Bill Clinton’s handlers have kept him on short social media leash … until now. https://twitter.com/hunterligon/status/321471931415150592 This won’t end well. On Saturday, Stephen Colbert interviewed the former president at a Clinton Global Initiative meeting. In the segment that aired Monday night, Colbert convinced Clinton to take the Twitter plunge. He dictated his first tweet to Colbert: https://twitter.com/PrezBillyJeff/status/320644561439436800… Read more »
Shawn O”Connor Tetra Images/Newscom Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-NV) gun control bill helps criminals figure out where it is easier to buy guns. Under Senator Reid’s legislation (S. 649), states must continue to submit criminal records to the federal government for the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). Firearms-selling businesses use the NICS… Read more »
Jose Muñoz illegally immigrated to the United States with his family from Mexico when he was a toddler, but when President Obama announced Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals last summer, Muñoz thought he had a chance to avoid deportation. The problem? To qualify for deferment, Muñoz had to provide proof of continuous residency in the… Read more »
The contents of a March 15 Universal Health Care Action Network of Ohio (UHCAN Ohio) web training for progressive activists interested in lobbying for Medicaid expansion bore a striking resemblance to talking points from Governor John Kasich and his administration. Kasich, a Republican, has decided to pursue billions in new federal funding the Patient Protection… Read more »