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Conservative Activists Let GOP Cave On Debt Ceiling   Conn Carroll     It appears as though Republicans are going to vote to raise the debt ceiling. While certain conservative activist groups, like Heritage Action for America, may not be too thrilled about this, they don't plan on holding it against Republicans who vote to raise the debt ceiling. "Ten days into their government shutdown, President Obama and Harry Reid refuse to acknowledge Obamacare is already wreaking havoc on hard-working Americans," Heritage Action CEO Michael Needham said in a statement. "We do not support clean debt ceiling increases, but because Heritage Action is committed to giving House Leadership the flexibility they need to refocus the debate on Obamacare we will not key vote against the reported proposal." [Keep Reading]     Gov. Jerry Brown Signs Bill Allowing Non-Physicians to Perform Abortions in California   Leah Barkoukis       Shorter James Woods: I’ll Never Get a Job in Hollywood Again   Daniel Doherty       USPS to Destroy Stamps Featuring "Unsafe" Activities   Christine Rousselle       Uncovered: New Bill Could Expose Obamacare's Hidden Abortion Surcharge   Cortney O'Brien       Obama Cuts Foreign Aid to Egypt   Daniel Doherty       Harry Reid has Sidelined Joe Biden   Heather Ginsberg     What Happened to the Gold? The U.S. government has NOT done a public audit of the gold in Fort Knox since 1974. Worse yet, news just broke that $982 million worth of gold just flew from JFK International Airport in New York to somewhere in South Africa. Scary, isn’t it? Do you think Fort Knox is empty? Click here to cast your vote.   VIDEO: New Social Media Site Endangers Children     Police are sending warnings to parents about ask.fm, a social media website that has led to many children's suicides in Europe and is gaining popularity in America. Families are working to intervene before online bullying becomes too severe. [Keep Reading]     A National Disgrace   Emmett Tyrrell   I am just wondering if Miriam Carey, the mentally ill mother who drove her black Infiniti down Pennsylvania Avenue after she rammed a White House barricade, was read her Miranda rights before she was shot dead in a fusillade of gunfire by a gang of well-armed police who surrounded her car at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue. [Keep Reading]     Ex-Detroit Mayor Gets 28 Years in Prison for Corruption     Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was sentenced by a federal judge on Thursday to 28 years in prison after he was convicted of public corruption including bribery, extortion and racketeering, which prosecutors said had worsened the city's financial crisis. [Keep Reading]     VIDEO: Traffic Stop Spontaneously Becomes Immigration Protest, Violence Ensues     When a traffic stop was turned into an immigration protest, violence broke out between protestors and law enforcement officers/border patrol agents. [Keep Reading]     Culture's Casualties   Cal Thomas   It's the 40th anniversary of Erica Jong's "Fear of Flying," which some have described as a breakthrough book for women and for modern feminism. Reduced to its common (and I do mean common) denominator, the book, which was written in the appropriately named "Me" Decade of the '70s, encourages women to behave like promiscuous men, having meaningless sex without fear of consequences. [Keep Reading]     North Carolina Inn Reopens After Challenging Government Shutdown Closure     North Carolina (Reuters) - A North Carolina mountain inn on public land has reopened for business after its owner took legal action to protest its closure by the National Park Service last week as part of the partial federal government shutdown. [Keep Reading]     VIDEO: Duck Dynasty Star: "They Told Us to Stop Praying"     A Duck Dynasty Star shares his experiences in this interview, including the family's pressure to stop praying on television. [Keep Reading]     Harry Reid: Concern About Runaway Spending Is 'Anarchy'??!!!   Larry Elder   A national network reporter, during an interview about about the government shutdown, actually told me: "Democrats believe government should do some things. Republicans don't believe government should be doing anything." [Keep Reading]     Obamacare Forces Over 800,000 in N.J. to Change Insurance Plan     More than 800,000 New Jersey residents will be forced to find different health insurance as plans that no longer cover the Affordable Care Act's requirements are phased out, the New Jersey Star-Ledger reported on Sunday. [Keep Reading]     VIDEO: Gov. Christie Slams Opponent... By Being Genuinely Nice     In an impressive display of class and tact, Governor Christie destroys his Democratic opponent with kind words during a NJ gubernatorial debate. [Keep Reading]