The Pew Center on the States published a new report claiming that one out of every 99.1 adults - or 2,319,258 Americans - is now behind bars, giving America the largest prison population in the world - both in terms of per capita or raw numbers.
Some other interesting finds from the report:
- The US [...]
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Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman was sentenced to over seven years of prison and a $50,000 fine in June of 2006 for allegedly appointing someone to a state board position in return for contributions to a referendum campaign; the man had been appointed to the same position by three previous governors. Furthermore, it certainly isn’t [...]
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Turkey’s brief incursion into Iraqi territory to combat Kurdish PKK rebels, labeled a terrorist organization by Turkey, the US, and the EU, has ended Turkish officials say. It is the PKK’s mission to create an independent Kurdistan, which would include parts of what is now Turkey. Turkey has recurrent fears that the nearly autonomous Iraqi [...]
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The Clinton camp proudly stated earlier this week that they raised $35 million dollars in the month of February, more than doubling their haul in January. The average donation was around $100. However, estimates are saying that Senator Obama will report a number over $50 million for the same period (during which the campaign passed [...]
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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg finally confirmed on Thursday that he won’t be running for president as an independent. However, he said he will still put in his two cents where needed and give his support if he finds a candidate he likes.
“And while I have always said I am not running for president, the [...]
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Politico has a great story analyzing how Nader’s disconnect from technology may really hurt him this time around. Nader, who turns 74 today, is the oldest candidate in the presidential race. The piece offers some insightful gems from old man Nader.
Further showcasing his ability to connect with millennials, Nader added, “I happen to [...]
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William F. Buckley, Jr., founder of the conservative magazine the National Review and one of the twentieth century’s leading conservative intellectuals, died this morning in his Stamford, Connecticut home. He was 82.
Buckley has long been credited with coalescing traditional conservatism and libertarianism to form the base of the modern conservative movement, helping shape the [...]
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As previously reported, challenging Obama to stay true to his pledge of accepting public financing in the general election would be a win-win for Senator John McCain’s campaign. However, right now, he’s not too happy about accepting public financing for the primaries.
Last year, when McCain was broke and everyone thought his campaign was finished, [...]
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Barack Obama is in a tough position. Assuming he wins the Democratic nomination for president, he’ll be facing John McCain in the general election, and McCain is going to try to hold Obama to his word about public financing. Last year, before Obama caught fire and started raising over $1 million a day, [...]
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Our favorite perverted homophobic “not gay” Senator Larry Craig issued a press release on Tuesday reminding everyone to get their internship applications in soon! That’s right, if you want to intern for the Idaho senator who was arrested in a Minneapolis airport bathroom for soliciting sex from an undercover police officer, you had better [...]
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I know he’s out of the race, but I thought you all might like to know exactly how much of his own money Mitt Romney spent on his campaign. Well, of the $98 million he spent on his campaign, $42.3 million was his own money. That works out to roughly $150,000 of his own money [...]
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John McCain is renouncing comments made at a recent rally held in Cincinnati, Ohio during an introduction speech given by Bill Cunningham - a conservative talk-show radio host from the area. During his introduction of McCain at the rally, Cunningham made several derogatory comments towards Senator Barack Obama, as well as references to Obama’s Muslim [...]
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Former Democratic presidential hopeful and Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd has chosen to endorse Barack Obama. Dodd backed up his endorsement in an e-mail to supporters:
While both of our party’s remaining candidates are extremely talented and would make an excellent commander in chief, I am throwing my support to the candidate who I believe will [...]
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After the latest CNN poll showed Barack Obama up in Texas 50-46%, (which is a statistical tie because the difference is within the margin of error) a Rasmussen poll shows Obama closing the gap in Ohio. The newest poll, released today, shows Hillary Clinton leading 48-43%. Two weeks ago, Rasmussen showed Clinton leading by 14 [...]
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Former presidential candidate John Edwards made his first public comments since he ended his own campaign in January at a conference call with two of Senator Barack Obama’s key endorsers.
The two groups, progressive policy advocate MoveOn.org and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), scheduled the conference call to push for a withdrawal from Iraq to [...]
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