Ex-MI Gov. Granholm Kicks Off Political Talk Show
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm will take a look inside President Barack Obama’s campaign war room in Chicago during the premier of her political talk show on Current TV.
“The War Room with Jennifer Granholm” airs at 9 p.m. Eastern time Monday on the progressive cable network.
Granholm will be joined by Democrat Elizabeth Warren, a 2012 Senate candidate from Massachusetts. Former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs also will be on the show.
The nightly show will feature commentary by political insiders, opinion leaders and newsmakers.
Granholm, a Democrat, was the first woman to be elected governor in Michigan and served two terms beginning in 2003. She now teaches at the University of California at Berkeley, near Current TV’s San Francisco headquarters.
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What Ever Happened to All Those Gas ‘Price-Gouging’ Investigations by Democrats?
With gas prices now almost double what they were on the first day of President Barack Obama’s presidency, we’re left to wonder: what ever happened to all those “price gouging” investigations Democrats launched four years ago to relieve pain at the pump?
In 2006, Rep. Nancy Pelosi promised that Democrats would enact plans to bring down the price of gas. But as a GOP ad makes clear, that didn’t happen.
Then, with the presidential election heating up in May 2007, Rep. Nancy Pelosi rolled out the tried and true “blame Bush” tactic and said that high gas [….]
GOP Ready to Replace ObamaCare After SCOTUS Decision
House Republicans will be prepared with a plan to replace ObamaCare with free-market alternatives after the Supreme Court delivers its decision in June. The High Court is planning to hold oral arguments on the healthcare law in March.
Rep. Joe Pitts (R-Pennsylvania), who serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and chairs its Subcommittee on Health, said that Republicans will be ready for the open window provided by a Supreme Court ruling regardless of the nature of that decision.
New #OccupyOakland Violence: Police Injured, 100 Arrested as Left’s ‘Mostly Peaceful’ Movement Returns
Activists from Occupy Oakland attacked police on Saturday during attempts to take over civic property, injuring three police officers.
The Associated Press reports:
Police were in the process of arresting about 100 Occupy protesters who failed to disperse Saturday night, hours after officers used tear gas on a rowdy group of demonstrators who threw rocks and flares at them and tore down fences.
Police Sgt. Christopher Bolton said the arrests came after protesters marched through downtown Oakland a little before 8 p.m. Saturday. Some protesters entered a YMCA building.
Meanwhile, about 100 police officers surrounded City Hall while others [….]
Friday Night Document Dump Show Eric Holder Was Informed of Border Agent’s Death Immediately
Operation ‘Fast and Furious’ has taken a new turn.
Late Friday night, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released documents that show Attorney General Eric Holder was alerted of border patrol agent Brian Terry’s death the day it occurred- contradicting Holder’s statements when he testified before the House Judiciary Committee on May 3, 2011. At the time, Holder said he was informed of Terry’s murder only “a few weeks” before the hearing.
Occupy arrests now top 6,000+
From OccupyArrests.com
After 37 protesters were arrested in New York this week, the total number of occupier arrests now tops 6000. Yep, just like the Tea Party!
Occupiers plotting spring chaos
From WND
A coalition of U.S. radical groups, including the Occupy Movement, are preparing protests to target the Democrat National Convention in September in Charlotte, N.C.
The Occupy movement is likely to escalate months before the Sept. 3-6 event. A slew of extremist organizations, some tied to President Obama, are preparing protests to coincide with major NATO and G-8 summits slated for Chicago in May.
Foreshadowing possible violent confrontations, some of the same radical trainers behind the infamous 1999 Seattle riots against the World Trade Organization have been mobilizing new protest efforts geared toward world summits.
National Park Service to finally enforce the law, barring DC occupiers from camping
From Rueters
The Occupy DC protesters must stop camping in McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza, both a few blocks from the White House, starting at about noon on Monday, the Park Service said on Friday.
The Park Service will start to enforce regulations that “prohibit camping and the use of temporary structures for camping in McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza,” the agency said in a flyer distributed at the sites.
Christie to the 1%: Please Occupy New Jersey
From the Wall Street Journal
Garden State Gov. Chris Christie has a message for the top 1% of income earners: Please occupy New Jersey. “I’m going to start going after a lot of these hedge-fund guys who are in Connecticut and New York and say, ‘You’re going to get a better deal with us,’” says the country’s most important Republican not running for president.
Mr. Christie’s new tax-reform plan also offers an improved deal to the bottom 99%, which is why he may be able to move it through New Jersey’s Democratic legislature: a 10% cut in tax rates across the board.
The governor is two years into a four-year term. In 2010, he told the Journal’s editorial board that the Garden State represented America’s best example of a “failed experiment” in rising taxes and bigger government.
Public Forum about Proposed WI Mining Held in Ashland
Ashland, WI (Northland’s NewsCenter) - It didn’t take long for the Alvord Theatre—located on the Northland College Campus—to fill with concerned area residents, all of whom—opinions aside—came for one thing:
“…so we can make a decision that’s based on data rather than emotional rhetoric… this is really an emotionally charged issue. This is not a Democratic or Republican issue,” said Ashland Mayor Bill Whalen.
