(Now-Republican) Alabaman[***] legislature strikes blow for individual liberty.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  May 8th at 02:00 PM  | 

Legalizing homebrewing, of course. The Alabama Senate tonight gave final passage to the homebrewing bill, possibly ending Alabama’s status as the only state in which homebrewing is still illegal. “Alabama is literally the last state that makes homebrew legal, assuming the governor signs it,”said Sen. Bill Holtzclaw,R-Madison. The Alabama legislature was, of course, controlled by the Democratic party until the historic elections of 2010; homebrewing | Read More »

Idols of Awesome and Shibboleths of Community

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  May 8th at 11:31 AM  | 

Every once in a while I stumble over something that opens my eyes wide to a lot of the silliness of secularism that pervades evangelicalism and, in turn, warps the whole of generations. Anthony Bradley points out that there is a crazy movement going on right now within young evangelical circles to shun the suburbs and engage in a “new legalism” of radical faith. The | Read More »

Mark Sanford Wins

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  May 7th at 08:40 PM  | 

Mark Sanford has won the special election in South Carolina’s first congressional district. He was abandoned by much of the South Carolina congressional delegation. He was abandoned by the NRCC and its fundraising. The Democrats outspent him by more than a 3 to 1 advantage. But the district favored him to begin with. Despite panic a few weeks ago, he recovered rapidly and closed a | Read More »

Egregious Ads and Polls from Mark Zuckerberg’s Front Group

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  May 7th at 05:02 PM  | 

Imagine the biggest conservative donors in America banding together to form a group, “Progressives for Retirement Security,” for the purpose of promoting private retirement accounts.  Imagine that group running ads starring Chuck Schumer promoting private Social Security accounts as examples of bold progressive reform. Don’t worry, hell will freeze over from global warming before that happens. If you’ve been watching Fox News or listening to | Read More »

Millionaire Union Boss Compares Ohioans to Nazis

By: Jason Hart (Diary)  |  May 7th at 04:00 PM  | 

Ohio Association of Public School Employees (OAPSE) Executive Director Joe Rugola, who last week compared supporters of workplace freedom to Nazis, was paid $253,351 in member dues during the union’s most recent fiscal year. Joe Rugola At a May 1 press conference, Rugola decried workplace freedom as “extreme.” Asked by reporters why 24 states already have workplace freedom laws on the books if the policy is | Read More »

No Regrets on Mark Sanford

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  May 7th at 02:59 PM  | 

Today is the day in South Carolina. Mark Sanford vs. Elizabeth Colbert Busch. I have been one of the few national conservatives to, from the start of the primary to now, support Mark Sanford. Most of my friends, including most of the front page contributors here at RedState, disagreed. But win or lose, I have no regrets supporting Mark Sanford. The Republican primary voters of | Read More »

The Debt Ceiling is all About Obamacare

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  May 7th at 01:40 PM  | 

There is nothing more odious in a free society than politicians using the boot of government to make the most basic goods and services unaffordable for the majority of the country, thereby engendering a need for subsidization.  In one fell swoop, representatives who deviate from the Constitution have the ability to destroy the self-respect and quality of life for all but the top 1% – | Read More »

The Fearless Ted Cruz

By: Brad Jackson (Diary)  |  May 7th at 10:00 AM  | 

On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Senator Ted Cruz back to discuss the online sales tax bill that passed the Senate this week, the battle on Capitol Hill over immigration reform and the movement to draft Ted Cruz for a 2016 White House run.

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The Hypocrisy Of The Export Import Bank

By: Stephen DeMaura (Diary)  |  May 7th at 09:11 AM  | 

Fred Hochberg, chairman and president of the Export-Import Bank, would like you to think that his organization provides assistance to a broad range of American companies for the good of our nation’s economy.  In reality, the Export-Import Bank directly finances foreign companies at the expense of domestic U.S. industries. It is an organization that harms the United States’ ability to compete in foreign markets and | Read More »

They Wouldn’t Act This Way If Ted Cruz Weren’t Putting Points on the Board

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  May 6th at 08:51 PM  | 

The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board is upset with Ted Cruz for leading a filibuster against gun control. John McCain tweeted out the Journal’s editorial in a moment of wackiness. Bill Richardson, the scandal plagued former Governor of New Mexico, says Ted Cruz can’t be called hispanic despite being hispanic because Ted Cruz isn’t a race baiter like Richardson. And now Harry Reid calls Ted | Read More »

The FAA’s Sequestration Blues

By: freedomworks (Diary)  |  May 6th at 03:58 PM  | 

As lines grew at airports and passengers began to fume, Congress lumbered into action, holding hearings on furloughs and sequestration, and, ultimately tweaking the law to allow the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to add more manpower at the nation’s air traffic control towers.  The only silver lining to the whole calamity may be that some small part of the government actually had a real discussion | Read More »

Now It’s Time to Deliver

By: Jim Bridenstine (Diary)  |  May 6th at 03:22 PM  | 

The US government has a spending problem.  The nation is over $16 trillion in debt.  Federal spending must be brought under control to reduce the deficit, reduce the size of the government, and move toward a balanced budget.  The Obama Administration and the Democrat-controlled Senate are committed to higher taxes, higher spending, and the government taking an ever-higher share of the US economy.  This has | Read More »

Robert Rector’s Study: Open Borders + Welfare State = Disaster

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  May 6th at 12:08 PM  | 

We’ve noted many times throughout the debate over amnesty that you simply cannot legalize so many low-skilled people without reforming the welfare state.  Some people don’t like to hear it, but the reality of today’s redistributive society is that the higher-skilled population transfers a tremendous amount of wealth to the lower-skilled population in the form of the tax code, entitlements, welfare, and social services.  Do | Read More »

Louisiana Fiscal Hawks Join Democrats to Raise Taxes

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  May 6th at 04:30 AM  | 

Being from Louisiana, I am never surprised by its oddball politics. Many of the people who now have an “R” next to their names for the longest time had a “D” next to their names. And many of them call themselves “fiscal hawks.” These self-proclaimed fiscal hawks have decided to join the remaining liberals in the Louisiana House of Representatives and jack up taxes significantly. | Read More »

Sinners in the Hands of Angry South Carolina Voters

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  May 6th at 12:00 AM  | 

I make no apologies for supporting Mark Sanford in South Carolina. The Republican primary voters supported him. He has a record of voting the right way in Congress and doing the right things as Governor. Now, his personal life is a mess. That is true. I wish it were not. But I am still waiting for the perfect politician and have not found him. However, | Read More »