Rounding Up GOP Reactions to Obama’s Immigration End-Run Around Congress *UPDATE: Romney’s Response*

By: Jake (Diary)  |  June 15th at 04:22 PM  | 

See bottom for Romney’s response. Unless you’ve been living under a rock today, I’m pretty sure you’ve heard about the Obama administration’s decision to end deportations of illegal immigrants under 30 years old and provide them with two year renewable work visas (amnesty by any other name)–adding a possible 800,000 to the number of people to the work force. Despite the fact that he said in | Read More »

85 Members of Congress Write to Ask Eric Holder to Investigate SWATting

By: Jake (Diary)  |  June 11th at 01:38 AM  | 

(H/T: @ali–Ali Akbar) In previous posts, I have written about how Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) and Rep. Kenny Marchant (R-TX-25) have stood up for free speech on the issue of SWATting attacks and similar forms of harassment on bloggers for trying to express their opinion and tell the truth about the attacks as well as the people who may be behind it. The two of them | Read More »

Like Sen. Chambliss, Rep. Kenny Marchant Stands for Free Speech on the Issue of SWATting

By: Jake (Diary)  |  June 7th at 09:01 PM  | 

(H/T: Twitchy) Yesterday, I mentioned that one of my own Senators, Saxby Chambliss, had called on the DOJ to investigate the SWATting attempts to silence free speech from conservative bloggers. Today, we find a representative joining his ranks, Rep. Kenny Marchant (R-TX-24). The statement released by his office says, in part: “I have written a letter demanding Attorney General Holder and the Justice Department fully | Read More »

GA-12: Trouble Brewing for Barrow

By: Jake (Diary)  |  March 27th at 01:20 AM  | 

I divide my time between Georgia’s 13th district and its 12th district, depending on whether I’m at home or in college. Unfortunately, I’m represented by Democrats, David Scott and John Barrow, respectively, in both districts. Since I’m registered to vote in the 12th district, I’ve been doing what I can to help the Republicans oust Barrow. Courtesy of NationalAtlas.gov.