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May 18, 2011 1:48 pm | By Miranda Blue
Lawrence O’Donnell Exposes ALEC
Cross-posted on Right Wing WatchLast night, People For’s Andrew Gillum went on the Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss PFAW Foundation's new report on ALEC, the group that helps corporate donors get legislation they like placed in statehouses. Read the…
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May 16, 2011 10:03 pm | By Brian
New Corporate-Funded ‘Super PAC’ Created By The Man Who Helped Make Citizens United Possible
GOP activist James Bopp Jr. has played a critical role in eviscerating campaign finance regulations throughout his career as a Republican attorney. He successfully argued in FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life that Congress couldn’t prevent corporations from using money…
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May 16, 2011 4:29 pm | By Miranda Blue
Newt’s Principles
This weekend, presidential candidate Newt Gingrich raised eyebrows when he became the first prominent Republican to trash talk the House GOP’s wildly unpopular plan to destroy Medicare, calling it “right-wing social engineering.” Gingrich didn’t earn points for consistency, seeing that…
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May 13, 2011 3:49 pm | By Paul Gordon
Issa Ignores Reality at His Anti-Transparency Hearing
Yesterday afternoon, Rep. Darrell Issa, the founder of the Transparency Caucus, dedicated a committee hearing to smearing transparency as the enemy of democracy. President Obama is reportedly drafting an executive order that would require businesses seeking government contracts to disclose…
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May 13, 2011 5:00 am | By
The Unwelcome Return of the Newt
After more than a dozen years out of office, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich jumped into the GOP presidential campaign this week, rolling out his candidacy via social media and a friendly interview with Fox News Channel's Sean Hannity. Gingrich…
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May 12, 2011 6:46 pm | By Justin
Small Businesses Rally Support for Campaign Finance Transparency
The Obama administration is planning to issue an executive order that would require government contractors to disclose their political contributions. This will at least shed light on whether taxpayer dollars are used to influence elections now that, because of the…
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May 11, 2011 9:32 pm | By Miranda Blue
Newt and Mitt, Running from Their Pasts
Probable GOP presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are both doing damage control today the disclosure of shocking past brushes with non-extremism. Romney, who has come under fire from his fellow Republicans for shepherding through a universal health care…
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May 11, 2011 2:20 pm | By Paul Gordon
Judges Regard Arguments Against Healthcare’s Constitutionality With Healthy Skepticism
The constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act is once again in the news, as a three-judge panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments yesterday on the constitutionality of the healthcare reform law. As reported by the Los…
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May 10, 2011 8:47 pm | By Miranda Blue
Maddow Takes on South Dakota Anti-Choice Bill
Remember that draconian anti-choice bill that South Dakota’s governor signed into law in March? The one that mercifully didn’t include a proposed provision to legalize the killing of abortion providers, but did include some of the most restrictive waiting period…
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May 10, 2011 8:13 pm | By Miranda Blue
Obama Makes the Case for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, DREAM Act
This afternoon in El Paso, President Obama laid out his case for comprehensive immigration reform. In his speech he again expressed his disappointment in the failure of the DREAM Act, which sunk under a filibuster by Senate Republicans late last…
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May 10, 2011 5:20 pm | By Miranda Blue
On Climate Change, Oil Industry Pays for Its Own Facts and Its Own Religious Doctrine
Recently a group of climate change skeptics released a list of “900+ Peer-Reviewed Papers Supporting Skepticism of 'Man-Made' Global Warming (AGW) Alarm." But where did those 900+ papers come from? GOOD reports that of the ten authors cited most frequently…
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May 10, 2011 5:12 pm | By Miranda Blue
Wisconsin GOP Moves to Disenfranchise Students and Seniors Just in Time for Recall Elections
In July, Wisconsin voters will start heading to the polls for a series of elections to recall several of the GOP state senators who voted to bust the state’s public employee unions. But the Wisconsin GOP, true to form, has…
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May 9, 2011 4:02 pm | By Justin
Public Workers, Relax: You Might Get a Plaque or Something
Last week, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker suddenly turned an about-face on the issue of public workers. Although he previously believed that the only way to combat the job-killing scourge that is Wisconsin’s public sector was to end their right to…
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May 6, 2011 7:19 pm | By Paul Gordon
A Reminder of the Mendacity of the Bush Administration
The Washington Blade is reporting on a seemingly frivolous lawsuit launched by a former high-level Bush Administration official that tells us a lot about anti-LGBT zealotry and the mendacity of the previous administration. It involves RICO, the federal racketeering statute.…
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May 6, 2011 3:40 pm | By Ben Betz
Happy Mother’s Day from PFAW – Send Your Favorite Moms a Customized Video in Appreciation
Our friends at MomsRising have produced a video for Mother's Day that we’re happy to share with PFAW supporters for the upcoming holiday. Happy Mother's Day. Mother's Day is coming up this Sunday, and with all the incredible things mothers…
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May 5, 2011 9:04 pm | By Justin
PFAW’s Peter Montgomery Discusses the First Amendment, Citizens United and David Barton
Yesterday, PFAW’s Peter Montgomery appeared on New York’s WVOX Radio, joining The Advocates host Richard Garfunkel to discuss the American values reflected in the First Amendment. With a particular focus on the Establishment Clause and freedom of speech, Peter talked…
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May 5, 2011 5:55 pm | By Miranda Blue
Barton Hits the Big Time, Brings His Made-Up History Lessons With Him
It’s been a big couple of days for the Right’s favorite self-declared historian, David Barton. Last night, he went on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart to try to defend his shoddy scholarship to a national audience – which he…
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May 4, 2011 9:19 pm | By Justin
House Committee Shills for Fracking, Despite the Risks
This Friday, Darrel Issa’s House Oversight & Government Reform Committee will be holding a field hearing in Bakersfield, California, where several lobbyists who have made substantial contributions to members of the committee will argue against regulating “fracking,” or Hydraulic Fracturing.…
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May 4, 2011 7:28 pm | By Brian
Religious Right Groups And Chamber of Commerce Fail To Block District Court Nominee
Cross-posted on Right Wing Watch Religious Right and pro-corporate groups failed today to block President Obama’s nominee for U.S. District Court in Rhode Island, John McConnell, from receiving an up-or-down vote in the Senate. The Senate invoked cloture on McConnell’s…
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May 4, 2011 4:14 pm | By Paul Gordon
Attorney General Disappoints on Faith-Based Issue
Question: When does a law saying "do not discriminate" really mean "discrimination is allowed"? Answer: Now, since Attorney General Holder yesterday refused to repudiate the Bush Administration’s seemingly deliberate misreading of federal law in the context of grants to faith-based…