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Wed. May 1st Is 'Everybody Blog About #Pigford Day'

In the spirit of citizen journalism overriding mainstream media filters, Wednesday, May 1 will be “Everybody Blog About #Pigford” Day. All journalists, bloggers, and inspired writers are invited to contribute their thoughts about the Pigford scandal–one of Andrew Breitbart’s most

Wed. May 1st Is 'Everybody Blog About #Pigford Day'

Dianne Feinstein's Husband Bags High-Speed Rail Construction Contract

Sen. Diane Feinstein’s husband Richard Blum won a construction contract for California’s high-speed rail project, reports the California Political Review. Author Laer Pearce says Perini-Zachary-Parsons, a construction group partially owned by Blum’s investment firm, Blum Capital, and their investors, bagged

Dianne Feinstein's Husband Bags High-Speed Rail Construction Contract

Soft-spoken Virginian holds sway on immigration

(AP) Soft-spoken Virginian holds sway on immigrationBy ERICA WERNERAssociated PressWASHINGTONDepending on whom you ask, Rep. Bob Goodlatte is either trying to stand in the way of landmark immigration legislation or he illustrates the new face of the GOP trying to

Soft-spoken Virginian holds sway on immigration

US Senate primary in Massachusetts

(AP) Mass. voters to decide US Senate primary winnersBy BOB SALSBERG and STEVE LeBLANCAssociated PressBOSTONMassachusetts voters on Tuesday will decide Tuesday which Republican and Democratic candidates will win their party primaries and head to the state’s second special U.S. Senate

US Senate primary in Massachusetts

Democrats Recruit Pro-Gun Candidates…Wait WHAT?

As Democrats wail and lament about the utter failure that was the Senate’s Gun Control legislation, they are simultaneously recruiting pro-gun democrat candidates to run in important races.  The question is whether two of the Democrats’ most promising potential candidates

Tea Party Senators Prep for Immigration Battle

Sens. Rand Paul (R-KY), Mike Lee (R-UT) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) now each appear to be positioning themselves in the fight against the push for the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill in much the same way the Senate’s Tea Party triumvirate knocked

Tea Party Senators Prep for Immigration Battle

New conservative lobbying push for gay marriage

(AP) New conservative lobbying push for gay marriageBy PATRICK CONDONAssociated PressST. PAUL, Minn.A national group of prominent GOP donors that supports gay marriage is pouring new money into lobbying efforts to get Republican lawmakers to vote to make it legal.

New conservative lobbying push for gay marriage

U.S. illicit drug use 2009-11 highest since 2002

WASHINGTON, April 27 (UPI) —Illicit drug use rates among Americans age 12 and older from 2009 through 2011 were among the highest since data became available in 2002, U.S. officials say. The National Survey on Drug Use and Health reported

U.S. illicit drug use 2009-11 highest since 2002

CA Assembly Considers Jury Duty For Non-Citizens

Los Angeles Times: SACRAMENTO — California would allow noncitizens to serve on juries under a proposal being considered by state lawmakers, potentially expanding a fundamental obligation of American life to millions more people. The measure, which would apply only to

CA Assembly Considers Jury Duty For Non-Citizens

The FAA Fix is a Loss for the White House

As I pointed out yesterday, the White House was attempting to use concern about FAA furloughs to push forward a sequester replacement deal. As of this morning that attempt is a failure. Last night a bipartisan group of Senators passed

Obama Admin Asks SCOTUS to Take NLRB Recess Appointments Case

U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli has filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the justices to take and reverse a lower-court ruling that President Barack Obama’s recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) are unconstitutional, and

Obama Admin Asks SCOTUS to Take NLRB Recess Appointments Case

Tea Party Caucus Reloads for 2014

The Congressional Tea Party Caucus re-launched Thursday evening with its first meeting of the 113th Congress. “This is the one caucus that puts the American people at the table,” Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), the Thursday evening event’s emcee, said in

Tea Party Caucus Reloads for 2014

Senate Dems Reject Obama FAA Sequester Cuts

Late Thursday, Senate Democrats moved legislation to shift federal funds, allowing the FAA to cancel its planned furloughs of air traffic controllers. The proposal, which passed as Senators were leaving town for a week-long recess, would shift $250 million within

Senate Dems Reject Obama FAA Sequester Cuts

House GOP Shelves Bill to 'Fix' ObamaCare

On Wednesday, House Republican leaders pulled a bill that, according to the Wall St. Journal, was a “cornerstone of their effort to ‘repeal and replace’” ObamaCare, President Obama’s signature health care legislation. According to the WSJ, the bill was abruptly

House GOP Shelves Bill to 'Fix' ObamaCare

'Stop the NRA' March Fizzles

A coalition of left-wing activists held a rally and march in DC,  Thursday afternoon, to “ride a wave of public anger” and “drag the lobbyists out of the shadows.”  From their press release: Riding a wave of public anger at the

'Stop the NRA' March Fizzles

Officials: Bomb Suspect Silent After Read Rights

(AP) Officials: Bomb suspect silent after read rightsBy PETE YOST, LARA JAKES and RODRIQUE NGOWIAssociated PressBOSTONSixteen hours after investigators began interrogating him, the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings went silent: he’d just been read his constitutional rights. Dzhokhar

Officials: Bomb Suspect Silent After Read Rights

Smart Guns: Next Part of Gun Control Push

“Smart guns“–guns which will only fire when the trigger is pulled by the person who owns them–may be part of the next wave of gun control. President Obama began talking about them just weeks after the Sandy Hook Elementary Shooting,

Smart Guns: Next Part of Gun Control Push