Tag: Rand Paul
Police unions are standing tall for Rosie Cordero-Stutz.

Phil AmmannJuly 6, 2015
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Florida progressives may have been seeing red Monday morning. When a local Sunday morning cable news show asked liberal U.S. Rep. (and possible Senate candidate) Alan Grayson what he thought about the GOP presidential field, the Orlando Democrat made a surprising endorsement. Grayson wants Republican Rand Paul to be his next president. “I look at the Republican field and I […]

Martin DyckmanJuly 1, 2015
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10min181
Those who flaunt the Confederate flag insist that it symbolizes “heritage,” not hate. Call it what they will, but that heritage is a heritage of hate. The slave owners and their politicians fancied themselves good, decent, God-fearing people. How could they square that with the countless hideous brutalities they inflicted on their human chattels? They […]

Mitch PerryJuly 1, 2015
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Although Jeb Bush appears to be on a roll in national polls since his official declaration that he is running for president 16 days ago, Iowa appears to be immune to that bounce a new Quinnipiac poll in Iowa has found. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker leads in the survey released  Wednesday with 18 percent of the vote, well […]

Bill PrescottJune 30, 2015

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Those who flaunt the Confederate flag insist that it symbolizes “heritage,” not hate. Call it what they will, but that heritage is a heritage of hate. The slave owners and their politicians fancied themselves good, decent, God-fearing people. How could they square that with the countless hideous brutalities they inflicted on their human chattels? They […]

Mitch PerryJune 29, 2015
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Last month Justice Department announced that the Obama administration would provide $20 million in grants to local police departments to help buy body cameras for officers. It’s the first portion to be approved by Congress of a $75 million, three-year body camera funding program requested by the President last December. That’s not to be confused […]

Diane RobertsJune 26, 2015

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I am the descendant of at least 10 Confederate soldiers. A few owned slaves; most did not. One great-great-grandfather fought at the Battle of Natural Bridge. Another survived the Siege of Petersburg. So don’t throw the Y-word at me. Don’t tell me I don’t understand. I understand all too well.  The Confederate battle flag is […]


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