Apr 8, 2013
We need to learn a lesson from history when it comes to natural resources. Money, labor, privatization, and politicians operate the same. Some things never change. At the time of Presidents Harding and Coolidge, the oil companies, particularly Sinclair Oil was given our nation’s oil resources for a sweetheart deal – no bidding necessary. The [...]
Feb 28, 2013
The Supreme Court’s ruling on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) allowed states to opt out of the law’s Medicaid expansion, leaving each state’s decision to participate in the hands of the nation’s governors and state leaders. A roundup of what each state’s leadership has said about their Medicaid plans February 27, 2013 Text last updated on Feb. 26, [...]
Feb 4, 2013
(or “Why Nevada is Going to Get Sued for Millions.“) With recent headlines like “Conference attendees say Nevada isn’t doing enough to educate ELL students,” and “GOP lawmaker seeks more state funding for English language learners,” it should come as no surprise that Nevada has an English Language Learner problem in its grade schools. What such [...]
Jan 10, 2013
A month after President Obama won reelection, America’s most powerful liberal groups met to plan their next moves. Here’s what they talked about. It was the kind of meeting that conspiratorial conservative bloggers dream about. A month after President Barack Obama won reelection, top brass from three dozen of the most powerful groups in liberal [...]
Jan 1, 2013
editor’s note: This is a fascinating article, a first person account by a conservative ALEC member from New Hampshire. As a conservative, he was involved in the meetings, as opposed to the way ALEC has treated Marc Pocan–keep him away from everything. This is a very significant article for the information and insights into conservative [...]
Jan 1, 2013
As we get ready for another year of hearing ALEC legislators defend their membership in this extremist right-wing organization I think it is important to make two points: ONE When ALEC legislators defend their membership and attendance in ALEC, they most commonly say something like – It gives me the opportunity to meet with other [...]
Dec 10, 2012
Labeling of GMO foods seemed like a perfect law for all of the health- and environmentally-conscious voters of California. Yet it went down to defeat. Here is a list of the groups that Here is the list of companies opposing GMO supported Prop. 37 labeling Note the big money corporations which belong to ALEC [...]
Jun 15, 2012
A Tea Party group is suing states to try to purge their voter rolls before November’s election. True the Vote, an arm of the King Street Patriots, has filed a suit against the state of Indiana, alleging that the state has poor “list maintenance” of its voters. [nice of them to do the dirty work [...]
