Following the explosive news yesterday of Apple mobile devices recording their users every move (for background see here and here), Senator Al Franken is upset and demanding answers from Apple CEO Steve Jobs: Franken expressed special concern for iPhone and iPad users who are minors, writing that an “estimated 13% of the 108 million iPhones […]
Let’s face it, America needs a real debate about its society. We need to start talking about the violence plaguing our nation. It doesn’t matter if the violence occurs at some random work place, in a school or at a town hall meeting being held by a member of Congress, we need to have a […]
Today is the day that the President’s Debt Commission is supposed to vote on the final recommendations, which includes such things as: Raising the retirement age to 69 Increase taxes by up to $1,700 a year for the average tax payer 15% budget decrease for Congress and the White House 3 year pay freeze for […]
Since the oil started flowing 83+ days ago there have been those on the right floating conspiracy theories. They range from “Liberals blew up the well” to “Obama doesn’t want to stop it quick so it looks bad”. Well now we have one of these claims coming from an actual GOP member of Congress. Here’s […]
A new poll out has found that a majority of Minnesotans are embarrassed by their most famous member of Congress, Michele Bachmann: A new survey of Minnesotans shows that a majority of residents — 56 percent — are embarrassed by Rep. Michele Bachmann. The release of the survey, commissioned by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, […]
Today we have another episode in the dementia that is John McCain. Remember the maverick? Well then you must be thinking of the wrong person, because John McCain says he never called himself a maverick. For more than a decade, famed ‘Straight Talk Express’ rider John McCain has had ‘maverick’ as his and his supporters’ […]
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 […]
Here’s the press release from his office: Congressman John P. Murtha (PA-12) passed away peacefully this afternoon at 1:18 p.m. at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, VA. At his bedside was his family. Murtha, 77, was Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense. First elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in February of […]
Last week I posted a list of states slated to gain and lose congressional seats in the upcoming election. While doing that post, my inner geek had me focusing on the numbers and I totally missed this part: Minnesota (-1): Open seat in 2010; state Senate 46 D, 21 R; state House 87 D, 47 […]
The DNC Change Commission has been working on changes to the way the DNC handles primaries and it looks like the super delegates could end up losing their vote: The Commission spent most of the meeting discussing the future role of automatic unpledged delegates (super delegates). It discussed several approaches, but the final recommendation won’t […]