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On February 3, Jane Miller sued some Connecticut local election officials, and some local Republican Party officers, because they expelled her from the Republican Party on April 20, 2015. Without her consent, they changed her voter registration from “Republican” to “independent”, on the grounds that in 2013, she had accepted a Democratic Party nomination to run for a local office. Miller v Dunkerton, 3:16cv-174.
She has not been a registered Democrat at any time since 2003, and it is possible she has never been a registered Democrat at all, although her complaint is vague about that. She registered …read more

Lansing, MI — During their session last week, the Michigan Senate passed a bill that effectively bans all forms of sodomy, anal, oral, gay and non-gay — making the acts punishable by up to 15 years in prison.
Surprisingly, Michigan is not alone in this archaic and oppressive legislation. Michigan, along with Idaho, Utah, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, all have laws on the books making consensual oral and anal sex, illegal, between all individuals. Montana, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, have only outlawed these acts if those engaged in them are gay.
The passage of this Bill …read more

Recently, I had the great pleasure of being on the very informative, business-minded, and well done podcast: Anarcho-Preneur. Hosted by Nathan Fraser, we discuss the Surveillance Society, concerns over online advertising, and we even get into solutions on how entrepreneurs/businesses could advertise in the future while still respecting the privacy of the consumer.
I always enjoy being on with Nathan, and if you’re not following his work (all of which can be found at the link below), you really need to be doing so. He’s a class act and always delivers the goods on very actionable things you can do as …read more

On April 27, 1927, Bell Telephone and the U.S. Department of Commerce conducted the first long distance transmission of moving images between Washington D.C. and New York City. The first modern ‘television’ was born.
Secretary of Commerce at the time, Herbert Hoover commented:
“Today we have, in a sense, the transmission of sight for the first time in the world’s history. Human genius has now destroyed the impediment of distance in a new respect, and in a manner hitherto unknown.”
Hoover’s prediction of the ‘unknown’ stands true today as the modern TV continues to evolve into things humanity never imagined only decades prior.
Although …read more

Washington state election law provides for a petition in lieu of filing fee, but it can only be used by candidates who allege they cannot afford the filing fee. The House State Government Committee is sponsoring HB 2477. It says that any candidate may choose to submit a petition instead of paying the filing fee. Also, it says if the number of valid signatures turns out to be not enough, but is at least 95% of the requirement, then the petition can still be used to pay the bulk of the filing fee, with a proportional small …read more

Learn why @RepRodBlum wants to cut Congressional pay. Retweet

Incentives matter! That’s why the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2016 (HR 4476) requires Congress to balance the budget…

…or take a pay cut!

This bill has been a part of the “Downsize DC Agenda” for about a decade. We worked directly with the office of Rep. Rod Blum (R-IA) to get this bill improved and re-introduced. It was last introduced in 2009, when the Republicans were in the minority. Rep. Blum’s office has been a pleasure to deal with, and you’ll see us directly quoted in their press release.

Under the Fiscal Responsibility Act…
If Congress …read more

Learn why @RepRodBlum wants to cut Congressional pay. Retweet Incentives matter! That’s why the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2016 (HR 4476) requires Congress to balance the budget… …or take a …

We’ve resurrected a Downsize DC Agenda bill

Indian Point, NY — (RT) In an “unacceptable” groundwater leak at the Indian Point nuclear power plant, three monitoring wells were discovered to contain “alarming levels of radioactivity,” the Governor of New York said, ordering an immediate environmental probe into the issue.

Health and environment commissioners were ordered by Governor Andrew Cuomo to begin an investigation into the leak of “radioactive tritium-contaminated water” at the Indian Point nuclear power plant after the operator, Entergy Nuclear Operations, raised the alarm.
Yesterday I that learned radioactive tritium-contaminated water leaked into groundwater at Indian Point. Statement https://t.co/RRwHTFjfse
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) February 6, 2016

One of …read more

On February 5, the Federalist Society Chapter at Harvard Law School sponsored a debate between professors Laurence Tribe and Jack Balkin on presidential eligibility. See the Washington Post’s story, and its link to the debate itself. Thanks to HowAppealing for the link to the Post. …read more