National Blog - page 308
Virginia's Continuing to Fight the NDAA
Despite a huge setback today for HB 1160 when the Virginia House of Delegates refused to adopt the Senate Amendment's language today, supporters of the measure are continuing the fight.The bill now heads back to the Senate where we are urging [...]
UPDATE: Is the Virginia House Trying to Stifle HB 1160?
Folks, if you live in Virginia, I need you to contact your delegate immediately and urge them to stand up for the liberty of Virginians by calling for a vote on HB 1160!If you don't live in Virginia, please forward this blog on to any [...]
Liberty NewsWire: March 5, 2012
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will begin a visit today to Mexico and Honduras amid growing calls by regional leaders to debate legalizing the consumption of drugs as frustration with an American-led crackdown grows.Five Central American [...]
Liberty NewsWire: March 2
The Indiana House approved a bill Thursday laying out when people are justified in using force against police officers, a measure reacting to the public uproar over a state Supreme Court decision over the rights of the public to resist police.The [...]
High Gas Prices
Senator Paul was on America's Newsroom with Bill Hemmer this morning discussing the nations' rising gas prices. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEG0VvY-SpgThe Republican Study Committee has created this handy infographic below.
Liberty NewsWire Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
When U.S. authorities shuttered sports-wagering site Bodog.com last week, it raised eyebrows across the net because the domain name was registered with a Canadian company, ostensibly putting it beyond the reach of the U.S. government. Working [...]
How about No Foreign Aid?
In Egypt the U.S. government long supported dictator Hosni Mubarak. Then Washington backed the military regime which followed him. Now U.S. officials want to promote democracy. Sigh ... .It's not working out very well. [...]
Virginians, Take Action!
Earlier this week, Virginians took action to help HB 1160, a bill to prevent Virginia from assisting the US government in detaining American citizens under the NDAA, sail through the Virginia Senate. Now, Delegate Bob Marshall is requesting [...]
Fighting Back Against the NDAA
Efforts to repeal the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2012 are gaining steam across the country. In Virginia today, the Senate passed HB 1160 by a vote of 38-1 (the bill would prevent the state of Virginia from cooperating with the [...]
Liberty NewsWire: Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
The Espionage Act, enacted back in 1917 to punish those who gave aid to our enemies, was used three times in all the prior administrations to bring cases against government officials accused of providing classified information to the media. It [...]