and that’s just HALF A WEEK! (the 10 top political stories from Monday, Tuesday and today!)

And THIS WEEK in the news… 1. In Alaska – one house of the state legislature passed a law that threatens to arrest law enforcement officers if they try to enforce federal laws relating to gun control. They have decided that they won’t recognize national laws and that they will arrest anyone who tries to

will Obama and Congress reach a compromise?

Click HERE for this Seattle Times article: State could lose millions if feds don’t reach budget deal AND…read on:   (and see below for a job-loss map.) Unless Congress acts by this Friday, $85 billion in cuts are set to take effect between March and September.  Economists are in agreement – this is bad for our country.  In

Homeland security release 1000’s of illegal aliens due to Republican obstructionism

I find this incredibly ironic…. The Law of Unintended Consequences states that mucking around in complex systems will invariably lead to outcomes that cannot be anticipated. Click HERE!

5 actual bills proposed by Republican politicians (this is not the Onion – these are true)

The tea partiers’ alternate reality Reported by David Daley, Executive Director of Salon Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal wants Republicans to stop being the stupid party — but apparently the memo hasn’t gotten out to state legislatures around the country. February has been a banner month for truly silly and anti-intellectual bills in state capitals. Some

no wonder the Republicans are trying so hard to suppress the vote…

Click here to see why Republicans don’t want people to vote. They’ve reduced early voting days and hours; they’ve put up big billboards in minority neighborhoods implying that horrible, scary things could happen to you if you try to vote; they’ve given the wrong election day date on Spanish language publications; they’ve gerrymandered congressional districts;

birth control battles – easing up a bit on the religious right

Obama Admin Widens Exemption for Contraception Coverage —By Kate Sheppard The Obama administration announced a shift in its policy regarding insurance coverage for contraception on Friday. The new policy provides an accommodation for faith-based non-profit organizations to the requirement that their group health insurance plans cover birth control. The contraception policy previously exempted religious organizations

wait…what?

Obamacare ‘Glitch’ Allows Some Families To Be Priced Out Of Health Insurance By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Some families could get priced out of health insurance due to what’s being called a glitch in President Barack Obama’s overhaul law. IRS regulations issued Wednesday failed to fix the problem as liberal backers of the president’s plan had hoped.

background checks are a bad idea because…criminals won’t like it?

I want to make this as clear as possible. 93% of gun owners favor universal background checks. 89% of Republicans favor universal background checks. Even 85% of NRA MEMBERS favor universal background checks. And 100% of Stuff That Matters Blog writers favor universal background checks. And the NRA is strongly against universal background checks, for