Greene Blade at StepDownNow reports: When approached a few days ago by Bryan Daugherty of Bangor, Maine who is closely tied to the Republican grassroots and social media teams, such as the team who built www.stepdownnow.com this past week, I had a hard time believing that not one candidate had yet stepped forward to challenge… Continue Reading »
Jacques Billeaud at the San Francisco Chronicle reports: Federal authorities have asked an appeals court to reject Arizona’s bid to overturn a ruling that bars enforcement of a minor section of the state’s 2010 immigration law prohibiting the harboring of illegal immigrants. The U.S. Justice Department told the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in a Dec…. Continue Reading »
Philip Rucker at the Washington Post reports: The White House is weighing a far broader and more comprehensive approach to curbing the nation’s gun violence than simply reinstating an expired ban on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition, according to multiple people involved in the administration’s discussions. A working group led by Vice President Biden is… Continue Reading »
Maggie Haberman at Politico reports: President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign was fined $375,000 by the Federal Election Commission for campaign reporting violations — one of the largest fees ever levied against a presidential campaign, POLITICO has learned. The fine — laid out in detail in FEC documents that have yet to be made public —… Continue Reading »
Steven Ertelt at LifeNews reports: The founder and editor of the highly-popular Drudge Report surprised pro-life advocates on twitter this morning with a tweet condemning abortion an highlighting how thousands of babies are killed on a daily basis. “There will be over 3,500 killed in USA today from abortion. No flags lowered, no presidents crying…. Continue Reading »
