Coming soon: BfA’s first annual “Star’s Worst Headlines of the Year” contest
by David Safier The voting will officially begin December 27. Advertisement It was hard to narrow down, but I've chosen what I think are the five worst Star headlines of 2010 — plus one more, because, even though it doesn't reach the same level of egregious-ness as the others, it still fries my bacon. You, … Read more
Arizona’s twin embarrassments rebuked with Democratic victories
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Arizona's twin embarrassments, "Senator Obstruction," Jon Kyl, and "Senator McNasty," John McCain, each led the fight against a major initiative of the Obama administration: Kyl waged an incoherent partisan attack against ratification of the New START Treaty, and McCain waged a demagogic attack against the conditional repal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT). … Read more
Obama: “Comeback kid” or “Never lost his mojo”?
by David Safier FULL DISCLOSURE: I haven't written about Obama for awhile because I feared I had turned into an apologist. Everyone I knew was furious at the guy for his failures, and I found myself wanting to say, "Wait a minute, are you forgetting what he's accomplished? Are you forgetting what he was up … Read more
Breaking: Senate Ratifies New START Treaty
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In another major victory for the Obama administration — and for sanity — the U.S. Senate ratified the New START Treaty today by a vote of 71-28. Senate ratifies new U.S.-Russia nuclear weapons treaty: The Senate ratified the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, known as New START, by a vote of 71 … Read more
Breaking: 9/11 first responders bill passed by Senate, heads to House
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: You did it! You shamed Republicans into voting for the 9/11 first responders bill. Deal reached on aid package for 9/11 responders: After a last-minute compromise, the Senate passed legislation Wednesday to provide up to $4.2 billion in new aid to survivors of the September 2001 terrorism attack on the World Trade Center and … Read more
Action Alert: 9/11 first responders bill cloture vote today
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: When the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010 came up for a vote a couple of weeks ago, all forty-two Senate Republicans voted to block the bill designed to provide health care for the men and women who rushed to "ground zero" more than nine years ago, and who … Read more
DADT repeal the law of the land
by David Safier Obama just signed the DADT repeal into law. The civil rights baton was passed to him, and he ran with it. Let's hope he carries it further during his term before passing it on to the next runner.
