It turns out that admitting to an activity that is both incredibly stupid and illegal on national television is not the smartest way to revive your political career. And for Colin Powell, reviving your political career simply means rehabilitating a reputation that has been shattered beyond recognition in the public eye.
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In an update to a story we’ve been following closely, the supporters of the DREAM Act failed to achieve cloture on a defense spending bill that would have included their little poison pill amendment. It looks like Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s attempt to exploit ethnic grievances by pandering to Latino voters seems to...
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Immigration news never takes a break, but the Daily Rattle certainly did over the weekend, as does our mascot — only for much longer. News both exhilerating and terrifying comes to us from home and abroad: • The anti-immigrant Sweden Democrat (SD) party has thrown that country into political limbo. Doubling their electoral results...
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Colin Powell appeared on Meet the Press yesterday, and in doing so reaffirmed the low opinion much of the public has of his expertise on domestic policy matters, particularly with respect to immigration issues. His appearance yesterday focused largely on the merits of the DREAM Act, whose passage he wholeheartedly endorses.
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Politicians may play complicated games when it comes to immigration, but the rattlesnake is quick and efficient when he strikes his prey: • The Sweden Democrat party is poised to gain seats in the Swedish parliament and take part in forming a new government. The Sweden Democrats primary platform plank is opposition to unrestricted...
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Today’s news summary is short and bitter-sweet. Just like our mascot, the cause of immigration activism is bruised and battered out in the wild, but the fight for survival continues: • 46 criminal gang members were rounded up by a joint federal-local task force in Oklahoma. 34 of those apprehended were foreigners from Mexico...
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Politicians at home and abroad play immigration for political gain, sometimes for good and sometimes for bad. And while rattlesnakes live only in our hemisphere, their slithering cousins are everywhere: • The Atlantic is reporting that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) is bundling in the DREAM Act, which provides a path to citizenship...
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Illegal aliens villainous and sympathetic take part in our round-up of recent immigration news. We end with a northern sighting of our mascot:
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It seems that despite the Obama administration’s insistence upon imposing a stealth amnesty, and its rejection of worksite raids, there are some illegal aliens being rounded up with the intent of deportation. Courtesy of an affiliate of ABC News in Chicago, we learn that nearly 400 potentially violent criminals have been detained by...
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One of the chief drawbacks of being a member of the United States Senate is the seemingly constant need to completely abandon positions you held earlier in your career, usually out of a misplaced sense of political expediency. Case in point, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, whose views on birthright citizenship have evolved over the years.
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