Threat Assessment: February 6th-10th
WITH US
New Jobless Claims Fall
Number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell by 15,000. Four-week average is lowest in four years. [Reuters]
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AGAINST US
Romney glitter bomber may face jail time
20-year-old college student, says he doesn't regret showering the Republican frontrunner with glitter. He could be hit with a $1,000 fine and spend six months in jail if convicted. [NY Daily News]
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Shot Giffords aide to run for her seat
Facebook post by Gabrielle Giffords' husband, Mark Kelly, expressed support: "Gabby and I are honored to support Ron Barber for Congress."[Tucson Sentinel]
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John Edwards's failed 08 campaign spends $900K
Presidential campaign racked up close to $900,000 in expenses in 2011, dropping thousands of dollars on airfare and hotels despite a ruling from federal election officials that he still owes taxpayers more than $2.1 million. [Fox News]
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Conservative welcomes back homophobes
This year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, being held in Washington Thursday through Saturday, will welcome back several key organizations that had boycotted the annual festival because it had allowed a conservative gay group to be listed as one of many co-sponsors.[NYT]
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Obama shares playlist
President posts 24-song mix to Facebook. Includes Al Green, James Taylor and Wilco. [Washington Post
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AGAINST US
Susan G. Komen Foundation Promoting Pink Handguns
The cancer charity, under fire for pulling its funding for Planned Parenthood (and then reversing itself), has teamed up with Discount Gun Sales to hawk pink handguns — retailing at $429.99 — with a portion of sales going to Komen's Seattle branch. The gun, the "P-22 Hope Edition" has a pink slide "in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness month." [Gawker]
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Boy Saves grandmother's home from foreclosure
12-year-old raised $10,500 online in a month. [Huffington Post]
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WITH US
Supreme Court Justice Appears on Sesame Street
Justice Sonia Sotomayor decided the trespassing dispute of Baby Bear v. Goldilocks. [ThinkProgress]
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AGAINST US
Ohio Gov Imitates Parkinson's Patient During Speech
John Kasich also says California "filled by a bunch of wackadoodles," praises his "hot wife," and gives 14 shout-outs to the same person. [Huffington Post]
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GOP Congressman falls for Onion headline
Rep. John Fleming reposted to Facebook a story reporting that Planned Parenthood had announced the opening "of its long-planned $8 billion Abortionplex." [The Hill]
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AGAINST US
Heartburn treatments may cause chronic diarrhea
Popular medicines called proton pump inhibitors linked to bacterial infection. [NPR]