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PICKET: Ann Romney proves to be an effective weapon
According to Rasmussen's daily presidential poll, President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney are tracking closing to one another, but Mr. Romney has a slight four point lead at the moment.
PICKET: Democratic operative takes hit at Ann Romney
Democratic operative Hilary Rosen attacked Mitt Romney’s wife Ann on CNN Wednesday night when she told host Anderson Cooper, “Guess what, his wife has actually never worked a day in her life.”
PICKET: Holder gives activist address to Sharpton's National Action Network
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder addressed Reverend Al Sharpton’s National Action Network (NAN) on Wednesday. A.G. Holder focused on both the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin and the voter ID laws the Justice Department is currently challenging. He led off describing the work the Civil Rights Division of the DOJ Sanford, Florida--the area of the Trayvon Martin shooting. George Zimmerman, the man who claimed to have fatally shot Martin in self-defense, was charged with second degree murder on Wednesday and is in custody.
PICKET: NBC's latest editing 'mistake' follows a history of similar mistakes
According to the New York Times, an NBC source said on Friday that a "seasoned" producer who edited sound of the 911 call between George Zimmerman and a 911 dispatcher was fired. The producer, who remains nameless, edited a video segment included the 911 call before Zimmerman shot and killed 17 year-old Trayvon Martin on February 26. Zimmerman claimed self-defense.
PICKET: (VIDEO) DOJ's deputy AG mum on Holder voter ballot video
U.S. Deputy Attorney General James Cole refused to answer questions from the Washington Times affiliated America’s Morning News radio program regarding a video showing an undercover activist being offered Attorney General Eric Holder’s voter ballot.
PICKET: Romney inches closer to nomination
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has the GOP primary delegate math in his corner and his numbers continue to build toward what looks to be a Republican nomination in the horizon. The Associated Press spoke to Republican National Committee members who were not Romney supporters but admitted he would be the nominee.
PICKET: H.S. student's traditional family mural censored
Elizabeth Bierenday, a junior at at Pilgrim High School in Warwick, Rhode Island, found out her mural, showing a boy growing up into an adult with a wife and family, was so offensive it had to be painted over.
PICKET: Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood - Sharia law is first and final objective
Delegates from Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood affiliated Freedom and Justice Party were sent to Washington this week and met with White House officials and members of Congress. The Egyptian delegation’s visit also included a public question and answer period at Georgetown University.
PICKET: Is SCOTUS rope-a-doping Obama?
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia addressed students at the University of Southern Mississippi on Wednesday on a number of legal issues.
PICKET: Media misses the boat on Spike Lee Twitter story
While media finally became critical of filmmaker and actor Spike Lee for recklessly re-tweeting (twice) an elderly couple’s address, his actions only received national attention after the Water Cooler blog last Tuesday pointed out that the address Mr. Lee re-tweeted did not belong to 28 year - old George Zimmerman of Sanford, Florida.
PICKET: DOJ on New Black Panther Party Zimmerman bounty - No comment
The U.S. Department of Justice had no comment on the $10,000 bounty the New Black Panther Party (NBPP) was offering for a "citizen's arrest" of George Zimmerman, the 28 year old man who told Sanford, Florida Police he shot and killed 17 year old Trayvon Martin on February 26 in an act of self-defense.
PICKET: FLA Gov. Rick Scott on New Black Panther's Zimmerman Bounty: 'They compound tragedy with tragedy'
Florida Gov. Rick Scott has issued a statement in response to threats from the Black Panthers who have threatened a bounty on George Zimmerman, the 28 year old man who shot and killed 17 year old Trayvon Martin last month.
PICKET: Spike Lee apologizes to elderly Florida couple...settles with family
Filmmaker Spike Lee apologized to David and Elaine McClain of Sanford, Florida on Wednesday night after re-tweeting their address out to his 250,000 followers last week. Mr. Lee thought the McClain's address belonged to George Zimmerman, the 28 year old man who fatally shot 17 year old Trayvon Martin last month.
PICKET: Elderly FLA couple lawyer up after Spike Lee address tweet
It was bound to happen. The elderly Sanford, Florida couple whose address was misidentified by a tweet from a Los Angeles man and later retweeted by filmmaker and actor Spike Lee, has hired the Morgan & Morgan law firm to represent them, reports the Orlando Sentinel.
PICKET: Spike Lee re-tweets incorrect address of Trayvon Martin shooter
Filmmaker Spike Lee made waves on Twitter last week when he re-tweeted to his 200,000 followers (h/t Twitchy) what was thought to be George Zimmerman's home address in Sanford, Florida. Mr. Zimmerman told Sanford police last month that he fatally shot 17year old Trayvon Martin in self-defense.
