOADING The moon may look like a peaceful neighbor, but scientists are warning that it may be trying to kill us. “In the mid-2030s, every U.S. coast will experience rapidly increasing high-tide floods, when a lunar cycle will amplify rising sea levels caused by climate change,” NASA warned in a new report. “It means that coastal communities — …

The R-Rated Art Campaign That’s A 2-Word 'Primal Scream’ Against Donald Trump
4 years, 9 months ago

The R-Rated Art Campaign That’s A 2-Word 'Primal Scream’ Against Donald Trump

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LOADING ERROR LOADING They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Like on bumper stickers or “on the White House perimeter fence,” the campaign’s organizers, Amanda White and Jon Gibson, told HuffPost this week. “If you’re offended, you’re missing the point,” said the organizers, who co-own the Los Angeles art gallery and creative production company iam8bit. Isn’t that kind …

Senate Confirms Another Trump Court Pick Rated 'Not Qualified' To Serve
5 years, 5 months ago

Senate Confirms Another Trump Court Pick Rated 'Not Qualified' To Serve

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LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― Senate Republicans voted Thursday to confirm Justin Walker to a lifetime seat on a federal court, despite the fact that he earned a rare and embarrassing “not qualified” rating from the American Bar Association. Walker “does not presently have the requisite trial or litigation experience” to be a federal judge, the ABA’s Standing Committee concluded …

Taylor Swift Covers Vogue, Talks Being Canceled And Not Being Political Enough
5 years, 7 months ago

Taylor Swift Covers Vogue, Talks Being Canceled And Not Being Political Enough

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LOADING ERROR LOADING Taylor Swift, the cover star of Vogue’s iconic September issue, talked about the dangers of cancel culture and why she didn’t get involved in the 2016 election and instead “disappeared.” After getting into a major public feud with Kim Kardashian, the singer told Vogue that she faced a “mass public shaming.” “Millions of people saying you are …

Introducing HuffPost Plus: Help Us Cover What Matters Most To You
5 years, 11 months ago

Introducing HuffPost Plus: Help Us Cover What Matters Most To You

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Isabella Carapella/HuffPost When I joined HuffPost two years ago, I was inspired by a simple question: What would it mean if a news organization put people ― not the powerful ― at the center of its work? Today, I’m proud of our coverage of the silent housing crisis and voting rights, our expanded coverage of health care and inequality, our …

Corporations Sitting On Their Assets, Latest Stats Reveal
6 years, 9 months ago

Corporations Sitting On Their Assets, Latest Stats Reveal

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LOADING ERROR LOADING Corporate spending isn’t taking off the way Republicans predicted in the wake of a massive $1.5 trillion tax cut for companies, according to the latest figures. “The buyback boom early this year confirms our view that the main use of corporate America’s tax savings will be takeovers and stock buybacks rather than capital investment or hiring,” said …

Re-Introducing The Flipside
7 years, 1 month ago

Re-Introducing The Flipside

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HUFFPOST Adding value to our users is one of the guiding principles for every product we build at HuffPost. With that goal in mind, right after the 2016 election we were inspired to create the first version of The Flipside as a tool with a very simple premise: to allow readers to explore the diversity of stories trending on Twitter …

Introducing HuffPost Opinion And HuffPost Personal
7 years, 2 months ago

Introducing HuffPost Opinion And HuffPost Personal

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Damon Dahlen/HuffPost We live in a cacophonous world. The new Opinion section will feature a mix of regular columnists and one-off guest writers, commissioned by our Opinion editors to produce smart, authentic, timely and rigorous op-eds. For example, today we are featuring Carol Anderson on the Republican agenda, Tressie McMillan Cottom on the complex challenges of the digital age, Lauren …

Sky Katz Dishes On 'Raven's Home' And Why Zendaya Inspires Her
7 years, 5 months ago

Sky Katz Dishes On 'Raven's Home' And Why Zendaya Inspires Her

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Actress Sky Katz poses for photos in New York in August. DAMON DAHLEN/HUFFPOST With the finale episode of Season 1 of “Raven’s Home” right around the corner, HuffPost caught up with the “That’s So Raven” spin-off’s rising star Sky Katz to chat about her experience working with Raven-Symoné, her rap skills and her inspirations. What’s it like playing Tess on …

Robert Rosenthal: Investigative Journalism Must Embrace Tech
7 years, 7 months ago

Robert Rosenthal: Investigative Journalism Must Embrace Tech

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Robert Rosenthal knows groundbreaking journalism. The award-winning reporter, now the executive director of The Center for Investigative Reporting, was working at The New York Times when it published the Pentagon Papers, and he tells Robert Scheer about his experience with leaks and “fake news” in this week’s episode of KCRW’s “Scheer Intelligence.” “The adversarial relationship between journalism in this country …

Why New Dads Make the Best Employees
7 years, 7 months ago

Why New Dads Make the Best Employees

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Becoming a father has been an incredible experience so far. Sometimes you're blessed with a 'nap time' and you have to pick the one thing that will make you truly happy or will improve the quality of your family's day. If your baby makes things really smelly at the worst possible moment while knocking over something in a store and …

Zoe Kravitz: I Experienced A 'Big Shift' In Embracing My Blackness
7 years, 10 months ago

Zoe Kravitz: I Experienced A 'Big Shift' In Embracing My Blackness

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Zoe Kravitz appears calm, cool and super cute on the June cover of Allure magazine ― but it’s the cover story itself that is most refreshing. “Racism is very real and white supremacism is going strong,” Kravitz said in the cover story. “The older I get, the more I experience life, I am identifying more and more with being black, …

To Save America We Must Stop Being Polite And Immediately Start Raising Hell
7 years, 10 months ago

To Save America We Must Stop Being Polite And Immediately Start Raising Hell

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Alexander Shcherbak via Getty Images Donald Trump made his most frightening authoritarian power grab yet in firing James Comey, the FBI director who was leading an investigation of his campaign’s possible collusion with Russia. We must fight back with equal force.” The elected officials and White House staffers must be challenged going to and from their cars and at the …

It's the Communications Environment, Stupid
8 years, 4 months ago

It's the Communications Environment, Stupid

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MSNBC Mobile Studio, GOP Convention Floor, Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio, July 20, 2016. Jon Winet In a brief but substantive interview with Bill Maher broadcast on Real Time Friday night, President Obama reflected on the principal problem in our public life and discourse that has made it possible for Donald Trump to get this close to the American Presidency. …

For The Record
8 years, 8 months ago

For The Record

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Let me start by saying that addressing gossip is something I have never done. I’m fed up with the sport-like scrutiny and body shaming that occurs daily under the guise of “journalism,” the “First Amendment” and “celebrity news.” Every day my husband and I are harassed by dozens of aggressive photographers staked outside our home who will go to shocking …

"Til it Happens to You:" Diane Warren's Oscar-Nominated Collaboration with Lady Gaga
9 years, 1 month ago

"Til it Happens to You:" Diane Warren's Oscar-Nominated Collaboration with Lady Gaga

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The Hunting Ground, a powerful documentary from filmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering, shines a light on the widespread phenomenon of rape on college campuses. She's a trained classical musician, the real deal, and her performance is amazing: by the end of the song, Gaga is a warrior with a machine gun. But HuffPost won't back down when it comes …

How This 55-Year-Old Widow Is Creating A Fulfilling New Life
9 years, 7 months ago

How This 55-Year-Old Widow Is Creating A Fulfilling New Life

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Jennifer Miller, 55, is is selling her late husband's ranch in Las Vegas and starting a new life. I had to give up my job to help take care of my husband so I’ll be getting back in the game. I’m fortunate in that I’m healthy and the estate afforded me a nice lifestyle and a new home.” Jennifer Miller …

For a Glimpse at the Future of Peacebuilding, Look to an Experiment Begun a Decade Ago
9 years, 10 months ago

For a Glimpse at the Future of Peacebuilding, Look to an Experiment Begun a Decade Ago

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When we were both 14, our Israeli and Palestinian parents and teachers enrolled us in a massive, life-altering experiment, the effects of which are still playing out, over a decade later. The experiment, conducted in two dozen countries by an organization called Seeds of Peace, began with a question: what type of impact could you have on young people from …

This Is Why We Love To Scare Ourselves Silly
10 years, 5 months ago

This Is Why We Love To Scare Ourselves Silly

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American actress Vera Miles stars as Lila Crane in the horror classic 'Psycho', directed by Alfred Hitchcock, 1960. Here's what we learned: "For many people everyday life can feel overly routinized and even boring," Dr. David H. Zald, a psychiatry professor at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., told The Huffington Post in an email. "Our arousal system is activated and …

'Nothing Is Impossible': Man Pushed Friend In A Wheelchair Across 500-Mile Spanish Trail
10 years, 7 months ago

'Nothing Is Impossible': Man Pushed Friend In A Wheelchair Across 500-Mile Spanish Trail

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This pair proves that friendship is a force so powerful, it can move mountains -- or at least push up them. Justin Skeesuck and Patrick Gray, both 39 and living in Idaho, have been best friends since childhood, and have shared a host of happy memories together. The 500-mile journey took them through rivers, up mountains and even into 10-inch …

'Become A Pick Up Artist' App Is Seriously Creepy (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
11 years, 10 months ago

'Become A Pick Up Artist' App Is Seriously Creepy (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

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Just in case giving frat bros a shortcut to your bikini photos wasn't creepy enough, now a phone app is helping dudes morph into "pick-up artists." The new "Become A Pick Up Artist" application, created by Chouquette Games, offers to teach men "the best tips, tricks, and techniques for dating real life beautiful women." After going through a virtual scenario …

Ted Nugent Suggests He's Ready For Armed Revolt Against 'Evil, Dangerous' Obama (VIDEO)
12 years, 2 months ago

Ted Nugent Suggests He's Ready For Armed Revolt Against 'Evil, Dangerous' Obama (VIDEO)

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Rocker-turned-gun rights provocateur Ted Nugent is willing to say just about anything to attack President Barack Obama and his administration for what he believes is an imminent effort by the government to snatch up guns. "I'm part of a very great experiment in self-government where we the people determine our own pursuit of happiness and our own individual freedom and …

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