Blog Heap of Links for the day 9 August 2015

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Oklahoma

…Lankford, R-Oklahoma City, choked up during a speech on the Senate floor in which he questioned whether the United States needed to reassess its most basic principles. And he was a lead author of the bill to bar the group from getting any federal funds.

That bill was blocked in the Senate, but the issue is expected to be a major component of the budget negotiations next month between the Republican-held Congress and President Barack Obama.… has been spending the majority of his time lately examining the way federal agencies make regulations. It is the type of un-sexy work the wonkish Lankford has specialized in since coming to Congress in 2011, first as a House member.…

10:36pm CDT Sun 2015 Aug 9 :MW
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US Military

CHEYENNE - The Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued a new statement that seeks to address media reports that military personnel and their families have been targeted by Middle Eastern men here and in northern Colorado.

The statement was issued late Thursday afternoon. It says the FBI in Denver has "found no credible threats to military personnel or their family members in Colorado or Wyoming.

"The FBI continues to coordinate with its military and law enforcement partners to ensure the safety of our communities," the release continued. "The FBI asks the community to remain vigilant and report signs of suspicious activity to law enforcement."…

10:32pm CDT Sun 2015 Aug 9 :MW

Breitbart is Here

Nagasaki Mushroom Cloud

On this day in 1945 an atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. 35,000 people were killed outright.…

If you'd asked me, I'd've said I thought it was Aug 8. Huh.
7:28am CDT Sun 2015 Aug 9 :MW