From the Chicago Sun-Times: An online effort to draft Hoosier rocker John Mellencamp to run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Indiana’s Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh is building up steam. Twitter is abuzz with the rumor and three separate Facebook groups have been set up, with the largest boasting about 2,000[Read More…]
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Freedom Seekers on the Underground Railroad Program February 21, 2010
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– "Freedom Seekers on the Underground Railroad in Northeastern Illinois," will be the program of the Park Forest Historical Society on Sunday February 21 at 2:30 p.m. in Park Forest Village Hall. Dr. Larry A. McClellan, local historian, will present his research into evidence of Underground Railroad activity[Read More…]
WATCH: CPAC Speaker’s Credibility Goes Up Glenn Beck’s Nose (Video)
Source: Media Matters for America. Used with permission.
Supreme Court Complicates Campaign Finance Rules
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)– From Stateline.org: From the 1880s until just before World War I, Montana was essentially owned by mining companies, and most of all by Anaconda Copper. Money bought political power: An industry mogul openly bribed his way to a U.S. Senate seat; the choice of a state capital was[Read More…]
NY Post Op-Ed Falsely Claims Obama Promised Stimulus Would End Net Job Losses
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)– In a New York Post op-ed, Brian Riedl of the Heritage Foundation falsely suggested that President Obama promised that the stimulus would end net job losses; in fact, Obama stated in February 2009 before the stimulus passed that the "magnitude of the crisis" means that even with the[Read More…]
NY Times’ Leonhardt Highlights What Has Worked In The Stimulus
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)– From David Leonhardt’s February 16 New York Times analysis: Imagine if, one year ago, Congress had passed a stimulus bill that really worked. Let’s say this bill had started spending money within a matter of weeks and had rapidly helped the economy. Let’s also imagine it was large[Read More…]
IEA Sees Progress and Teamwork at Rich East High School (Video)
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– From the Illinois Education Association: An effort to work together among school staff and administration has paid off for students at Rich East High School.
Citing Mein Kampf, Limbaugh Calls Obama’s Comments On The Stimulus ‘The Big Lie’
Rush resurrects Hitler-Obama comparisons By Greg Lewis Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Before today’s show started, some of us at the Limbaugh Wire HQ were chatting about how it has been a while since Rush has invoked Hitler or Nazism in discussions of President Obama on The Rush Limbaugh Show. He was almost[Read More…]
Beck Barks Like A Dog To Criticize Stimulus (Video)
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– From the February 17 edition of Fox News’ Glenn Beck: Source: Media Matters for America. Used with permission.
Miller: Biden is not Catholic, Ashes on Forehead Are Where Obama ‘Puts His Smokes Out’ (Video)
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– From the February 17 edition of Fox News’ The O’Reilly Factor: Source: Media Matters for America. Used with permission.
