Tag: politics

• I’ll take politics for 100, Alex. America’s oldest stall tactic. What is the Filibuster?

  Have you ever heard or said to someone, “you’re talking that to death?” That saying paints a pretty accurate picture of what a filibuster does. “Using the filibuster to delay or block legislative action has a long history,” describes the United States Senate website. For decades, members of Congress have used the filibuster to stop […]

  Jessica Puente

  March 8, 2013

  Politics, Washington

  congress, filibuster, government, mr smith goes to washington, politics, senate, senate website, senator strom thurmond, strom thurmond, united states, what is a filibuster

• Obama does IAmA on Reddit, Romney makes Myspace page in retaliation

  Okay, not really.  Mitt clearly made his page  a while ago since he has 21,782 friends already. Yes, Tom is in his top 12, but sadly Paul Ryan doesn’t have a Myspace, so Gary Sato gets his spot. I think it’s because of his profile picture, but that’s just me. Unfortunately, Mitt hasn’t updated his playlist […]

  Jessica Puente

  August 30, 2012

  Uncategorized

  Alexis Ohanian, IAMA, internet, myspace, obama, politics, president, president obama, reddit, romney

• Congressman Barney Frank marries longtime partner Jim Ready

  This weekend, Barney Frank became the first congressman to exchange vows in a same-sex marriage. A quarter of a century ago, this Massachusetts representative first announced he was gay. This weekend, he finally tied the knot with longtime boyfriend and photographer Jim Ready. About 300 guests joined Barney and Jim at the Boston Marriott hotel […]

  Jessica Puente

  July 9, 2012

  DC

  barney frank, congress, congressman, gay wedding, house representative, jim ready, love, marriage, massachusetts, politics, relationship, relationships, same-sex wedding, wedding

• Are Facebook and Twitter making you smarter?

  If you logged in to Facebook or Twitter at all yesterday, you know the health care law was upheld. Maybe you don’t follow any news organizations and maybe you care more about peanut butter than you do politics but someone you know does care and probably posted about it so now you know. After work […]

  Jessica Puente

  June 29, 2012

  Uncategorized

  chief justice, congress, Facebook, health care, health care law, John Roberts, mandate, obama care, politics, Social media, supreme court, thomas jefferson, twitter