GOP USA MIDDAY REPORT 09/19/2013

Food stamp rise shows the lie of economic recovery At the bustling Sunday farmers' market here, $7 buys a gallon of freshly pressed apple cider, $10 a wedge of award-winning goat cheese. Eight kinds of melons spill over one farmer's table. Another overflows with organic kale, collard greens and purple heirloom tomatoes. If there was ever a sign of post-recession abundance and prosperity in the USA, this would be it.

McCain: Russia deserves better than Putin as president Russians deserve better than President Vladimir Putin, who doesn't respect human dignity or the authority of the governed, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said.

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GOP plans showdown over health care funding House Republicans will vote Friday on a stopgap spending measure that would defund President Obama's health care law, setting up a confrontation with Democrats that could force a government shutdown at the end of the month.

After years of persecution, Tom Delay's conviction overturned A Texas appeals court has overturned the money laundering conviction of former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.

Matthew Shepard, Trayvon Martin and the Power of Leftist Myths Next week, "The Book of Matt" by famed investigative journalist Stephen Jiminez, is slotted for release. The book tells the true story behind the murder of Matthew Shepard, who has become the angelic face of victimhood in the gay rights movement.

The real Reagan record on civil rights Hollywood's liberal establishment often claims that freedom of expression creates a more vivid landscape for motion pictures. The desire for artistic liberty in popular films such as "Lincoln," "Argo" and "Zero Dark Thirty" is said to trump the need for historical accuracy.

Starbucks: Guns not welcome Starbucks has always set itself apart by taking strong positions on progressive political issues. Now that reputation has landed the company in the middle of the heated national debate over gun laws.

Sea ice expands as computer models wrong about global warming "Earth has gained 19,000 Manhattans of sea ice since this date last year, the largest increase on record," wrote skeptic Steve Goddard on Saturday.