This unprecedented: In July, 1798, Congress passed, and President John Adams signed into law “An Act for the Relief of Sick and Disabled Seamen,” authorizing the creation of a marine hospital service, and mandating privately employed sailors to purchase healthcare insurance. This legislation also created America’s first payroll tax, as a ship’s owner was required […]

So I start my morning peruse of the blogosphere and see this at Glenn Reynolds’ site: BRITISH: “Special Relationship” with U.S. Is Dead. UPDATE: Reader Paul Jackson writes: Who could have foreseen that the president who follows Obama will have to hit the reset button…..with Great Britain and Israel!!! And the list may grow longer, […]

The more we learn about tea baggers, the more we find out how confused they really are: When Tom Grimes lost his job as a financial consultant 15 months ago, he called his congressman, a Democrat, for help getting government health care. Then he found a new full-time occupation: Tea Party activist. He wanted government […]

Way to go Mr. President: Faced with an unprecedented level of obstruction in the Senate, the President announced his intention to recess appoint fifteen nominees to fill critical administration posts. While the President respects the critical role the Senate plays in the appointment process, he was no longer willing to let another month go by […]

I’ve been reading this morning about Scott Ashjian, one of the 22 people running against Harry Reid. It looks like he is in some trouble: A Nevada asphalt contractor who faces a legal challenge to his Tea Party of Nevada candidacy for U.S. Senate was hit Friday with felony theft and bad check charges in […]

And the violence and threats continue: The office also reported getting a portion of a cut-up American flag soaked in gasoline and a typed letter addressed to McCollum and other Minnesota Democrats including Rep. Keith Ellison, Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Sen. Al Franken. Where’s the right wing outrage over treating the U.S. flag like this? […]

The “mommy! mommy! He did it too” defense of the Republican Party is in full swing. They are deploying it every chance they get when it comes to the recent rise of threats of violence against Democratic lawmakers. Think Progress caught up Texas Republican, Rep. Pete Olson and asked him about what’s going on. When […]

Make no mistake about it. I have thoroughly enjoyed watching the GOP slowly implode since the 2008 elections. Sure they have had what appears to be little upticks, but overall they have been suffering a very slow and painful death. But there is a danger in all that and we are now seeing it. Today […]

It’s time for Eric Cantor to go before the cameras and answer questions about this: Richmond police say the bullet that hit a window of Republican Virginia Congressman Eric Cantor’s office had been randomly fired skyward. Amid reports of threats and vandalism against Democrats who voted Sunday for sweeping health care reforms, Cantor said at […]

In a blog post on the Tax Day Tea Party site, Eric Odom has stated he has received threatening phone calls. He then goes on to blame the left for all the outrage: You may or may not have heard, but the far left and the drive by media are pushing a major narrative campaign […]