State Blogs - page 22
Don't want to drug your child? You may be a criminal
During his years in Congress, Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul often spoke out against the over-use of "psychotropic" drugs like Ritalin. Despite psychotropic drugs' documented dangers, they are still prescribed to children without parental [...]
Williamson County C4L goes after Round Rock Ticket Cameras
Williamson County Campaign For Liberty is urging residents to contact Round Rock city council and mayor to turn off the dangerous and unconstitutional red light cameras. Texas C4L recently exposed the fact that injuries and fatalities have [...]
Campaign for Liberty Strongly Opposes Phony 'Audit the Fed' Effort
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia- Campaign for Liberty strongly opposes the GAO audit provision in H.R. 5018 The Federal Reserve Accountability and Transparency Act, legislation that would bring neither accountability nor full transparency to the Federal [...]
Virginia Defeats ObamaCare's Medicaid Expansion -- For Now...
Late last night, the General Assembly wrapped up its special session and finalized a budget -- without ObamaCare's Medicaid expansion! You may recall McAuliffe tried to veto a provision prohibiting the Governor from unilaterally proceeding to [...]
Action Alert: Support the Massie-Lofgren NSA Amendment!
This morning, Campaign for Liberty President John Tate sent a letter to the House of Representatives urging passage of the Massie-Lofgren Amendment to rein in the NSA by denying funds for so-called "backdoor surveillance" and warrantless searches [...]
Thanks but no Tanks Texas!
Texas Campaign For Liberty is helping you fight back against the over militarization of our local police departments. This alarming trend makes our police departments look more like private armies instead of civilian police forces. The latest [...]
Forty-nine states tracking your prescriptions in databases
Forty-nine states are tracking all of your prescriptions in state-run databases and politicians and law enforcement hope to make Missouri the 50th state. Lawmakers say this is necessary to combat prescription pain-killer abuse, but this is a [...]
Kid builds free library for Mother's Day, Town shuts it down
Your daily facepalm. Nine-year-old Spencer Collins of Leawood, Kansas decided to build a free library on his parents' property for Mother's Day. Unfortunately for the citizens of Leawood, the town is fighting back against the tyranny of free [...]
VA Governor McAuliffe Drunk on Power?
Following Governor McAuliffe's press conference today where he announced he would use the line-item veto power to abolish the Medicaid Innovation and Reform Commission (MIRC), so he could unilaterally pursue ObamaCare's Medicaid expansion in [...]
Rep. Massie Discusses Labrador's Majority Leader Race on Fox Business
Last night, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY-4) discussed Rep. Raul Labrador's bid for House Majority Leader on "The Independents." Massie has endorsed Labrador's underdog bid for Leader, telling folks "he has a Dave Brat's chance of winning." As in, [...]