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PICKET: Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood president gives himself dictator status
On the heels of President Barack Obama praising Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi for Mr. Morsi's "efforts to pursue a de-escalation" between Israel and Hamas, Deputy National Security adviser Ben Rhodes told USA Today, Mr. Morsi gave himself dictator status in Egypt as he usurped powers that positions him above the opposition leader and judiciary.
PICKET: Turkey farmers to EPA - You're killing us
Although Thanksgiving is upon us, farmers who make a living off the livestock, that will find its way to millions of American dinner tables on Thursday, are expressing frustration towards the Environmental Protection Agency’s latest decisions.
PICKET: Clyburn says calling Amb. Susan Rice 'incompetent' is racist
According to Rep. James Clyburn, South Carolina Democrat, says calling UN Ambassador Susan Rice "incompetent" or "lazy" should be considered racial attacks, reports National Journal.
PICKET: NLRB to continue investigation of complaint filed against labor by Wal-Mart
The National Labor Relations Board released a statement on Tuesday regarding the complaint filed by the giant retailer Wal-Mart against its union opponents over whether their store workers could walk out on Black Friday this week.
PICKET: Wal-Mart faces walk-outs months after being pressured to cut ties with free-market group
Moveon.org sent e-mails to all to its national list asking them to go to their local Wal-Marts on Black Friday and support the employees' strike against the mega-retailer's management, report's Matt Boyle of the Daily Caller.
PICKET: Romney passes McCain's 2008 popular vote total, Obama 5.5 mil behind '08 total
Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney surpassed 2008's former Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain's popular vote tally on Tuesday.
PICKET: (VIDEO) Flashback - D's called Condi Rice an unmarried childless liar during Iraq hearings
Senator Barabara Boxer, California Democrat, was one of the leading lawmakers on Capitol Hill to attack then Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice over the events that led to the war in Iraq. Senator Boxer wrote in the Huffington Post last week that GOP lawmakers who are critical of President Obama's UN Ambassador Susan Rice are being "unfair" and "untruthful."
PICKET: Obama's 'blame America first' UN ambassador doesn't measure up
President Barack Obama threw down the gauntlet last week when he accused Republican lawmakers for unfairly attacking his United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice over her explanation to five Sunday news shows regarding the attacks in Benghazi that left four Americans dead, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens.
PICKET: Israel - Hamas not allowing 22 foreign nationals to leave Gaza into Israel
Taking credit for firing rockets from Egypt into Israel recently, the Palestinian Islamist organization Hamas claimed that the Israelis destroyed government buildings on the Gaza strip, reports Reuters. At the same time Israel's missile defense known as the "Iron Dome" shot down a Tel Aviv bound rocket on Saturday.
PICKET: Iraq freed wanted Hezbollah man after U.S. elections to avoid embarrassing Obama
Iraq released an imprisoned Hezbollah commander on Friday that is wanted by the United States, The Associated Press, is reporting. According to his lawyer, Ali Mussa Daqduq is returning home to Lebanon.
PICKET: EPA IG to investigate agency's involvement in experiments on humans
The Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Assistant Inspector General for Program Evaluation (OIG) Carolyn Copper sent a memorandum to the EPA's Lek Kadeli, Acting Assistant Administrator for Research and Development, in late October and gave notice that the IG will "begin an evaluation of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Research on Human Subjects." According to the memo posted on the EPA's website, the assignment is in response to a Congressional request.
PICKET: Al qaeda didn't just disappear from CIA's original Benghazi memo but also from FBI counter-terror lexicon
Lawmakers told reporters on Capitol Hill Friday that former CIA Director David Petraeus testified that the White House edited out "Al Qaeda's involvement" from the agency's original talking points.
PICKET: Wis. GOP lawmakers would support a bill to make Obamacare implementation illegal
Salon is reporting that Wisconsin Republicans are backing bill that would make any official who attempts to establish the Affordable Care Act an illegal act.
PICKET: (VIDEO) Obama warns private sector at Hurricane Sandy presser... 'Not everybody is gonna be satisfied...'
Standing in Staten Island on Thursday amongst Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo and others, President Barack Obama praised government officials on Thursday for their "outstanding" response during the aftermath of the disaster that Hurricane Sandy left in New York and New Jersey.
PICKET: Gallup shows only 37 percent support path to citizenship for illegal immigrants
Despite calls from a number of GOP leaders and conservative pundits to compromise on illegal immigration reform, Gallup's post election poll is showing that 62 percent want to see illegal immigration into the United States halted and only 37 percent support a proposal that will provide a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants that are already living in the U.S.
