Category Archives: Alabama politics

Clay Scofield Explains it All For You

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Clay Scofield Explains it All For You”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailVia Left in Alabama, video of Alabama’s Senator Clay Scofield being interviewed by a Huntsville reporter about his transvaginal ultrasound bill. My favorite part is when he graciously lets women avert … Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: Alabama Ultrasound Sexual Torture

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Alabama Ultrasound Sexual Torture”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailAlabama will dare to tread where Virginia faltered. HB418 and SB12 would require doctors to perform an invasive ultrasound if it would display the fetus more clearly — and they would have … Continue reading →

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Mo Brooks Town Hall

Posted on July 3, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Mo Brooks Town Hall”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailFreshman Representative Mo Brooks held a town hall meeting in Killen, Alabama on Thursday, June 30th. Killen is a suburban community that turned out for him in November 2010, helping him become the first … Continue reading →

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States of Dissolution

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “States of Dissolution”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThat spate of new Republican legislatures enacting austerity? They’re doing more harm than good: Cutting state services not only harms vulnerable residents but also slows the economy’s recovery from recession by reducing overall economic activity. … Continue reading →

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New C & L Post Up

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “New C & L Post Up”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailMy latest C & L post, “Big Government Republicans in Alabama,” is up! Please read, view, and share often.

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Witnesses Of Perry County

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Witnesses Of Perry County”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailHouse Bill 50, which would allow the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) to regulate coal ash in landfills passed the Commerce and Small Business Committee unanimously on March 2, 2011. Citizens from Perry … Continue reading →

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Alabama, Race, and Redistricting

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Alabama, Race, and Redistricting”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailWhile I’m in Montgomery over the coming weeks, I’ll be looking into redistricting issues. The US Census started releasing data relevant to the question yesterday. Swing State Project: Alabama…remained at seven seats (although they … Continue reading →

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The Sick Man Of Alabama

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “The Sick Man Of Alabama”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThere are just twelve Democrats left in the State Senate. Three are newly-elected. Of the remaining nine, just two are white males; so of course, the scandal-plagued (and white) Roger Bedford has been … Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: Chairmanosclerosis

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Chairmanosclerosis”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThis is everything wrong with Alabama politics in a nutshell: MONTGOMERY — For the first time in his nearly 42-year career as chief lobbyist for the Alabama Education Association, Dr. Paul Hubbert will have to … Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: Alabama Crimson Tea Tide

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Alabama Crimson Tea Tide”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Alabama is officially a red state at last. Republicans own the state house for the first time in 136 years: Stewart attributed the Republicans’ taking of the Legislature for the first … Continue reading →

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Are Times Daily Editors Smoking Crack?

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Are Times Daily Editors Smoking Crack?”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail In endorsing Republican Robert Bentley for governor, my local newspaper sees fit to include this third-from-the-bottom ‘graff: If elected, Bentley would do well to reconsider his opposition to health care reform, … Continue reading →