filibuster Archive
In a move guaranteed to rock the political establishment left and right, Rand Paul vowed Monday to filibuster any reauthorization of the (Orwellianly named) Patriot Act during an exclusive interview with the Union Leader in New Hampshire. I’m going to lead the charge in
UPDATE! Senator Rand Paul sailed past 1 million Facebook ‘likes’ at 9:51 p.m. ET last night (June 9, 2013). The folks over at RonPaulForums.com had a competition–complete with prizes–to name the moment when he hit the 1 million mark. Senator Paul’s likely 2016 presidential competition, Marco Rubio,
A video attempting to discredit Rand Paul is making the rounds on the blogosphere. It juxtaposes Senator Paul’s voice during the filibuster asking, “Is our country a battlefield?” with amateur video of bombs going off in Boston. It’s pretty pathetic. The overarching theme is
Appearing on Fox Business Network’s Varney & Co. this morning, Judge Andrew Napolitano reported that he had spoken with Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and believes that the libertarian-leaning lawmaker “unequivocally” did not change his position on drone strikes, despite how many people interpreted his
UPDATE: Senator Mitch McConnell is joining the gun control filibuster. Even more news to confuse Senator McCain… Mitch McConnell joins Senate gun filibuster… drudge.tw/12CpnYF — DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) April 8, 2013 Fresh off his disdain of Senator Paul’s (R – KY) filibuster of
Politico reports, Senator Rand Paul along with Ted Cruz and Mike Lee are threatening to filibuster gun-control legislation, according to a letter they plan to hand-deliver to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s office on Tuesday. “We will oppose the motion to proceed to any
With post straw poll coverage... CPAC Straw poll results are in: 1st Place: Rand Paul 25% 2nd Place: Marco Rubio 23% 3rd Place: Rick Santorum 8% 4th Place: Chris Christie 7% Raw video of audience reaction to Straw Poll results:
On Fox’s Studio B this afternoon, Shepard Smith put the pressure on Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) to explain his seeming disdain for Sen. Rand Paul‘s filibuster regarding the executive branch’s authority to use targeted assassinations against American citizens on U.S. soil. At one point
Over a million Tweets were sent (on March 6) about the filibuster. Almost as many generated by President Barack Obama’s most recent State of the Union address. (Twitter 3/7/2013) In a modern-day “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” moment, Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul), R-Kentucky, stood
The first time I found myself underneath a drone was late November 2007, in the mountains south of Tora Bora on the Afghan-Pakistani border. It was 10 p.m. and I was sitting in a car on a dirt track with a small group of
