The scandal is the latest embarrassment for Alabama, the U.S. manufacturing base for Mercedes-Benz and Airbus Group SE. House Speaker Mike Hubbard faces trial next
LaunchSenator Elizabeth Warren delivers incredible speech denouncing Republican obstructionism
Yesterday (March 9th, 2016) Senator Elizabeth Warren delivered a floor speech urging Senate Republicans to give timely consideration and an up-down-vote to President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee.
LaunchSenator Elizabeth Warren calls for action to root out influence of money in politics
In a Senate floor speech on the sixth anniversary of Citizens United, Senator Elizabeth Warren laid out steps that Congress and the Administration can take
LaunchTed Cruz failed to disclose loan from Goldman Sachs for his first Senate campaign
Four years ago, when radical right wing demagogue Ted Cruz was running for U.S. Senate, he financed his campaign with a large loan from Goldman Sachs — coincidentally his wife’s employer and one of the big Wall Street banks he likes to rail against as being too influential in the nation’s capital. Cruz conveniently failed to disclose the loan at the time he was seeking to replace Kay Bailey Hutchison. The New York Times has more.
LaunchLarry Lessig isn’t giving up on his presidential campaign
I am running for president. I am running with the purpose of restoring this democracy. I will make that objective primary. I will do everything
LaunchDocuments, former players point to Steve Sarkisian’s alcohol use at Washington
Documents, former players point to Steve Sarkisian’s alcohol use at Washington “Steve Sarkisian’s strange behavior in the days surrounding high-pressure, high-profile college football games isn’t
LaunchThe one hundred and fifty-eight families funding the 2016 presidential election
The one hundred and fifty-eight families funding the 2016 presidential election Required weekend reading: “Just 158 families, along with companies they own or control, contributed
LaunchShut down the Select Committee on Benghazi
Shut down the Select Committee on Benghazi The New York Times editorializes: “Lawmakers have long abused their investigative authority for political purposes. But the effort
LaunchTim Eyman’s financial machinations all too familiar
“For the sake of argument, let’s presume that [Tim Eyman sidekick Mike] Fagan – Spokane’s champion of vaccine denial and conservative critic of library story time – was completely, totally unaware of these creative maneuvers. He shouldn’t have been,” writes Spokesman-Review columnist Shawn Vestal.
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Time to widen Eyman finance probe “The state needs to get to the bottom of this, and a wider look at other initiative campaigns Eyman
LaunchElijah Cummings issues statement on Speaker Boehner’s resignation announcement
Today is a sad day for the House of Representatives. The Republican party is at war with itself, and although an extreme minority of ideologues
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Tim Eyman’s lucrative initiative game Seattle Times columnist Danny Westneat ponders the answer to the question, “Is Tim Eyman the problem, or a symptom of
LaunchKing County Sheriff John Urquhart fires another dishonest deputy
The housecleaning of the King County Sheriff’s Department continues: King County Sheriff John Urquhart has fired a sergeant who, according to an internal investigation, falsely
LaunchTexas’ Republican Attorney General indicted on three felony charges
Texas’ Republican Attorney General indicted on three felony charges Tea Party Republican Ken Paxton, elected last year as the Attorney General of Texas, has been
LaunchAfter two corrections, The New York Times’ botched Clinton email story still has an error
After two corrections, The New York Times’ botched Clinton email story still has an error Media Matters excoriates The New York Times for its sloppy,
LaunchInitiative 735 volunteers working to make sure ‘the small potatoes matter’
You can call them crazy dreamers, or naive. But I’m rooting for them. It’d be great to call something a “citizens’ initiative” again that doesn’t
LaunchFlorida court records show Marco Rubio and his wife are extremely careless drivers
The New York Times has uncovered court records which show that Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio and his wife, who reside in Florida, are extremely
LaunchEx-Speaker Hastert charged with lying to FBI about hush money withdrawals
Ex-Speaker Hastert charged with lying to FBI about hush money withdrawals Former top Republican Dennis Hastert, who made a hasty exit from Congress after the
LaunchA new phase in anti-Obama attacks
If this insurrection is driven by something other than a blend of ideological extremism and personal animosity, it is not clear what that might be.
LaunchCould higher salaries for Washington and Oregon lawmakers encourage more populist policies?
Could higher salaries for Washington and Oregon lawmakers encourage more populist policies? New research conducted by Renee Bowen and Cecilia Hyunjung Mo (who teach economics
LaunchKurt Eichenwald: Controversy over Hillary Clinton’s emails is a fake scandal
Kurt Eichenwald: Controversy over Hillary Clinton’s emails is a fake scandal Writing for Newsweek, Kurt Eichenwald shreds the New York Times’ defense of its Clinton
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