Thousands Of Americans Storm National Mall To Protest Obama’s Treatment Of Veterans

Thousands Of Americans Storm National Mall To Protest Obama’s Treatment Of Veterans
Thousands of people converged on the World War II Memorial on the National Mall on Sunday morning and tore down the barricades blocking it off, protesting the closure of the memorial during the federal government shutdown.

Report: Obama brings chilling effect on journalism
The U.S. government’s aggressive prosecution of leaks and efforts to control information are having a chilling effect on journalists and government whistle-blowers, according to a report released Thursday on U.S. press freedoms under the Obama administration. The Committee to Protect Journalists conducted its first examination of U.S. press freedoms amid the Obama administration’s unprecedented number of prosecutions of government sources and seizures of journalists’ records. Usually the group focuses on advocating for press freedoms abroad. 

CNN Mocks Million Vet March as Tea Party Crazies
CNN.com covered Sunday’s “Million Vet March” in Washington D.C. against the Obama administration’s closure of military memorials by castigating the marchers as Tea Party kooks and fringe crazies. “At tea party-like rally, Obama told to ‘put the Quran down,’” the headline read. 

We Are All Tea Partiers Now: Americans Say No to Debt Ceiling Increase
A new Fox News poll shows that a majority of American voters–58 percent–would vote “no” on raising the debt ceiling. Only 37 percent of American voters would vote to raise the debt ceiling. 

All 50 States Are Actually Shifting Toward Conservatism?
The American public is apparently as conservative today as it has been in 50 years, according to Cornell political scientist Peter Enns, citing both his own work and work done by Vanderbilt professor Larry M. Bartels. In fact, based on the joint efforts of Enns and Julianna Koch, all 50 states have experienced a shift towards conservatism.

Poll: Most Americans see ‘gloom and doom’ ahead
With no end in sight to the partial government shutdown, the number of voters who believe the country is heading in the right direction has fallen 11 points over the past week to its lowest level in nearly two years. Just 17% of Likely U.S. Voters now say the country is heading in the right direction  

Polls show Americans really, really unhappy with Congress
Congress had to know voters wouldn’t be happy with a government shutdown and a debt-ceiling crisis. But two recent polls show many Americans would fire all of Congress, or lobby for a new political party.