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Florida congressman meets with EPA Administrator Jackson, calls out “activist science”

By | 09.07.11 | 1:32 pm | More from The Florida Independent

In a tweet sent out this morning, Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Lakeland, says that the EPA must stop using “activist/ junk science or lose their funding.”

Huntsman responds to Perry: I believe in evolution, call me crazy

By | 08.19.11 | 9:25 am | More from The Iowa Independent

Former Ambassador to China and Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman appeared to be the only benefactor to a New Hampshire exchange between Texas Gov. Rick Perry and a small boy, which was prompted by the boy’s mother.

Bachmann makes TIME’s 100 most influential people of 2011 list

By | 04.21.11 | 2:56 pm | More from The Minnesota Independent

After campaigning over the last month on social media, Rep. Michele Bachmann secured enough votes from followers to be included in TIME magazine’s list of the top 100 most influential people of 2011. Controversial conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh wrote the profile on Bachmann for the magazine, and Bachmann More…

Anti-abortion rights youth begin ‘Abolish Abortion’ media blitz

By | 03.08.11 | 5:17 pm

UPDATED: March 9, 12:35 p.m.

“Social Justice Begins in the Womb!”

That’s one of several Twitter/Facebook status updates available for use from a brand-new anti-abortion rights website called Abolish Abortion, whose aim is to mobilize young citizens to demonstrate their support for House Republicans’ measure to block federal funds More…

Iowa RNC Official Believes Obama Is a Secret Muslim

By | 08.25.10 | 10:19 am

Top GOP figures have generally pledged to “take the president at his word,” that he’s a Christian, tacitly leaving the door open for speculation among the party’s fringe elements that he’s secretly a Muslim while covering their own tracks. Not anymore, reports The Iowa Independent:

#GenPetraeusBlogger

By | 06.21.10 | 4:24 pm

U.S. Central Command’s website launches a new blog — woo, let’s party like it’s 2005* – complete with an introductory post penned by its commanding general, David Petraeus. It’s a straight-forward welcome-to-the-blog here’s-what-t0-expect post, and there’s nothing wrong with that. But now that the general is contesting my battlespace, I More…

$1.3 Million for Brown

By | 01.12.10 | 9:43 am

The GOP’s candidate in the Massachusetts special election raised more than one million dollars — double the goal — in a 24-hour “moneybomb” on the Ron Paul model. The event itself, and its presentation, bespoke the confidence of a campaign that the slapdash organization of Democratic candidate Martha Coakley More…

The Modesty of John McCain

By | 01.07.10 | 11:40 am

In Afghanistan, seven minutes after tweeting about a meeting with Gen. Stanley McChrystal, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) decided to tweet this:

Pete Hoekstra Approves of Obama’s Yemen Decision

By | 01.05.10 | 5:06 pm

The GOP congressman and candidate for governor of Michigan is quick with his (faint) praise on Twitter:

Defend Sarah Palin: Post Katie Couric Party Pics

By | 12.01.09 | 9:44 am

Todd Herman, the new media director of the Republican National Committee, avers that his Twitter comments are “not statements on behalf of my employer.” That’s helpful today, as he’s pointed followers to photos of CBS News anchor Katie Couric dancing at a party, photos that first appeared at Gawker.com.