Issa cuts to the chase: asks corporations for instructions
When California Republican Darrell Issa isn’t investigating the Obama administration for nefarious ties to the New Black Panther Party, apparently, he will be downloading instructions from oil...
View Article(Video) ICYMI: Down goes Goodlatte
The Republican congressman who will lead today’s quasi-religioustea party fetish: the reading of the entire non-controversial/non-slave related parts of the United States Constitution — Rep. Bob...
View ArticleThe tea party comes to town … and finds John Boehner
The Age of Orange begins The 112th Congress will be sworn in today, with loads of new GOP freshmen and tea party people rarin’ to kill “Obamacare,” defund the federal government and end all corporate...
View ArticleAmerica held hostage … by incompetents
Congressman Pete Sessions, TX and Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick accept the oath of office surrounded by 500 Fitzpatrick supporters in the Capitol Vistors Center. Swearing in ceremony of Congressman Mike...
View ArticleFlorida Republicans threaten to withdraw state from Medicaid
The Republican supermajority, fueled by tea party activists, has leveled a new threat to the state’s economy that has even alarmed the Republican House Speaker. From the Florida Tribune: Speaker calls...
View ArticleWho’s advising Scott Walker? Plus: the Koch brothers’ game plan takes shape
Taking to the cameras to express sympathy for the protesters but refusing to accede to their demands … blaming outside agitators for the fact that protests are happening at all … cutting off access...
View Article**UPDATE: What about Florida? GOP legislature readies union-busting bill
UPDATE: SaintPetersblog reports Gov. Rick Scott has penciled in some telephone time with Scott Walker on Wednesday. Wonder what they’ll chat about… ORIGINAL POST: While the Wisconsin protests and...
View ArticleFlorida vs Wisconsin: town halls, recalls, God and blinkers
When it comes to federal representatives, things look pretty much the same in Florida and Wisconsin: Republican lawmakers home on recess face angry constituents at their town halls, and are forced to...
View ArticleClarence Thomas’ conflict of interest, and Anthony Weiner’s Twitter ‘scandal’
Ginny Thomas got six figures from an anti-healthcare group. Why shouldn't Clarence Thomas recuse himself from deciding on the Affordable Care Act? Daily Kos gets to the bottom line of why Andrew...
View ArticleACLU takes on Rick Scott: ‘a Radical in the governor’s office masquerading as...
Rick Scott's drug testing policy called 'radical' ACLU of Florida Executive Director Howard Simon did not mince words during a conference call with reporters regarding the organization’s lawsuit...
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