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Follow The Money
When investigating a crime, evaluating the validity of research or reading political tea leaves a wise route is to follow the money. Recently Mitt Romney hosted a series of events in Park City, Utah for many of his high roller … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010 election, 2016 election, 2016 Presidential Primary, Arizona, Chris Christie, Citizens United, Cory Booker, House, House Budget Committee, House of Representatives, John McCain, Kentucky, McCain-Feingold, Mitt Romney, money in elections, money in politics, New Jersey, Park City Utah, Paul Ryan, politics, Rand Paul, Russ Feingold, Senate, Supreme Court, Tea Party, Trenton New Jersey, Utah, Washington DC, Willard Mitt Romney, Wisconsin
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Representative Democracy Texas Style
On April 1st – the irony of April Fools’ Day hasn’t escaped me – Texas’ Republican Governor Rick Perry reiterated that Texas would not expand Medicaid under Obamacare. This was during a public appearance he made with Texas’ Republican United … Continue reading
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Tagged Affordable Health Care Act, background check, Congress, filibuster, Florida, gun control, gun legislation, gun lobby, gun regulation, gun violence, guns, health care, House, House of Representatives, James Inhofe, John Cornyn, Kaufman County Texas, Kentucky, Marco Rubio, Medicaid, Mike Lee, Mike McLelland, N.R.A., National Rifle Associaition, NRA, Obamacare, Oklahoma, politics, Rand Paul, Republicans, Rick Perry, Senate, Tea Party, Ted Cruz, Texas, Utah, Washington DC, Wayne LaPierre
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Eight We Have Had Enough From
Tuesday’s the meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee was another example of the Republican Party either being unbelievably stupid and out of touch with the American people or a subsidiary of their financiers.
Reining In Rand
This week’s big political theater was Tea Party/Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky taking to the Senate floor for an old fashioned talking filibuster. The session lasted just short of thirteen hours and may have contained 15 minutes of substance … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010 election, 2014 election, 2016 election, 2016 Presidential Primary, Arizona, C.I.A., Central Intelligence Agency, Chuck Hagel, CIA, CIA Director, Democrats, filibuster, Florida, GOP, John Brennan, John Cornyn, John McCain, Kentucky, Marco Rubio, Mike Lee, Mitch McConnell, money in elections, money in politics, politics, radical right, Rand Paul, Republicans, right wing, Secretary of Defense, Tea Party, Ted Cruz, Texas, Utah
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Hiding In The Background
Of the various proposals for gun regulations the one that has the broadest support and best chance of passing both chambers of Congress is a universal background check. Some polls have it with as high as 92% support. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, background check, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, F.B.I., FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Florida, Georgia, gun control, gun legislation, gun regulation, gun show loophole, gun violence, guns, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, National Instant Criminal Background Check System, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, no-fly list, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, politics, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, T.S.A., Tennessee, Texas, Transportation Security Administration, TSA, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
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The New F Word
I plead guilty; I actually watched CSPAN’s coverage of the Chuck Hagel cloture vote on Thursday. I wish more Americans did because it was a farce worthy of William Shakespeare. Republicans filibustered Hagel’s confirmation but went into long and convoluted … Continue reading
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Tagged 113th Congress, Alaska, Arizona, Benghazi, C SPAN, Chuck Hagel, cloture, Constitution, David Vitter, Democrats, filibuster, foreign policy, Harry Reid, Illinois, Iran, Israel, James Inhofe, Jeff Merkley, John Cornyn, John McCain, Kentucky, Lamar Alexander, Libya, Lindsey Graham, Lisa Murkowski, Louisiana, Maine, Mike Johanns, Mississippi, Mitch McConnell, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Obama, Oklahoma, Oregon, Orrin Hatch, politics, Republicans, Secretary of Defense, Senate, South Carolina, Susan Collins, Tennessee, Texas, Thad Cochran, The Cable, Tom Udall, United States Constitution, Utah, William Shakespeare
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