Jackson has agreed to join Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck as a strategic adviser, delivering a coup to one of the top-earning lobby firms in Washington. The firm also announced that it has hired Elizabeth Maier, who was former Sen. Jon Kyl’s (R-Ariz.) legislative director.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-03-01 01:36:132016-04-11 11:23:40Revolving Door: Speaker Boehner’s Right-Hand Man Heads To K Street
“To listen to the White House if the GOP does nothing by Friday baby seals, baby kittens, baby lambs, baby puppies and baby calves will DIE,” tweeted Rich Galen.
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The school district has a policy that prohibits a school from compelling students to recite the American Pledge of Allegiance or text from the Declaration of Independence.
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The former Alaska governor and Republican vice-presidential nominee believes the federal government is “stockpiling bullets in case of civil unrest.”
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Scalia explained that he was not convinced the law was legitimate simply because Congress had voted to reauthorize it, referring to the charged political atmosphere surrounding reauthorization.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-02-28 00:40:382016-04-11 11:23:41Scalia: The Voting Rights Act Is A ‘Racial Entitlement’
Carney described those released as “low-risk, non-criminal detainees,” but several Republican members of Congress have spoken out against the releases.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-02-28 00:35:572016-04-11 11:23:41White House Denies Involvement In ICE’s Decision To Release Detainees (+video)
Obama’s policies are clearly benefitting the rich, and punishing the poor. And we haven’t even felt the effects of his most regressive tax yet: inflation.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-02-28 00:25:422016-04-11 11:23:42Obama’s One Percent Problem: Wall Street Scores While Main Street Suffers, Dow Within 100 Points of All-Time High
Government recognizes marriage because it is an institution that benefits society in a way that no other relationship does. Marriage is society’s least restrictive means to ensure the well-being of children.
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Going forward, Watts says it’s up to the Republican Party to reach out to broad sectors of the American populace.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-02-28 00:01:442016-04-11 11:23:43J.C. Watts: GOP ‘In Denial’ About Its Image Problems With Minorities
According to numerous Islamic leaders, Islamic law endorses the use of war to expand the rule of Islam. The law, dubbed Shariah, also endorses the killing of Islam’s critics, including poets Christian preachers, and it allows only grudging recognition of non-Islamic governments.
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So far, he’s got reason to feel confident, as polls shows voters blaming the GOP for the sequester cuts more than the president. Whether that holds after the cuts start to take effect March 1 is less clear.
Kaiser attributed the marked slide in support among Democrats to a “post-presidential election fade.”
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-02-27 02:07:302016-04-11 11:23:44Poll Finds 15-Point Drop In Dem Support For Health Law
Once again, Senate Republicans are looking for an escape hatch. Apparently there is a growing sentiment that abdicating their powers to the ‘imperial president’ is a good idea. Folks, we are on the road to GOP irrelevance . . .
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-02-27 01:49:122016-04-11 11:23:45Abdication: Senate GOP Ponders Shifting Power To Obama
McIntyre said he believes the incident is likely an overreaction to recent mass shootings, particularly to the Dec. 14, 2012, massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released the illegal immigrants this week, suggesting the $85 billion in automatic spending cuts widely expected to be triggered on Friday would limit the number of detainees they could pay to house.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-02-27 01:42:212016-04-11 11:23:45GOP Blasts Decision To Release Illegal Immigrants Due To Sequester
In 2011, Florida Gov. Rick Scott, a Republican, issued an executive order requiring state employees to undergo mandatory drug tests as well. A federal judge also blocked that move.
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ABC News commented on its editing choice: “The edits made to Robin’s interview with the First Lady were made solely for time.” Sure enough, they just flat ran out of time. But, of course!
This brief brings the stark divide within the Republican Party over gay marriage out into the open. With House of Representatives leadership continuing the tout the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as existing only between one man and one woman, it’s evident that the split is only growing.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-02-27 00:14:212016-04-11 11:23:46Which 80 Prominent Republicans Just Signed A Legal Brief Proclaiming Gay Marriage Is A Constitutional Right?
The Iranian state-controlled media has welcomed Hagel’s nomination saying, “Hagel’s selection is a message of peace from the Obama administration to Islamic Republic of Iran.”
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-02-26 02:10:262016-04-11 11:23:47‘Hagel Has Promoted Agenda Of The Enemy’
“Was it blunt? Yes. Would I apologize? No,” Hunt told the Star-Tribune. He said later: “If I had to do it again, would I sit and think about how to phrase my words more carefully? Probably.”
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Justice Department and White House officials declined to provide much information about the memo or answer questions about it on the record.
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According to the IG’s office, this included the costs for staffers to perform “volunteer activities, play games and watch movies during regular work hours.”
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Their letter to the GAO asks for a study on how much money Planned Parenthood, the International Planned Parenthood Federation, and several other groups receive from the government. It also asks the GAO to identify the various federal sources of this money, how it was distributed, etc.
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Obama and his fellow community organizers were furious. So furious, in fact, that they have replied by filing complaints with the authority that governs website domain addresses, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-02-26 01:32:572016-04-11 11:23:48Obama Fails To Register ‘Organizingforaction.net’; Site Points To NRA Home Page
Revolving Door: Speaker Boehner’s Right-Hand Man Heads To K Street
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by Kevin BogardusJackson has agreed to join Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck as a strategic adviser, delivering a coup to one of the top-earning lobby firms in Washington. The firm also announced that it has hired Elizabeth Maier, who was former Sen. Jon Kyl’s (R-Ariz.) legislative director.
Hysteria: White House Warns of Sequester Cuts For Non-Existent Agency
/19 Comments/in Featured, News /by Joe Newby“To listen to the White House if the GOP does nothing by Friday baby seals, baby kittens, baby lambs, baby puppies and baby calves will DIE,” tweeted Rich Galen.
American Student Punished For Refusing To Recite Mexican Pledge Of Allegiance?
/13 Comments/in Education, Featured, News /by Jessica ChasmarThe school district has a policy that prohibits a school from compelling students to recite the American Pledge of Allegiance or text from the Declaration of Independence.
Palin: Washington Buying Bullets For Us
/8 Comments/in Featured, News /by Garth KantThe former Alaska governor and Republican vice-presidential nominee believes the federal government is “stockpiling bullets in case of civil unrest.”
Scalia: The Voting Rights Act Is A ‘Racial Entitlement’
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by Brett LoGiuratoScalia explained that he was not convinced the law was legitimate simply because Congress had voted to reauthorize it, referring to the charged political atmosphere surrounding reauthorization.
White House Denies Involvement In ICE’s Decision To Release Detainees (+video)
/5 Comments/in Featured, News /by Jennifer EpsteinCarney described those released as “low-risk, non-criminal detainees,” but several Republican members of Congress have spoken out against the releases.
Obama’s One Percent Problem: Wall Street Scores While Main Street Suffers, Dow Within 100 Points of All-Time High
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by JeeYeon ParkObama’s policies are clearly benefitting the rich, and punishing the poor. And we haven’t even felt the effects of his most regressive tax yet: inflation.
Why Marriage Matters For America And Conservatism
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by Ryan T. AndersonGovernment recognizes marriage because it is an institution that benefits society in a way that no other relationship does. Marriage is society’s least restrictive means to ensure the well-being of children.
J.C. Watts: GOP ‘In Denial’ About Its Image Problems With Minorities
/3 Comments/in Featured, News /by Alex LazarGoing forward, Watts says it’s up to the Republican Party to reach out to broad sectors of the American populace.
US Imam Calls On Muslims In US To Wage Jihad
/37 Comments/in Featured, News /by Neil MunroAccording to numerous Islamic leaders, Islamic law endorses the use of war to expand the rule of Islam. The law, dubbed Shariah, also endorses the killing of Islam’s critics, including poets Christian preachers, and it allows only grudging recognition of non-Islamic governments.
The Unaffordable Care Act
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by Ryan WillardSenator Jeff Sessions says a new GAO report suggests Obamacare could increase deficit by $6.2 trillion.
President Obama’s Sequester Strategy: Divide And Conquer
/7 Comments/in Featured, News, POTUS /by Carrie Budoff BrownSo far, he’s got reason to feel confident, as polls shows voters blaming the GOP for the sequester cuts more than the president. Whether that holds after the cuts start to take effect March 1 is less clear.
Poll Finds 15-Point Drop In Dem Support For Health Law
/1 Comment/in Featured, Health Care, News /by Elise ViebeckKaiser attributed the marked slide in support among Democrats to a “post-presidential election fade.”
Abdication: Senate GOP Ponders Shifting Power To Obama
/12 Comments/in Featured, News /by Manu Raju and David RogersOnce again, Senate Republicans are looking for an escape hatch. Apparently there is a growing sentiment that abdicating their powers to the ‘imperial president’ is a good idea. Folks, we are on the road to GOP irrelevance . . .
Father Wants School Dress Code Changed After Son Asked To Remove Marines T-Shirt
/8 Comments/in Education, Featured, News /by Joshua Rhett MillerMcIntyre said he believes the incident is likely an overreaction to recent mass shootings, particularly to the Dec. 14, 2012, massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
GOP Blasts Decision To Release Illegal Immigrants Due To Sequester
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by Jordy YagerImmigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released the illegal immigrants this week, suggesting the $85 billion in automatic spending cuts widely expected to be triggered on Friday would limit the number of detainees they could pay to house.
Federal Court Blocks Fla. Law Requiring Drug Testing For Welfare Recipients
/5 Comments/in Featured, News /by Dave BoyerIn 2011, Florida Gov. Rick Scott, a Republican, issued an executive order requiring state employees to undergo mandatory drug tests as well. A federal judge also blocked that move.
ABC Justifies Editing Out Michelle Obama’s False ‘Automatic Weapon’ Claim
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by Michal CongerABC News commented on its editing choice: “The edits made to Robin’s interview with the First Lady were made solely for time.” Sure enough, they just flat ran out of time. But, of course!
Which 80 Prominent Republicans Just Signed A Legal Brief Proclaiming Gay Marriage Is A Constitutional Right?
/12 Comments/in Featured, News /by Billy HallowellThis brief brings the stark divide within the Republican Party over gay marriage out into the open. With House of Representatives leadership continuing the tout the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as existing only between one man and one woman, it’s evident that the split is only growing.
‘Hagel Has Promoted Agenda Of The Enemy’
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by Jerome R. CorsiThe Iranian state-controlled media has welcomed Hagel’s nomination saying, “Hagel’s selection is a message of peace from the Obama administration to Islamic Republic of Iran.”
Wyoming State House Rep. to Concealed Carry Critic: If You Don’t Like It, ‘By All Means, Leave’
/13 Comments/in 2 Amendment, Featured, News /by Madeleine Morgenstern“Was it blunt? Yes. Would I apologize? No,” Hunt told the Star-Tribune. He said later: “If I had to do it again, would I sit and think about how to phrase my words more carefully? Probably.”
Busted: NRA Uses Justice Department Memo to Expose Obama on Guns
/10 Comments/in Featured, News /by ABC OTUS NewsJustice Department and White House officials declined to provide much information about the memo or answer questions about it on the record.
Report: Chevy Volt Battery Supplier Wasted Millions In Stimulus Funds
/4 Comments/in Energy, Featured, News /by Kerry PicketAccording to the IG’s office, this included the costs for staffers to perform “volunteer activities, play games and watch movies during regular work hours.”
GOP Seeks Planned Parenthood Study With Hope To Strip Funding
/4 Comments/in Featured, Health Care, News /by Pete KasperowiczTheir letter to the GAO asks for a study on how much money Planned Parenthood, the International Planned Parenthood Federation, and several other groups receive from the government. It also asks the GAO to identify the various federal sources of this money, how it was distributed, etc.
Obama Fails To Register ‘Organizingforaction.net’; Site Points To NRA Home Page
/7 Comments/in 2 Amendment, Featured, News /by Warner Todd HustonObama and his fellow community organizers were furious. So furious, in fact, that they have replied by filing complaints with the authority that governs website domain addresses, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).