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Koch Influence on Higher Ed: Letter to New Suffolk University President

September 18, 2014 By Kalin Jordan Leave a Comment

President Smith, As a proud alumna of Suffolk University, I’d first like to say: welcome to our University! New leadership means a fresh start and I'm excited to see what opportunities your presidency will present for the Suffolk … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston, climate-change, environment, environmental, higher-education, koch, koch-brothers, massachusetts, rps, suffolk-university, university

For the Tea Party, Another Election, Another Defeat

November 6, 2013 By steven-j-gulitti Leave a Comment

Ever since the high water mark of the Tea Party movement in 2010 the path forward nationally has been nothing if not downhill. The net number of seats held by movement members on Capitol Hill has declined overall. Twice they have cost the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2013 Alabama State Elections, 2013 Elections, 2013 Government Shutdown, 2013 New Jersey Gubenatorial Election, 2013 New York Mayoral Race, 2013 Virginia State Elections, Bill de Blasio, Bradley Byrne, chris-christie, Ken Cuccinelli, koch-brothers, Main Street Advocacy, republican-party, tea-party, Ted Cruz, Terry McAuliffe, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Why Just Beating Gabriel Gomez Isn’t Enough

May 7, 2013 By Mara Dolan 5 Comments

Now that the initial ripple of concern than ran through the Democrats after the (to be fair), decisive and something-of-a-surprise Gabriel Gomez victory in the Republican primary, a new ripple of confidence has come over the Massachusetts … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Gabriel Gomez, karl-rove, koch-brothers, mara-dolan

The Growing Revolt Against Grover Norquist

December 1, 2012 By steven-j-gulitti 1 Comment

Two weeks ago I penned a short piece titled “Grover Norquist Collateral Casualty of 2012?” where I broached the question of whether or not Norquist would become a casualty as a result of the coming fiscal cliff negotiations and where I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Anti-Government Ideas, barack-obama, Bob Corker, Conservative Ideas, Diane White, Entitlement Spending, Eric Cantor, Federal Deficit, Grand Bargain, grover-norquist, House Republicans, Jeff Flake, john-boehner, john-mccain, koch-brothers, Lamar Alexander, lindsey-graham, Peter King, republican-party, Saxby Chambliss, senate-republicans, sheldon-adelson, tax-policy, tea-party, Tom Cole, tom-coburn

Have Libertarians Forgotten the Republican Primaries?‏

March 23, 2012 By steven-j-gulitti Leave a Comment

Back in September of 2010 I detailed in an article "Where Have all the Libertarian’s Gone?" how for all of the attention paid to Libertarian ideas there was little in the way of Libertarian electoral success to show for it. To wit: "In the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2012 Presidential Election, barack-obama, cato-institute, koch-brothers, libertarians, mitt-romney, newt-gingrich, Republican Primaries, Rick Santorum, ron-paul

The Unintended Consequences of Citizens United?

January 17, 2012 By steven-j-gulitti Leave a Comment

Quoting Arianna Huffington:"Though the country is sorely in need of solutions, and the public hungry for real debate, that's not what was served up in Iowa [or in New Hampshire] -- either by the candidates or the vast pack of media covering … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2012-elections, barack-obama, citizens-united, conservatives, george-soros, koch-brothers, mitt-romney, newt-gingrich, progressives, Radical Right, republican-primary, Rick Santorum, super PACs, tea-party-movement

More Tea Party Hypocrisy

November 26, 2011 By steven-j-gulitti Leave a Comment

Now correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't the Tea Party crowd supposed to come to Washington and do away with things like business as usual, excessive and wasteful government spending ad infinitum? I guess if you can grab some loot from those … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: American Bankers Association, campaign-finance, Center for Responsive Politics, Congressman Dennis Ross, Congresswoman Diane Black, koch-brothers, Political reform, Tea Party Caucus, tea-party-movement

Grass Roots vs. The Tea Party

October 13, 2011 By steven-j-gulitti Leave a Comment

Some conservatives are desperately trying to besmirch the ever growing "Occupy Wall Street Movement" as something other than a grass roots movement and some have gone so far as to say that America's newest grass roots movement is trying to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: americans-for-prosperity, bill-clinton, FreedomWorks, G.W. Bush, koch-brothers, Marco Rubio, Occupy Wall Street, Social Protest, tea-party-express, tea-party-movement

The Pathos of Denial

March 10, 2011 By steven-j-gulitti Leave a Comment

You know as far as being honest about the role of the Koch brothers in Scott Walker's anti-union efforts, it's been more than somewhat amusing to see the elaborate kabuki dance of denial, self delusion and double talk that has emerged on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: americans-for-prosperity, fox-news, koch-brothers, madison-protests, scott-hagerstrom, scott-walker, tea-party-movement, tim-phillips

Scott Walker, Conservative Hero Propped Up By the Koch Brothers

February 24, 2011 By steven-j-gulitti Leave a Comment

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has been heralded by some as a conservative hero, a man of the grass roots if you will, who is attempting to bring order to the financial woes of the state by crushing the public employee unions. The Governor … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: american-legislative-exchange-council, americans-for-prosperity, charles-koch, david-koch, indiana, koch-brothers, koch-industries, koch-industries-pac, milwaukee-county-board-of-supervisors, ohio, pennsylvania, republican-governors-association, scott-walker, senator-chris-larson, tea-party-movement, tim-phillips, wisconsin-education-association-council, wisconsin-protests, wisconsin-public-employee-unions

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My legislation for more than $7 billion in E-Rate funding is included in the rescue package. It provides the Wi-Fi hotspots and devices needed to help all students connect to classrooms from home, especially those in communities of color, low-income households, and rural areas.

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It has been a very long night but we are about to pass a $1.9 trillion relief package for the American people. This is only just the beginning.

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New: Rep. Zoe Lofgren has released a nearly 2,000 page report documenting the social media posts of GOP colleagues leading up to Jan. 6th who voted to overturn the results of the election. The report includes a breakdown of members by state.https://lofgren.house.gov/socialreview

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