FOILED BY CONGRESS, GUN CONTROL ADVOCATES TURN TO STATE BALLOTS IN BID TO END VIOLENCE. Lawmakers and organizations in several states are considering whether to place gun-related amendments such as universal background checks on state ballots as soon as the 2014 elections.Though the piecemeal approach is not ideal, activists are beginning to tire of [...]
Like the election campaigns that vaulted the individuals they celebrate into office, modern American presidential libraries have become a hotbed of influence peddling, big money, and secret donations. While the outward appearance of the libraries and museums constructed by and for former presidents are the epitome of civic pride and an homage to public service, [...]
WATCH YOUR MOUTH, JOHN KERRY. The new U.S. Secretary of State commits the unpardonable sin of comparing the suffering visited on innocent people at the Boston Marathon with the 2010 Israeli raid and killing of numerous passengers on a “flotilla” of vessels bound with humanitarian aid to breach the Israeli blockage of Gaza. Israeli [...]
Skeletal remains of the system of federal laws that regulate political contributions could be further weakened in another landmark case three years after the historic Citizens United decision opened the gateway for record election spending and unprecedented secrecy for wealthy donors. The Supreme Court agreed last month to hear a case that challenges federal limits on [...]
Nearly four months after the most expensive election in American history reached its conclusion the record-setting race for political cash goes on for President Obama. Transforming his reelection campaign apparatus into an unprecedented political advocacy extension of the White House, the president is seeking to stock the coffers of his new group with special access [...]
The official beginning of Barack Obama’s second term in the White House was in a small and entirely private swearing-in ceremony at noon on Sunday shared with the public only through photographs. Only Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, the president’s family and a few other were present. Far more grand and befitting the public spectacle [...]
OBAMA’S DIGESTION: DOES HE “HAVE THE STOMACH TO CARRY ON ANOTHER WAR?” Apparently so, says Jason Hirthler, as he notes the bi-partisan “imperial lockstep” between the two major parties as, for example, Defense Secretary Panetta places cruise missiles in Turkey for its conflict with Syria, and State Secretary Clinton jiggles the nerves by talking of [...]
After the most expensive election in American history that made “bundlers” and “super-PACs” household terms, President Obama’s second inauguration is shaping up to be a a celebration of the big money that propelled his reelection campaign as well as the failed bid of his Republican challenger. Final fundraising totals for the 2012 race overwhelmed even [...]
MARRIAGE EQUALITY COMES OUT OF 2012 ELECTIONS A BIG WINNER Questions regarding gay marriage rights and marriage equality were victorious on four state ballots this past Tuesday in what LGBT activists are calling a crucial turning point in national recognition of same sex marriage. The wins in Maine, Maryland Minnesota and Washington represent a [...]
PRESIDENT OBAMA WINS REELECTION. ` Surpassing the 270 electoral votes necessary shortly after 11 PM on Tuesday night, President Barack Obama defeated Republican challenger Mitt Romney to win a second term in the White House. After a historically long, bitter and expensive campaign, the status quo was retained in Washington as the House and Senate [...]
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