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To view this email as a web page, go here. Outrageous: MSNBC's Tweet The leftwing network of NBC News is under fire again for a controversial tweet aimed right at the GOP. The offending tweet was about a heartwarming Super Bowl commercial by Cheerios.   The tweet read as follows: "Maybe the rightwing will hate it, but everyone else will go awww: the adorable new #Cheerios ad w/ biracial family [link]." MSNBC was later forced to apologize for the tweet, deleted it from their Twitter account and fired the person responsible for posting it.   But is that enough?   RNC Chairman Reince Priebus sent a letter to MSNBC President Phil Griffin demanding a personal and public apology.   He also banned all RNC staff from appearing on the network, and encouraged Republican politicians to follow suit.   Griffin did later apologize to Priebus and everyone offended. ...

RAND'S NEWSLETTER UPDATE   JANUARY 31, 2014   Please allow me to update you on some of this week's happenings in Washington, D.C. Dr. Rand Paul Responds to the State of the Union On Tuesday, President Obama gave the annual State of the Union address. This year's speech was no different from the last and was full of false promises. I issued my own response to the President's address because I believe that hope and change should not just be a campaign slogan.  In his first inagural address, President Reagan said, "In the present crisis, government is not the solution to our problems, government  is  the problem." The crisis that existed when Reagan took office was very similar to the one we face today. Large numbers of people are unemployed and even more are dropping out of the workforce. We currently have a stagnant economy and an ever-growing federal government. We solved those problems then by coming together, and by implementing the right ideas....