There Is a Better Way Mark Meckler June 1, 2015 Citizens Spotlight, Dispersed Power, Engaged Citizens, Featured, News On Thursday, a 31-year-old woman and a young child were shot in Baltimore, making May the bloodiest month in fifteen years. However, the city’s police have responded by arresting fewer people. The number of...
Can Marco Rubio Make Peace With Conservatives on Immigration? Mark Meckler May 30, 2015 Engaged Citizens, Featured, News Marco Rubio could have reason to regret supporting the Gang of Eight immigration reform bill in 2013. As he looks toward the White House, however, he may be able to recover the trust of conservatives if he 1)...
A Tribute to the Men and Women of America’s Armed Forces Mark Meckler May 25, 2015 Citizens Spotlight, Education, Engaged Citizens, Featured, News The following tribute was written by a Vietnam veteran who is serving as a Convention of States supporter. It is especially appropriate to share on Memorial Day. Information about the Convention of...
It’ll Take More Than Mockery To Get Texas To Trust The Federal Government Mark Meckler May 11, 2015 Big Government, Dispersed Power, Engaged Citizens, Featured, Mark's Commentaries, News 1 Comment Texas Governor Greg Abbott set off a firestorm… of ridicule. When he discovered military exercises would be conducted in 7 states – including Texas – over the summer in one of the biggest peacetime...
2016 Race: Why a Tea Party President is a Real Possibility Mark Meckler May 6, 2015 Engaged Citizens, Featured, Incumbent Accountability, Mark's Commentaries, News When the Tea Party began in 2009, even those of us at the heart of the movement couldn’t have predicted how it would permanently alter America’s political landscape. Just six years later, it’s undeniably...
Civil Asset Forfeiture Case Has a Happy Ending Mark Meckler April 18, 2015 Activist Stories, Citizens Spotlight, Engaged Citizens, Featured, News Legal battles against the government don’t often have a happy ending – but we’re so glad that in Carole Hinders’ case, it did! In 2013, IRS agents showed up at Carole’s door and told her they had...
Mandatory Voting is Not the Solution to Low Voter Turnout Mark Meckler April 3, 2015 Engaged Citizens, Featured, News 1 Comment We can all recognize that low voter turnout is a problem in the United States. Even in the Presidential election year of 2012, only 57% of Americans took the time to vote. But is fining people who don’t...
Government Overreach Strikes Again: The FEC Recommends Cracking Down On Bloggers Mark Meckler February 14, 2015 Big Government, Engaged Citizens, Featured, Mark's Commentaries, News In response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in last year’s McCutcheon v. FEC, the FEC is now furiously trying to stifle speech in other ways. Most notably, they are considering ways to regulate...
Colorado Starts Reforming Civil Asset Forfeiture Law Mark Meckler January 28, 2015 Activist Stories, Dispersed Power, Engaged Citizens, Featured, News, Shared Values Finally, some common sense may come to civil asset forfeiture law! Newly-elected Senator Laura Woods has proposed a law that would keep police in Colorado from seizing assets unless the person is convicted...
Justice Department Claims it Had No Idea It Hacked Sharyl Attkisson’s Computers Mark Meckler January 22, 2015 Activist Stories, Big Government, Corruption, Engaged Citizens, Featured, News, Scandals Sharyl Attkisson has long been bringing attention to the hypocrisy, lies, and scandals of President Obama’s administration. She’s done such a good job, it appears, that they hacked her computers to keep...