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Clay Aiken Wants to Represent NC’s 2nd Congressional District—Welcome to the Bizarre!

Clay getting a spot on The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell is cool—but it won’t necessarily help him where it counts—in the 2nd Congressional District. I thought I could get through life without ever having to blog about Clay Aiken—well, I was wrong. It seems the once famed American Idol singing celebrity wants to unseat…

February 6, 2014
Butterfield to Hold HUD Grant Check Presentation and Press Conference in New Bern, Tomorrow Tuesday, November 26th @ 9:30am

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) will present a $400,000 check to the New Bern Housing Authority and the City of New Bern at a press conference on Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at 9:30 a.m. at the New Bern Housing Authority, 837 South Front Street. The check represents a U.S. Department of Housing…

November 25, 2013
The Real Freeloaders; Somebody Hijacked God?

Was Romney right when he was videotaped complaining that half of the United States was made up of freeloaders? Those with their hands out asking…and getting… public assistance. What if I showed you pictures of multimillion dollar properties where the owners never paid one thin dime in property tax. Welcome to your local church. On…

September 1, 2013
Welcome Tim Scott to the US Senate. (R-SC)

The newly appointed Senator from South Carolina proposed a bill to kick families off of food stamps if one member went on strike as part of a union. And he called for the impeachment of Obama over the debt ceiling. (washingtonpost.com)

December 17, 2012
Republicans Are More Willing to Cause Another Recession than Abandon the Rich

Republicans cannot understand that the American people are compassionate toward their fellow citizens and approve, by a large margin, of using money from their retirement and healthcare pool to care for the least fortunate among us. http://www.politicususa.com/republicans-recession-abandon-rich.html

December 8, 2012
It’s a far more liberal Senate than it was four years ago.

Molly Ball’s fun story about the leftward shift in the Senate reminds us of a fact forgotten five minutes into election night. Bob Kerrey, the two-term Nebraska senator, lost his comeback bid. While Ohio’s Sherrod Brown was promising to hike taxes on the rich and save entitlements from the “grand bargain” guillotine, Kerrey was being…

November 19, 2012
DeGette files bill to require feds to respect marijuana law

By Kurtis LeeThe Denver Post Posted: 11/16/2012 01:49:55 PM MST U. S. Rep. Diana Degette (Craig F. Walker, The Denver Post) In an effort to ensure new voter-approved amendments that legalize limited use of recreational marijuana in Colorado and Washington are not overrun by the federal government, Democratic U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette introduced bipartisan…

November 18, 2012
Former CIA Director David Petraeus arrived on Capitol Hill Friday to testify.

Washington (CNN) — Former CIA Director David Petraeus arrived on Capitol Hill Friday to testify before congressional lawmakers that he knew “almost immediately” the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was the work of a loosely-formed militia with members sympathetic to al Qaeda. Petraeus’ testimony will be behind closed doors before Republican and…

November 16, 2012
McCain skips Benghazi briefing, gets testy when questioned by CNN – CNN Political Ticker – CNN.com Blogs

McCain skips Benghazi briefing, gets testy when questioned by CNN – CNN Political Ticker – CNN.com Blog When a top secret security hearing was going on over the Benghazi event, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, held a press conference in the Capitol to call for the creation of a Watergate-type special Congressional committee to investigate…

November 15, 2012