A Resolution Opposing “Regionalism”, which Violates the Georgia Constitution; and Supporting the Republican Form of Government WHEREAS, Article IV, Section IV of the Constitution “guarantee[s] to every State in this Union a Republican form of Government.” A republican form of government is one in which sovereignty rests with the people and representatives are chosen by [...]
My latest at the Diplomat talks a bit more about Nate Jones’ work at National Security Archive: Like in the United States, the political and military elite of the Soviet Union disagreed on the likelihood of war, and on the predisposition of the new administration in Washington. Soviet hawks took the exercises as evidence of [...]
“Why does Benghazi go on? No one was ever fired? So, people made tragic errors. No one’s accepting responsibility and no one was fired.” — Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), on CNN’s “State of the Union,” May 19, 2013 Read full article >>
In recent years, Sony's state of the union report has made for wince-inducing reading, but one year into Kaz Hirai's "One Sony" strategy we seem to be seeing hints of a turnaround. The company is trumpeting its return to profitability...Show More Summary
On Monday, a bill squeaked through the Minnesota House of Representatives that would allow in-home child care and personal care workers in the state to unionize. By a margin of two votes, the state House of Representatives sent the bill to Gov. Mark Dayton (D), who is expected to sign it. SEIU and AFSCME, the [...]
President Obama today appointed 10 to the Presidential Commission on Election Administration -- a panel created after Obama's State of the Union pledge to find non partisan ways to shorten the lines at polling places and improve access to the...
President Barack Obama on Tuesday filled out his Presidential Commission on Election Administration and kicked off its activity to improve election systems in the United States. "...As I said in my State of the Union Address, when any American, no matter where they live or what their party, is denied that right simply because too [...]
As if the past few weeks couldn't get any stranger. It would appear that the ghost of Ted Bundy is once again showing up at the Florida State Prison in Raiford, Florida (now known as Union Correctional Institution) according to a current inmate at the facility:
I'm a resident of UCI in Bradford Co, FL. Show More Summary
The European Union stands poised to put the military wing of Lebanon’s Hezbollah on its list of terrorist organizations after a formal request to blacklist the group was filed by a member state Monday, diplomats said. The request from Britain formally launches a process to blacklist the group, a move that has long been requested [...]
What if it could be proven that the president of the anti-tea party National Treasury Employees Union visited Barack Obama, the anti-tea party President of the United States in the White House on March 31, 2010 - the day before the IRS,...Show More Summary
Richard DeCoatsworth, a Philadelphia cop who once sat next to Michelle Obama at a 2009 State of the Union address after being shot in the face and still pursuing his assailant, is in huge trouble. The charges against the 27-year-old "hero cop" run the gamut of awful, including forcing a
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The president of a union that represents 12,000 United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) employees announced his opposition to the immigration reform bill in the Senate Monday morning. "The legislation will provide legal status to millions of visa overstays while failing to provide for necessary in-person interviews," union president Kenneth Palinkas said in a [...]
The union representing 12,000 adjudications officers and staff for the United States Citizen and Immigration Services Council (USCIS) came out in opposition to the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill on Monday morning. The USCIS Council...Show More Summary
President Obama will talk about the legality of drones in a Thursday address, according to a White House official. Obama’s speech will be an attempt to fulfill his State of the Union pledge to be more “transparent” with the public about the controversial drone program that has become the centerpiece of the White House’s efforts [...]
On the May 19 broadcast of CNN's State of the Union, host Candy Crowley said that Obama was late in identifying the attacks in Benghazi as terrorism quite contrary to what she said during the Presidential debates late last year. As Crowley...Show More Summary
Broaching the topic on Benghazi on this week's State of the Union, host Candy Crowley challenged guest Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) over his criticism of Hillary Clinton. Pointing to the timing of Paul's stating she should not be able to hold "higher office," Crowley asked him about the "danger that this looks a lot more political than policy."
Republican Senators Rand Paul, Mitch McConnell and Rob Portman continued Sunday to press the Obama administration on the Internal Revenue Service scandal that's engulfed the White House. On CNN's "State of the Union," Paul told Candy Crowley he heard about a "written policy" that encouraged IRS officials to target "those who are critical of the [...]
From the May 19 edition of CNN's State of the Union: Previously: Fox And Issa Claim There's A Difference Between An "Act Of Terror" And A Terrorist Attack Major Newspapers Whitewash Obama's "Act Of Terror" Assertion
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) went on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday to use the IRS scandal to attack the Obama administraiton, but flubbed a key part of his case: he couldn’t defend the claim that IRS was targeting conservative groups as part of a political strategy to help the White House. Paul, like [...]
Justin Williams: With WWDC just a few weeks away, I thought it’d be beneficial to he Internet at large to compile a working list of everything that is expected of Apple during their Keynote and subsequent “State of he Union” addresses in order to appease the Internet. Show More Summary