By KRIS W. KOBACH Published: April 28, 2010 ON Friday, Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona signed a law — SB 1070 — that prohibits the harboring of illegal aliens and makes it a state crime for an alien to commit certain federal immigration crimes. It also requires police officers who, in the course of a [...]
Archive for April, 2010
29 Apr
What If the Tea Party Were Black?
AlterNet / By Tim Wise Imagine that hundreds of black protesters descended on DC armed with AK-47s. Would they be defended as patriotic Americans? April 25, 2010 | Photo Credit: Street Protest TV Let’s play a game, shall we? The name of the game is called “Imagine.” The way it’s played is simple: we’ll [...]
28 Apr
GOP Blocks Action On Financial Overhaul Bill
by NPR Staff and Wires NPR – April 26, 2010 Undaunted by a Senate setback, Democrats appeared increasingly confident Monday they will be able to take advantage of Americans’ anger at Wall Street and push through the most sweeping new controls on financial institutions since the Great Depression. The Senate, in a 57-41 vote, failed [...]
26 Apr
‘In taxpayers we trust’
This says it all…. We need to pay particular attention to what changes are enacted in he pending ‘financial reform’ bill. We also need to be aware of who supports it and who opposes it. God knows we need manageable changes that will protect the taxpayer. J.O’
25 Apr
Why We Won’t Leave Afghanistan or Iraq
Yes, We Could… Get Out! By Tom Engelhardt Yes, we could. No kidding. We really could withdraw our massive armies, now close to 200,000 troops combined, from Afghanistan and Iraq (and that’s not even counting our similarly large stealth army of private contractors, which helps keep the true size of our double occupations in the shadows). We could undoubtedly withdraw them all [...]
13 Apr
Haley Barbour’s ‘diddly’ sense of slavery’s history
By Eugene Robinson Tuesday, April 13, 2010 It was bad enough when Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell proclaimed “Confederate History Month” without mentioning slavery, but at least he came to his senses and apologized. Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour’s contention that the whole controversy “doesn’t amount to diddly” is much worse. “I don’t know what you would [...]
13 Apr
Tina Fey Launches the Sarah Palin Network: “I Gotcha!” « SpeakEasy
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13 Apr
3 Key Toxic Ingredients Revealed for GOP Victory Plan: And It Could Work
AlterNet Posted by Adele Stan at 9:58 am April 12, 2010 Amid all the nuttiness that marked the this past weekend (my colleague, Alexander Zaitchik, offers a rundown here), what I found to be the most chilling aspect of the confab seems overshadowed by Sarah Palin’s spunky vitriol and Michael Steele’s act of contrition. But [...]
11 Apr
Do conservatives understand the Constitution they say they love?
Regator.com Several states banded together and filed a lawsuit stating that healthcare reform was unconstitutional. They seem to be using a two-pronged argument: First, healthcare reform “infringes on state powers under the Constitution’s Bill of Rights.” Secondly, according to the Attorney General of Virginia, “Congress lacks the authority under its constitutional power to regulate interstate commerce [...]
11 Apr
Potential Obama nominees for the Supreme Court
JESSE J. HOLLAND Published: Apr 10, 2010 3:49 AM FILE – In this June 15, 2006 file photo, Associate Justice John Paul Stevens, center, smiles as he chats with Chief Justice John G. Roberts,… WASHINGTON (AP) – Sketches of potential candidates to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens, listed alphabetically, with their pros and cons: [...]
