An emotional—and emotionally powerful—President Barack Obama urges action on gun safety legislation, standing side-by-side with mothers of victims of gun violence on Thursday at the White House: Some excerpts: I ask every American to find out where your member of Congress stands on these ideas. If they’re not part of that 90 percent who agree… Read more »
Posts Tagged: happened
‘Meet the Jackass’? This happened: Meghan McCain lands talk show on Pivot
Meghan McCain is, like, totally getting her own show. Squee! Oh, the humanity. These are the longest fifteen minutes ever. Meggie Mac teased the announcement last night via Twitter. Sans boob photo this time. .@allahpundit Put me down for McCain evolving on SSM 11 am. RT @MeghanMcCain Big news being announced tomorrow… stay tuned.— … Read more »
Whatever happened to the public option?
This weekend marks the third anniversary of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as “Obamacare.” And for those of us who covered that rollicking debate, most of it seemed to be about one central question: Would there be a public option? Remember the public option? It was, for many Democrats, their absolute… Read more »
This week in the world of progressive state blogs: Tea party forgets what happened in Boston Harbor
Today begins a new Saturday feature spotlighting a dozen examples of what’s been written in the past seven days at progressive state blogs. Just as states with progressive lawmakers and activists have themselves initiated innovative programs over a wide range of issues, state-based progressive blogs have helped provide us with a point of view and… Read more »