http://twitter.com/#!/WJXTScottJ/status/431543215431233536 Nearly a year after a 7-year-old child in Maryland was suspended from school for biting a Pop-Tart into the shape of a gun, Florida lawmakers are working on legislation that would allow children such freedom of expression. http://twitter.com/#!/SonniAbatta/status/431556362959470592 Maryland’s proposed “Toaster Pastry Gun Freedom Act” seems to have stalled somewhere along the way, but […]
http://twitter.com/#!/CustosDivini/status/477170936194400256 The United States is reportedly evacuating Americans from an air base in Iraq as militants continue to move aggressively in the nation. http://twitter.com/#!/Majchrowitz/status/477171306203344896 http://twitter.com/#!/WilliamsJon/status/477182316087750656 http://twitter.com/#!/vplus/status/477157994732748801 Senators Lindsey Graham and John McCain both made comments following a briefing on the situation in Iraq: http://twitter.com/#!/clararitger/status/477171494393774080 National Review’s Jim Geraghty posted a satellite image of the base during […]
http://twitter.com/#!/Rep_JaniceHahn/status/495394667153063937 Rep. Janice Hahn, D-Calif., is upset that the House passed two measures to speed up the deportation of Central Americans who illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border. http://twitter.com/#!/Rep_JaniceHahn/status/495394359152742401 In the tweet at the top of this post, she claims that the U.S. has abandoned a “promise” that was etched onto the Statue of Liberty. She’s talking about the poem The New […]
http://twitter.com/#!/TopGearUKfan/status/419834502564048896 This morning on “Fox News Sunday,” Mitt Romney addressed MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry’s latest apology for hosting a panel mocking his adopted grandson. And as usual, he kept it classy: http://twitter.com/#!/brianstelter/status/419834637540524032 However, he was careful to stress the importance of leaving politicians’ children out of the mud: http://twitter.com/#!/FoxNewsSunday/status/419834025709015041 We hope MSNBC was paying especially […]
http://twitter.com/#!/hayleyalex/status/479700090714865664 The House Republicans have voted for a new majority leader to replace Rep. Eric Cantor, who will soon vacate that post after being defeated by Dave Brat in a Virginia primary. http://twitter.com/#!/costareports/status/479704410495275010 http://twitter.com/#!/HouseGOP/status/479703891802873857 Rep. McCarthy survived a challenge from Rep. Raúl Labrador (R-Idaho), who was also running for that position. http://twitter.com/#!/costareports/status/479707093612498944 Cantor will step […]
http://twitter.com/#!/TeriConsoldane/status/413017510615588865 Country star Travis Tritt doesn’t spend a lot of his Twitter time on politics. But when he does, he means business. http://twitter.com/#!/Travistritt/status/413020264734412800 Fox News has more on the provision that could cut U.S. military retirees’ benefits by $6 billion over 10 years. http://twitter.com/#!/Travistritt/status/413027543151673345 http://twitter.com/#!/Travistritt/status/413037456552783873 Tritt joined many others in using the #KeepYourPromise hashtag. http://twitter.com/#!/flipster48/status/412784619390779392 http://twitter.com/#!/hollyR_J_N/status/412767818967293953 http://twitter.com/#!/TellyStern/status/412856359164452864 http://twitter.com/#!/ErinInSavannah/status/412991010353201152 […]
http://twitter.com/#!/WarOnWarOff/status/523239599254958080 Well, here’s something you don’t see every day! With #PaulRevere Artie Muller #BillyRayCyrus Donald Rumsfeld at #RollingThunder. pic.twitter.com/P2skT8kv1G — Nancy Sinatra (@NancySinatra) October 17, 2014 Donald Rumsfeld and … Nancy Sinatra? Given Sinatra’s feelings about Republicans and conservatives in general, it’s definitely a little jarring to see her smiling with Rumsfeld. And indeed, some […]
ICYMI, last night’s debate between Republican Governor Rick Scott and (now) Democrat Charlie Crist got off to rocky start when Scott refused to take the stage because there was a small fan (prohibited by debate rules) at the bottom of Crist’s lectern. Here’s Miami Herald reporter Marc Caputo’s live reaction to the controversy, quickly dubbed […]
http://twitter.com/#!/SenatorReid/status/405881226516385792 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, tweeted yesterday in support of the Fast for Families activists who have gathered in a tent near the U.S. Capitol for the past two weeks. The activists are urging Congress to approve amnesty and eventual citizenship for immigrants who are residing in the U.S. illegally. There are no tweets in Reid’s […]
http://twitter.com/#!/CarolVicic/status/522576917895987200 Hickenlooper said he's no big fan of affordable care act. He was booed #copolitcs — Monica Mendoza (@Mendo1987) October 16, 2014 Colorado’s Democrat Gov. John Hickenlooper has been a proponent of Obamacare. However, during last night’s debate with his Republican challenger Bob Beauprez, Hickenlooper attempted to make some quick distance from the Affordable Care […]
