Cruz steering Texas Republicans further right in primary fights http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSBREA221MW20140303?p=BREA221MX Sent via Flipboard John Hames

Ted Cruz's influence dominating Texas primary http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/ted-cruzs-influence-dominating-texas-primary/article17248944/ Sent via Flipboard John Hames

Ted Cruz prompts run to the right in Texas Republican primaries http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/04/ted-cruz-texas-republican-primaries-tea-party Sent via Flipboard John Hames

Ted Cruz Takes a Stand Against Obama Nominee on Senate Floor: 'Mr. President, This Is Insulting to Law Enforcement Officers Everywhere' http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/03/04/ted-cruz-takes-a-stand-against-obama-nominee-on-senate-floor-mr-president-this-is-insulting-to-law-enforcement-officers-everywhere/ Sent via Flipboard John Hames

Rand Paul Blocks Obama's Surgeon General Nominee for Being Too Anti-Gun http://www.thewire.com/politics/2014/02/rand-paul-blocks-obamas-surgeon-general-nominee-being-too-anti-gun/358563/ Sent via Flipboard John Hames

Rand Paul Is the GOP's Early Presidential Front-Runner http://www.nationaljournal.com/against-the-grain/rand-paul-is-the-gop-s-early-presidential-front-runner-20140225 Sent via Flipboard John Hames

10-year-old suspended for finger gun http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2014/03/05/sotvo-ohio-boy-suspended-for-finger-gun.wcmh.html Sent via Flipboard John Hames

How activists forced Facebook's hand on gun policy | VentureBeat | Social | by Richard Byrne Reilly http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/05/how-activists-forced-facebooks-hand-on-gun-policy/ Sent via Flipboard John Hames

Facebook and Instagram Crack Down On Illegal Online Gun Sales http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/facebook-instagram-crack-down-illegal-online-gun-sales-n45316?cid=sm_twitter_feed_tech Sent via Flipboard John Hames

Guest Post: Parsing Putin's thinking on Ukraine http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2014/03/04/guest-post-parsing-putins-thinking-on-ukraine/ Shared from Financial Times on Flipboard. Download Flipboard for free here . John Hames

TIME Newsmaker Interview: Bernie Sanders Says He'd Make a Better President Than Hillary Clinton http://swampland.time.com/2014/03/05/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-2016/ Shared from Politics on Flipboard. Download Flipboard for free here . John Hames

The Insane Opulence Of The Ukrainian Presidential Palace http://www.fastcodesign.com/3027259/the-insane-opulence-of-the-ukrainian-presidential-palace?partner=rss Shared from News on Flipboard. Download Flipboard for free here . John Hames

Hearing on IRS targeting descends into chaos http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/05/politics/irs-political-war/ Shared from News on Flipboard. Download Flipboard for free here . John Hames

Shared from Zite   John Hames shared with you:   White Liberals' Oddly Racial Response to Religion ricochet.com - Darlene Love of 20 Feet from Stardom gave the most rousing acceptance speech at Sunday's Academy Awards. The fine lawyers of Oscars®, Inc.™, make it difficult to embed videos, but zip forward to 1:18 for a taste of Love's joyful noise: Available on the App Store . John Hames

Shared from Zite   John Hames shared with you:   Nearly 10,000 Las Vegas Casino Workers Might Go On Strike Because Of Obamacare buzzfeed.com - WASHINGTON — Contract negotiations are stalled for thousands of workers at casinos on the Strip and in downtown Las Vegas to the point where they may go on strike — and the sticking point is Obamacare. Available on the App Store . John Hames

Shared from Zite   John Hames shared with you:   DNC Attendees Can't Name A Single Hillary Accomplishment Pat Dollard Young Americans - DNC Attendees Can't Name A Single Hillary Accomplishment » DNC Attendees Can't Name A Single Hillary Accomplishment Available on the App Store . John Hames

Shared from Zite   John Hames shared with you:   Georgia House Votes to Nullify Obamacare dcclothesline.com - Late Monday evening, the Georgia State House of Representatives passed HB707, which bans the state participating in significant portions of the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. The vote was 115-59. Representative Jason Spencer introduced HB707, The Georgia Health Care Freedom and ACA Noncompliance Act. Spencer also had five co-sponsors to the bill. Available on the App Store . John Hames

Shared from Zite   John Hames shared with you:   NBC Shows Flashback of Obama Mocking Romney for Labeling Russia A U.S. 'Foe'; ABC and CBS Ignore News Busters - Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, NBC has been the only Big Three broadcast network to look back to President Obama ridiculing Mitt Romney for calling Russia a U.S. "geopolitical foe" in 2012. On Wednesday's NBC Today, White House correspondent Peter Alexander reminded viewers: "Republicans have repeatedly attacked President Obama's Russia policy as weak and naive....Helping fuel that criticism, this moment from the 2012 campaign, where President Obama mocked Governor Mitt Romney for calling Russia America's number one geopolitical foe." [Listen

Shared from Zite   John Hames shared with you:   Obamacare for Illegals National Review - You knew it was coming. I knew it was coming. When government expands entitlements, illegal aliens always end up with a piece of the pie. Obamacare promoters relented to GOP pressure to include an illegal-alien ban on eligibility and vowed endlessly that no benefits would go to the "undocumented." But denial isn't just a river in Egypt. It's the Obama way. Available on the App Store . John Hames

Shared from Zite   John Hames shared with you:   Speaker's Minute: The Case for Standing Up to Putin By Leveraging American Energy speaker.gov - WASHINGTON, DC – In a Speaker's Minute on the House floor today, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) addressed the situation in Ukraine and made the case for standing up to Vladimir Putin by ending the Obama administration's de facto ban on natural gas exports: Available on the App Store . John Hames

Shared from Zite   John Hames shared with you:   Obama Rips Dem-Controlled Senate for Rejecting His Justice Dept. Nominee theblaze.com - In a surprising turn of events, the Democrat-controlled Senate on Wednesday voted 52-47 to reject President Barack Obama's nominee to head the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division. In this April 29, 2009 file photo Debo Adegbile, then an attorney with the Legal Defense and Educational Fund of the NAACP speaks outside the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP) Available on the App Store . John Hames

Shared from Zite   John Hames shared with you:   The War on Paul Ryan economics21.org - On March 3, 2014 House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan released a report that was essentially an extensive literature survey on the efficacy of federal anti-poverty programs. The report has stimulated discussion, both favorable and unfavorable, as it should and as was intended. Available on the App Store . John Hames

Shared from Zite   John Hames shared with you:   Administration Extends Obamacare Grandfathering for 2 More Years blogs.rollcall.com - If people like their old health care plans, they can keep them for another two years, the administration said late Wednesday. In a move that was pre-emptively attacked by House Republican leaders, the administration said plans that were grandfathered for one year after millions received cancellation notices in the individual market will now be able to continue, but will not be able to be renewed after Oct. 1, 2016. The announcement means an estimated 500,000 people in those plans won't get cancellation notices right before the midterm elections, but does set up a situation where some could get cut off

Shared from Zite   John Hames shared with you:   Judge: No, parents can't be forced to financially support their disobedient 18-year-old child hotair.com - C'mon. In the new America, you're not really an adult until you're 26. Maybe longer, depending on the next unilateral executive rule change. This case had to end this way, didn't it? Available on the App Store . John Hames

Shared from Zite   John Hames shared with you:   Another Obamacare Delay National Journal - The Obama administration said Wednesday that insurers can wait until 2016 before canceling plans that don't comply with Obamacare. The administration released a host of final regulations that, among other things, ease reporting requirements for businesses and allow insurers to keep selling individual policies that don't comply with the law's requirements. Those plans, which the White House first un-canceled in November, can now last until 2016 or, in some cases, 2017. Available on the App Store . John Hames