Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) joined several Republican and Democratic Members of Congress (a mix of veterans opposed to immigration reform and several freshmen like Chaffetz, see list below) to introduce an immigration-related resolution Thursday. The resolution would be a non-binding but symbolic statement aimed at putting Representatives of both parties on-the-record in support of two propositions:

Part 1: Storm Troopers and Tea Partiers. This is the first installment of a detailed examination of parallels between the Nazi movement in Germany and the new Republican methodology since the election of Obama.

“If you cut off a piece of fingernail and burn it…that’s what burning human flesh smells like,” said Seiko Fujimoto, who was just three years old when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

New America Media correspondent Shane Bauer is among three Americans detained over the weekend along the Iranian-Iraq border, along with his girlfriend Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal.

Despite President Barack Obama’s declaration that the United States is not and never will be at war with Islam, government practices suggest otherwise. In June, the ACLU filed complaints against the U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP) for illegally establishing secret prisons called Communications Management Units, or CMUs.