Posts by John Tomasic
(Video) Republican-aligned PAC uses Occupy Wall Street against Democrats
A Republican PAC with ties to Tea Party Express is hoping to launch a campaign against Democrats using the Occupy Wall Street movement, which the group’s head describes as “mobs.”
Department of Justice retreats on controversial FOIA rule
The U.S Department of Justice is stepping back from a proposal that would have allowed federal agencies to lie to the public about what documents exist.
Eastman, new head of NOM, argued pro-gay judge was ‘activist’ in impeachment hearings
Eastman warned at impeachment hearings in Colorado in 2004 that there’s a movement afoot in Canada to “define reading of the Bible as a hate crime because it is anti-homosexual.”
Obama changes military policy: Condolence letters to be sent in cases of suicide
President Obama announced Wednesday that he had reversed the policy that bars military authorities from sending official condolence letters to the families of service members who commit suicide in a combat zone. The move comes against the backdrop of steadily rising military suicide rates and a major Defense Department effort to turn the disturbing trend around.
Franken among senators seeking to guard net neutrality from GOP budget attack
This spring, House Republicans opposed to rules intended to safeguard the free-flowing egalitarian quality of the internet, voted to strip the Federal Communications Commission of the cash it would need to enforce the rules. On Wednesday, a small band of senators, including Minnesota’s Al Franken, sent a letter to Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) and Ranking Member Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) objecting to the House action and asking the committee to strip out the budget amendment that would hold back the FCC funds.
GOP presidential debate: Pawlenty didn’t lose, Cain won
The first GOP presidential primary debate — hosted by Fox News in South Carolina last night — is behind us. It featured five second-tier candidates, and the news is that former Gov. Tim Pawlenty didn’t lose and that Herman Cain, the Georgia political figure, motivational speaker and former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza, may have won. Conservative RedState blog founder Erick Erickson celebrated Cain as the new Mike Huckabee.
U.S. House to spend $500,000 defending Defense of Marriage Act
Speaker of the House John Boehner has contracted high-profile conservative attorney Paul Clement to uphold the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) on behalf of the U.S. House of Representatives. Boehner has agreed to pay Clement initially up to $500,000 to defend the law, although analysts say that figure is sure to rise. Colorado Christian right organization Focus on the Family celebrated the arrangement, touting Clement’s resume as one of the nation’s top attorneys.
Poll: Voters swing dramatically against congressional GOP
Discontented voters who swept a historic Republican majority into the House last November appear ready to sweep out that majority just as dramatically, according to a survey released Tuesday by Public Policy Polling. The Republicans, who have been pushing deep spending cuts and controversial anti-abortion and anti-gay rights policies since January, have apparently alienated the independent swing voters who put them in power.
Video: Colbert skewers Kyl for ‘not intended as factual’ slam on Planned Parenthood
Cable TV news satirists Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert mocked Arizona Senator Jon Kyl Monday for the way he overstepped in making the case against Planned Parenthood on the floor of the Senate last week. Kyl’s wild exaggeration…
After Romney, Colorado Republicans like Bachmann, Pawlenty
Last weekend Colorado Republicans huddled at their annual Centennial Dinner and took a presidential election straw poll. To their credit, perhaps, attendees at the party seemed as uninspired by the GOP candidate choices so far as does the rest of the nation. They liked Mitt Romney best, a safe choice. Runner up was not a safe choice. Maybe it was the late hour and the flowing champagne, but after Romney came Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, the tea party U.S. history fan who announced she was contemplating a run at the White House the same day she put the battles of Lexington and Concord in New Hampshire instead of Massachusetts. Colorado Republicans also liked Minnesota’s Tim Pawlenty; he came in third.
