Immigration reform is obviously a big story at the moment. It’s complicated at best. Add “LGBT” to the mix, and even more complications appear. Yesterday, Immigration Equality, the “first and only organization in the United States dedicated exclusively to achieving full equality for LGBT and HIV-positive immigrants,” released this statement: (emphasis added) This morning, a [...]
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Romney Would Honor Obama’s Special Visa for Hispanic Youth
IN AN interview on Tuesday, Mitt Romney began a much delayed reach out to the Hispanic community. President Obama has been leading with this community in long-term polling for months. It came at a stop in Denver, Colorado. “The people who have received the special visa that the president has put in place, which is [...]
Bill Kristol Gives Mitt Romney Some Good Advice
WHILE DAVID PLOUFFE tried to make the case that Pres. Obama’s executive order on DREAMers wasn’t at all political, which is laughable on its face, Bill Kristol nailed the situation on the Republican side of things. From Politico’s Reid Epstein: “This was the anti-Marco Rubio initiative by the administration,” Kristol said. “They were scared. Sen. [...]
Pres. Obama Interrupted by Conservative Reporter from Daily Caller
Tucker Carlson, Editor-in-Chief: “I don’t remember Diane Sawyer scolding her colleague Sam Donaldson for heckling President Reagan. And she shouldn’t have. A reporter’s job is to ask questions and get answers. Our job is to find out what the federal government is up to. Politicians often don’t want to tell us. A good reporter gets [...]
Obama Moves to Enact Parts of DREAM Act Without Republicans
**UPDATED BELOW: Rep. Steve King to sue over policy** THE ELECTION YEAR IMMIGRATION move comes after a series of articles revealed real angst inside the Hispanic community over Pres. Obama’s deportation milestone, which puts him as kicking more Hispanics out of the U.S. than even George W. Bush. It grants work permits to what are [...]
Common Cause Sues Over Filibuster
IMAGINE THE SENATE if a filibuster meant a senator actually had to filibuster. From Politico: For years, critics of the filibuster have failed to convince senators to change the procedural delaying tactic. Now they’re taking their case to the courts. The nonpartisan nonprofit Common Cause sued the U.S. Senate on Monday, challenging the constitutionality of [...]
Obama’s Reelection Made Easier via the Electoral College
MARK HALPERIN PROVIDES what he calls the “informal slogan” of Obama reelect: “be confident, but take nothing for granted.” From his TIME magazine piece, which lays out four problems for Mitt Romney, the view from the ultimate insider’s insider. First, in the view of the Obamans, Romney is still a weak candidate. His stump skills [...]
Mitt Romney Fundraiser Whispers, Floats ‘Republican DREAM Act’
“It was my early birthday present for someone to be critical of me as a mother, and that was really a defining moment, and I loved it.” – Ann Romney Today is Ann Romney’s birthday and she’s been celebrating since the mama gaffe heard ’round the world. The quote above came at Mitt Romney’s closed-door [...]
Marco Rubio’s Trouble with Truth Explodes
During his rise to political prominence, Sen. Marco Rubio frequently repeated a compelling version of his family’s history that had special resonance in South Florida. He was the “son of exiles,” he told audiences, Cuban Americans forced off their beloved island after “a thug,” Fidel Castro, took power. But a review of documents — including [...]
Netroots Nation 2011 Shows Progressives’ Anger **UPDATED**
Art offers his perspective as a movement progressive activist. freespeechtv on livestream.com. Broadcast Live Free Thousands of progressive activists are in Minneapolis for the annual Netroots Nation conference. And boy talk about headlines that should alarm the DNC and POTUS. Russ Feingold at Netroots Nation was the keynote speaker and his words are making headlines. [...]
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