New Jersey State Senator Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg (D-NJ) tears into the so-called investigative report on New Jersey’s bridge scandal pointing out its “gratuitous sexist language” is unacceptable. This powerful New Jersey Senator and Co-Chair of the Legislative Select Committee on Investigation is not buying into the findings of the internal review of the Bridgegate […]
A Florida politician proposes legislation to hide stand your ground records from the media after a Tampa Bay Times’ review of 200 cases. The review found that “Florida’s ‘stand your ground” law has allowed drug dealers to avoid murder charges and gang members to walk free. It has stymied prosecutors and confused judges.” The review […]
MoveOn.org Civic Action is running this TV ad in Louisiana to hold Governor Bobby Jindal accountable for standing between 242,000 of his state’s citizens and Medicaid. The ad, funded by MoveOn members, was created after Louisiana’s Republican lieutenant governor sent MoveOn a cease-and-desist letter demanding that it take down a billboard criticizing Governor Jindal on […]
A Michigan lawmaker hopes to allow domestic abuse victims to carry guns, even in “gun free zones,” including schools and churches. WEYI’s Walter Smith-Randolph reports that state representative Tim Kelly (R-Saginaw) wants to allow abuse victims to carry guns in these zones “but domestic violence workers say there may be other options.” Tim Kelly told […]
A Satanic temple hopes to erect a monument to Satan, complete with a lap for picture posing, at the Oklahoma state house. The New York-based Satanic Temple formally submitted a formal application to have a statue of Satan placed at the Oklahoma State Capitol next to where a Ten Commandments monument was placed in 2012. […]