What would "Google politics" look like?

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Thursday March 30, 2006 · 9:51 AM PST

2006/03/30 · 09:51

If Google approached its entry into the Net Neutrality debate the way it has approached business, what would that look like?

I've penned an op-ed about what Google should do that just got posted at CNET.com News.

Google hired some high-powered lobbying and public relations firms in DC recently, and apparently they're being advised to "diversify" their political giving. I don't think this will sit well within the Googleplex in Mountain View, California. (Any Google employees here?)
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DeLay to spend election day with lobbyists raising money

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Friday March 03, 2006 · 10:21 AM PST

2006/03/03 · 10:21

In this morning's Wall Street Journal (no link):

Former Majority Leader DeLay, girding for November defense of his House seat, plans fund-raiser Tuesday hosted by lobbyists Bill Paxon and Susan Molinari.

Next Tuesday is the primary election in Texas. Nice message to voters in Sugarland, and everywhere, Mr. former Majority Leader.

DeLay: It's primary election day and I'm spending it raising money from lobbyists.

cross posted at Daily DeLay

Bill Moyers' Speech: Saving Democracy

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Friday February 24, 2006 · 9:03 AM PST

2006/02/24 · 09:03

Bill Moyers has been barnstorming for eight days across California giving this speech. It's an incredible indictment of the way the Bush-Cheney Administration and Congress wield power, and what must be done to fix it.

I pulled some favorite snippets from the speech, and they appear beneath the fold. Read More

The Boehner ad that put him over the top

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Thursday February 02, 2006 · 11:41 AM PST

2006/02/02 · 11:41

You may have noticed the blog ads we ran on the majority leader candidates. Here's the ad that won John Boehner the nod:

Cold. Hard. Cash.

We've also posted a quick summary of Boehner's likeness to the disgraced Majority Leader he replaces, Tom DeLay. Feel free to circulate. It's below the fold... Read More

New Ad: Laundromat ties DeLay and Blunt, running in Blunt's district

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Friday October 21, 2005 · 10:27 AM PDT

2005/10/21 · 10:27

As Tom DeLay entered a courtroom today on charges that he laundered $190,000 in illegal corporate donations, we widened the debate on the impact of money in politics. Working with American Family Voices, we're running a new TV ad that links DeLay's replacement, Roy Blunt of Missouri, to the same kind of money-laundering that landed DeLay in a Texas courtroom and in a whole lot of legal trouble.

Click here to watch our "Laundromat" ad. It's running in Blunt's district for a week. More after the break...
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Reps who benefited from DeLay's illegal soft money in 2002

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Thursday October 13, 2005 · 8:16 PM PDT

2005/10/13 · 20:16

Cross-posted at the Daily DeLay...

Following up on this AP story, PoliticalMoneyLine.com lists the following five races where DeLay's ARMPAC spent money out of its soft money account to influence 2002 congressional races:

FL-05, IN-02, IN-07, KS-02, and IA-05.

For those of you keeping score at home, that's: Read More

DeLay: "We've pared [government] down pretty good."

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Wednesday September 14, 2005 · 7:36 AM PDT

2005/09/14 · 07:36

Much has been made about Grover Norquist's famous utterance that conservatives ought to reduce the size of government so much that you could drown it in a bathtub.

At these times, when we have seen the human suffering caused by the success of this ideological agenda, Tom DeLay's statement in the Washington Times this morning should be seen in all of its candor and callousness:

Asked if that meant the government was running at peak efficiency, Mr. DeLay said, "Yes, after 11 years of Republican majority we've pared it down pretty good."

Do you think victims of Katrina believe that the government has been "pared... down pretty good" and is running at peak efficiency?

I've said it before, I'll say it again, Tom DeLay is a national embarrassment and ought to resign.

Cross-posted at the Daily DeLay.

Congress doesn't deserve that pay raise.

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Thursday June 30, 2005 · 11:10 AM PDT

2005/06/30 · 11:10

On Tuesday, with little fanfare or public attention, the House of Representatives voted itself a pay raise. The raise was cleared when an amendment by Rep. Jim Matheson (D-UT) failed by a 263 to 152 vote, with both parties providing enough votes to pass it. (Akin to the seven year ethics truce, both parties agreed not to criticize the other for raising their pay.)

Majority Leader Tom DeLay said, "It's not a pay raise. It's an adjustment so that they're not losing their purchasing power."

Tell that to the families trying to live on the minimum wage, which hasn't been increased in 11 years. A full-time minimum wage worker earns $10,700 a year, or $5,000 below the poverty level for a family of three.

We're not, in principle, opposed to pay raises. But this year, Congress doesn't deserve one. They're working for their corporate donors, not for us.
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DeLay on new NBC show; steps up attack against network

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Friday May 27, 2005 · 2:32 PM PDT

2005/05/27 · 14:32

(Cross-posted at Daily DeLay)

House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, stepped up his rhetoric against NBC yesterday in an on-going feud over the use of his name in primetime television shows.

In Wednesday's season finale of Law & Order, a police officer searching for a suspect in a murder of a federal judge suggested looking for "somebody in a Tom DeLay T-shirt."

The latest flap was touched off by next week's "Fear Factor" episode, which features one segment in which House Ethics Committee members are challenged to go on the record supporting an investigation into DeLay's many scandals. Rep. DeLay, nicknamed `The Hammer' for his hard-charging ways, wrote a letter in protest to the network. Read More

Groups call for DeLay outside counsel; set deadline

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Friday May 27, 2005 · 8:52 AM PDT

2005/05/27 · 08:52

Common Cause, Public Campaign, Public Citizen, and US Public Interest Research Group sent a letter to Ethics Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (R-WA) and Ranking Member Alan Mollohan (D-WV) demanding that the Ethics Committee appoint an outside counsel to investigate Tom DeLay. In the wake of yesterday's news that DeLay's state PAC has violated state campaign finance laws, the groups urged the Committee to appoint this outside counsel within TWO WEEKS.

This comes as lots of others plan in-district activity around DeLay, and as DeLay picks a fight with Hollywood.

See the reasons for an outside counsel below... Read More

Breaking: DeLay's Constituents Send Letter in Advance of Tribute

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Thursday May 12, 2005 · 12:48 PM PDT

2005/05/12 · 12:48

(cross posted at Daily DeLay)

DeLay's constituents in TX-22 are raising their voices. Public Campaign Action Fund helped residents put together and distribute this letter:

May 12, 2005
Representative Tom DeLay
242 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Rep. DeLay,
As constituents of yours in the 22nd Congressional District of Texas, we write to share our on-going frustration with your out-of-touch service in Congress.
Tonight, in Washington, D.C., you are attending a tribute with 1,000 big donors, insiders and colleagues in the House of Representatives. But you have not attended to the needs of our district.

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Tuesday May 10, 2005 · 12:29 PM PDT

2005/05/10 · 12:29

Public Campaign Action Fund launched a new website today called the DeLay Rankings to allow everyone to find out just exactly how close your own member of Congress is to Tom DeLay.

The closest members of Congress to DeLay? Reps. Tom Feeney, R-FL; Bob Beauprez, R-CO; Jim Ryun, R-KS; Dave Weldon, R-FL; and Jim Gerlach, R-PA make the top five.

We compiled six different measurements to come up with a composite score: ARMPAC donations; legal defense contributions; how often a member voted the same as DeLay; vote on the DeLay Rule; beneficiary of Retain of Majority Program's largesse; and answers to Campaign for America's Future's questions as to whether a rep stood with DeLay or democracy. Read More

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