Back in December of 2009, a survey of the Congressional Prayer Caucus’ Twitter page found that the caucus was following 20 Christian religious groups and 0 non-Christian religious groups. As of July 9 2009, the Congressional Prayer Caucus is following 29 Christian religious groups on Twitter. The CPC is still not following a single group [...]
Scott Aughney’s rush to defend the Hutaree without expressing any concern at all about the dangers of violent paramilitary groups organizing within the United States, illustrates the strength of the ideological association between the Tea Party and the Hutaree.
In the fall of 2009, five American citizens were arrested in Lackawanna, New York on terrorism charges. The only weapon found in these men’s possession was a rifle in one of their homes. No plot for attacks of any sort by the men was uncovered, either before the arrests or afterward. Eventually, they were convicted [...]
Number of Christian organizations followed by the Congressional Prayer Caucus on Twitter: 20 Number of organizations with a religious affiliation other than Christian followed by the Congressional Prayer Caucus on Twitter: 0
Number of Congressional Prayer Caucus twitter posts regarding Christianity: 18 Number of Congressional Prayer Caucus twitter posts regarding any other religion: 0
The practice of politics involves odd justifications for all sorts of things, from the naming of post offices to the placement of bridges. Sometimes, however, a justification for a previously-held position stands out head and shoulders above the rest. Today we award our Creative Congressional Justification Award to Representative Steve King of Iowa, who has [...]
During the 110th Congress, Senators Jim DeMint, Mike Enzi and David Vitter teamed up to propose S. 2409, a bill to do… what? Solve the problem of the national debt? Help find a way to cure some new disease? Uh, no. They penned a bill to mandate that the Capitol Hill Visitors’ Center always prominently [...]
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