Well Thank God Nikki Haley Isn’t a Democrat Or It’d Be A Hate Crime

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  May 23rd at 07:16 AM  | 

If you haven’t seen it yet, Newsbusters has the video of South Carolina AFL-CIO president Donna DeWitt beating the hell out of a piñata with a picture of Nikki Haley taped to it. The union crowd cheers her on. This comes just days after Phil Bailey of the South Carolina Democratic Party called Nikki Haley a “sikh Jesus” multiple times on Twitter. Were Nikki Haley | Read More »

Is the AFL-CIO Getting Federal Dollars to Support Health Care Deform?

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  March 20th at 07:36 PM  | 

“[L]ots of union leaders are wondering why the heck the AFL-CIO decided to line up behind legislation that taxes union workers.” Ever heard of the American Center for International Labor Solidarity? Well, the ACILS is a cover from the AFL-CIO. Same group. Different name. See, Congress can funnel money to the AFL-CIO through this front group and no one can attack the AFL-CIO because who | Read More »

Leftwing Grassroots Are Made of Rubber by a Union

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  August 11th at 02:20 PM  | 

I wrote the other day about Sen. Ben Cardin’s (D-MD) townhall in Maryland. Senator Cardin, you will recall, had his townhall co-sponsored with the SEIU and ACORN. Additionally, his office sent an email to the AFL-CIO, which then forwarded it out, asking Obamacare supporters to attend the event in order to fill the seats and keep out pro-America supporters1. The whole thing was another example | Read More »