Just released results of a new Gallup Poll reveal the lowest level of public confidence in Congress on record. The low confidence is expressed “about equally” by Democrats, Republicans and Independents. My guess: the Electeds won’t be all that concerned. After all, “you have nowhere else to go” still seems to work quite well for [...]
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Sorry, But Gov. Christie is Right
WHAT A spectacle Gov. Christie created for daring to spend money on a special election and give New Jersey voters their say in who will be their senator. Whether it’s self-interest or not, it is still the right decision. There is no legitimate reason to hold two separate elections, and the reason he’s doing it [...]
Marijuana Rant, Best Moment Ever
RIPPING the Department of Justice and Attorney General “I was recused” on marijuana prohibition and the “cultural lag” in Washington, D.C. It was the best moment ever. When I heard it during the hearings with Mr. “I was recused,” I let out a loud cheer and applauded. Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee, take it away, [...]
Gitmo Torture Memoir of Mohamedou Ould Slahi
SLATE has published excerpts of a Gitmo torture memoir that should be required reading in Congress and in the Obama administration. It should then be passed to Ron Fournier who recently wrote a sloppy love poem to George W. Bush. The first installment of the torture memoir is here, but hold on, because it unmasks, [...]
Obama on Syria, Alleged Benghazi Whistle-Blowers, Gitmo [Transcript] *Updated*
TODAY in his news conference Syria was the subject of the first question. President Obama restated that President Bashar Assad’s possible use of chemical weapons is an international community position that shouldn’t surprise anyone. Obama then stated that what isn’t known is how the chemical weapons were used and what exactly happened, with a “clear [...]
Letter to Obama with “Suspicious Substance” Tested for Ricin *Updated*
UPDATE: An arrest has been made. From the New York Times: WASHINGTON — Federal agents arrested a man on Wednesday who is suspected of sending letters believed contaminated by the poison ricin to President Obama and a Republican senator. The F.B.I. identified the suspect as Paul Kevin Curtis of Corinth, Miss. FEDERAL LAW enforcement officials [...]
A New Kind of Torture at Gitmo Because Congress Won’t Act
I do not want to die here, but until President Obama and Yemen’s president do something, that is what I risk every day. [New York Times] THE STORY of his treatment at Gitmo starts with the Yemeni detainee saying he’s been on a hunger strike since February and has lost 30 pounds. He then states [...]
Obama Signs “Monsanto Protection Act”
On this past Tuesday night, President Obama signed into law H.R. 933, Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013, which includes what has been dubbed the “Monsanto Protection Act” by those who oppose it. Basically, MPA means agribusiness corporations can’t be sued over genetically modified foods. Reports are that while Obama “knowingly” signed MPA into [...]
Harry Reid to Include Universal Background Checks in Gun Control Bill
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid demanded Thursday that any bill that passes the Senate on gun control include broader background checks, drawing a tougher line on the issue ahead of a contentious floor debate next month. [Politico] WHEN the Senate returns from break, gun control legislation being debated will include the most important aspect that [...]
To the Right of the NRA?
And we thought the NRA leadership was “out there” … From Brian Tashman, at Right Wing Watch, a project of People for the American Way: Gun Activists Warn Obama is Raising a Private Black Army to Massacre White Americans Gun Owners of America president Larry Pratt appeared Tuesday on the Talk to Solomon Show alongside [...]
News Desk: CBO on Debt, Progressive Caucus Shows Obama & Democrats How to Get Out of This Mess
… If the current laws that govern federal taxes and spending do not change, the budget deficit will shrink this year to $845 billion, or 5.3 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), its smallest size since 2008. In CBO’s baseline projections, deficits continue to shrink over the next few years, falling to 2.4 percent of [...]
Top Story — NBC Obtains Targeted Assassinations White Paper on Classified Memos that Remain Out of Reach
YOU COULD ask why President Obama and his administration think they have the legal right to refuse Congress their oversight duties. Ignoring the responsibilities they have by keeping classified memos away from senators, documents which describe the White House’s legal rationale for targeted killings of Americans believed to be terrorist affiliated or worse, but who [...]
‘Liberals’ in Congress are ‘Faking It’ (VIDEO)
The assessment that Thomas Magstadt offers in his article at Nation Of Change, Five Signs ‘Liberals’ in Congress are Faking It, isn’t a new perspective, but toward some good conversation, it includes what Magstadt calls … a short list of urgent matters I predict Congress will dither over or simply ignore in the coming weeks [...]
Top Story — Obama’s Inaugural Week, Reid and Schumer’s Weaknesses Follow
The joint budget resolution could also call for Medicare reforms and using the chained CPI formula to curb the cost of Social Security benefits. These entitlement reforms combined with tax reform would give Republicans political cover to accept tax increases — or at least more cover than if tax increases were merely packaged as an [...]
Sen. Diane Feinstein’s Assault Weapons Ban, Girls and Proof Conservative Women Aren’t Ready to Lead
California Democrat Dianne Feinstein will begin her fourth full term as a U.S. senator much as she started her Senate career: fighting for a ban on assault weapons. [Associated Press] THE ASSAULT WEAPONS ban bill that Senator Feinstein has been promising is landing, delivering a challenge to the N.R.A. contingent on the conservative right, but [...]
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