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Pete Visclosky (D) currently warms the seat as a U.S. Congressman in the House of Representatives, Indiana District 01. District 01 covers Lake, Porter, Newton, Jasper and Benton counties. Come May there will one democrat challenger to  Pete and 8 Republican challengers. You can go here and read the entire list (pdf) of candidates across the entire State of Indiana.

I have talked with two of the challenger for District 01 and I’ll let it be known that Rob Pastore is the guy I will be helping to win in the primaries and then helping toward a win in November.

Rob is holding a Meet & Greet this Friday, February 26th at 6:30 pm in Merrillville, IN

Go here and read the details.  This will be a good opportunity to talk with Rob. Leave your index cards at home, unlike Visclosky, he will not cherry pick questions.

If you live in any of the five counties listed above, contact Rob on his website and arrange a meeting.  I suggest gathering friends, patriots, tea party persons, and anyone you know and invite Rob to your home, business or wherever and have a meet & greet. See the form on his website under the ‘Volunteers’ label for a checklist of ways you can help and also to arrange a meet & greet.  While you are there, feel free to drop a little in the Contribute bucket. Every dollar helps.

Robert (Rob) Pastore for Congress U.S. Congress – District 01

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Scott Brown leads Martha Coakley at 48-47. That may not seem like a huge deal, but Massachusetts is a solid Dem state, with the Kennedy’s running that state since forever.

The Massachusetts Senate race is now a toss up.

Buoyed by a huge advantage with independents and relative disinterest from Democratic voters in the state, Republican Scott Brown leads Martha Coakley 48-47.

Here are the major factors leading to this surprising state of affairs:

-As was the case in the Gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia last year, it looks like the electorate in Massachusetts will be considerably more conservative than the one that showed up in 2008. Obama took the state by 26 points then, but those planning to vote next week only report having voted for him by 16.

-Republicans are considerably more enthusiastic about turning out to vote than Democrats are. 66% of GOP voters say they are ‘very excited’ about casting their votes, while only 48% of Democrats express that sentiment- and that’s among the Democrats who are

-Brown has eye popping numbers with independents, sporting a 70/16 favorability rating with them and holding a 63-31 lead in the horse race with Coakley. Health care may be hurting Democratic fortunes with that group, as only 27% of independents express support for Obama’s plan with 59% opposed.

-In a trend that’s going to cause Democrats trouble all year, voters disgusted with both parties are planning to vote for the one out of power. Perhaps the most remarkable thing about Brown’s standing is that only 21% of Massachusetts voters have a favorable opinion of Congressional Republicans…but at the same time only 33% view Congressional Democrats favorably. And among voters who have a negative take on both parties, who account for more than 20% of the electorate, Brown leads 74-21.

-Because he’s basically been untouched so far, Brown’s favorability spread is a remarkable +32, at 57/25. For some perspective on how good those numbers are, Bob McDonnell was at a +20 spread with Virginia voters in our final poll there before going on to a 17 point victory.

Scott Brown has the potential to be the vote that stops the healthcare reform legislation in its tracks.  The Democrats, fearing a Brown win are already talking of not seating him until after the healthcare vote has been made.  They want their majority in tact so that the will of the people (over 57% of the population does NOT want this bill to pass) can be ignored and the democratic house and senate can ram this thing through. The democrats want to stall the swearing in of Scott Brown yet to get the Al Franken vote, a dem who would vote like they wanted him to, give them 60 votes they needed, they swore Franken in fast.  Minnesota’s resident clown, Al Franken, powered by Acorn’s fraudulent voter registrations, along with SEIU’s thuggery at the polls, was declared the winner on June 30th, 2009 after Norm Coleman conceded.

As soon as the Senate returned from their July 4th break, the dems immediately swore in Al Franken on July 7th, 2009 and were relieved to have the full majority vote.

Yeah, way to go ‘progressive’ (read socialist) liberal democrats.  Threaten to delay seating a republican winner, yet rush through seating the sexist, misogynist clown Franken from Minnesota who thinks rape is funny. 

Anyone see what I see?  The Democrats are not about the people, they are about the Democrats, power, control and transforming America into G_d knows what.  With the majority of America telling the democrats that we do NOT want their version of healthcare takeover, they proceed to do just the opposite, even to the point of interrupting the swearing in of an elected official who happens to be a republican, so that they can shove this healthcare bill up our collective whatevah.

Pay attention to who is now swarming the area, trying to help Martha Coakley, none other than the democratic thugs called MoveOn who are backed by socialist George Soros who in turn has a history of using his wealth to purchase political seats for the democratic party.

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You can watch a video here where The Wall Street Journal’s John Fund describes what the Democrats are planning to do by proposing universal voter registration.

It is time folks to contact your Senators and Congress critters and voice your opinions. This is another power and control grab by the Feds.

James Simpson at American Thinker writes:

What the Dems Know: Universal Voter Registration

By James Simpson

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She posts here, a reveling article regarding what is happening in Massachusetts, and how the entire nation can help.

Stop ObamaScare, Join the Scott Brown Brigade.

© 2009 TexasDarlin/TDBlog

Martha Coakley is for ObamaScare.

Scott Brown is against ObamaScare.

In 3 weeks, the smart citizens of Massachusetts will elect one of them to the U.S. Senate.

After a 5-month hiatus, I have temporarily re-activated the blog for one reason: to be part of the nationwide grassroots revolution to elect Scott Brown to the U.S. Senate on Jan. 19. His win would end the 60-seat fillibuster-proof majority currently being abused by Democrats. His vote could kill ObamaScare.

Love this ad:

He’s right, you know. My Democratic party used to stand for responsible government. Why do you suppose nearly one-third of registered voters are now Independent?

Martha big-d Coakley acts as if she’s a shoo-in, but don’t count out Mr. Brown. If there’s one crucial  political lesson from 2009, it’s that Democrats should fear the beast they have awakened. The people are fighting back.

No matter where you live, you can be part of this historic movement. Get involved, and take back your Congress.

Meet Lt. Col. Scott Brown, Republican:

The Scott Brown Money Bomb is here.

Join Scott’s network as a phone volunteer, from any state, here.

Check out Scott’s YT channel here

Scott Brown could be the first Republican Senator from Massachusetts in nearly 40 years. He could stop ObamaScare. Think about that.

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When, in the history of America, have we ever allowed a person who is so unknown to us in so many ways, who refuses to share who he is, where he came from, how he lived his life, yet shows us who he is through proxy of associations, when have we ever allowed that person to hold the office of President?  How deep was this plot to elect an unknown with ties and associations, some of them lifelong, to persons and corporations that we know work to destroy the freedoms of America.

How did this happen?  How do we stop it now and prevent another takeover, another ‘transformation’ in the future?

Here is the article:

The Fundamental Transformation of America

(I’ve asked Sergeant Bancroft for the name of his friend. Illustrations by Robert Hefner)

When Obama wrote a book and said he was mentored as a youth by Frank (Frank Marshall Davis), an avowed Communist, people said it didn’t matter.

When it was discovered that his grandparents were strong socialist, sent Obama’s mother to a socialist school and introduced Frank Marshall Davis to young Obama, people said it didn’t matter.

When people found out that he was enrolled as a Muslim child in school and his father and step father were both Muslims, people said it didn’t matter.

When he wrote in another book he authored “I will stand with them (Muslims) should the political winds shift in an ugly direction,” people said it didn’t matter..

When in his book Obama admittedly said he chose Marxist friends and professors in college, people said it didn’t matter.

When he traveled to Pakistan after college on an unknown national passport, people said it didn’t matter.

When he sought the endorsement of the Marxist party in 1996 as he ran for the Illinois Senate, people said it didn’t matter.

When Obama sat in a Chicago Church for twenty years and listened to a preacher spew hatred for America and preach black liberation theology, people said it didn’t matter.

When an independent Washington organization, that tracks senate voting records gave him the distinctive title as the “most liberal senator”, people said it didn’t matter.

When the Palestinians in Gaza set up a fund raising telethon to raise money for his election campaign, people said it didn’t matter.

When his voting record supported gun control, people said it didn’t matter.

When he refused to disclose who donated money to his election campaign as other candidates had done people said it didn’t matter.

When he received endorsements from people like Louis Farrakhan and Moammar Kadafi and Hugo Chavez, people said it didn’t matter.

When it was pointed out that he was a total newcomer and had absolutely no experience at anything except community organizing, people said it didn’t matter.

When he chose friends and acquaintances such as Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn who were revolutionary radicals, people said it didn’t matter..

When his voting record in the Illinois senate and in the U.S. Senate came into question, people said it didn’t matter.

When he refused to wear a flag lapel pin and did so only after a public outcry, people said it didn’t matter.

When people started treating him as a Messiah and children in schools were taught to sing his praises, people said it didn’t matter.

When he stood with his hands over his groin area for the playing of the National Anthem and Pledge of Allegiance, people said it didn’t matter.

When he surrounded himself in the White house with advisers who were pro gun control, pro abortion, pro homosexual marriage and wanting to curtail freedom of speech to silence the opposition, people said it didn’t matter.

When he aired his views on abortion, homosexuality and a host of other issues, people said it didn’t matter.

When he said he favors sex education in Kindergarten including homosexual indoctrination, people said it didn’t matter.

When his background was either scrubbed or hidden and nothing could be found about him, people said it didn’t matter.

When the place of his birth was called into question and he refused to produce a birth certificate, people said it didn’t matter.

When he had an association in Chicago with Tony Rezko, a man of questionable character who is now in prison and had helped Obama to a sweet deal on the purchase of his home, people said it didn’t matter.

When it became known that George Soros, a multi-billionaire Marxist, spent a ton of money to get him elected, people said it didn’t matter.

When he started appointing czars who are radicals, revolutionaries, and even avowed Marxist/Communist, people said it didn’t matter.

When he stood before the nation and told us that his intentions were to “fundamentally transform this nation” into something else, people said it didn’t matter.

When it became known that he had trained ACORN workers in Chicago and served as an attorney for ACORN, people said it didn’t matter.

When he appointed a cabinet members and several advisers who were tax cheats and socialist, people said it didn’t matter.

When he appointed a science czar John Holdren who believes in forced abortions, mass sterilizations and seizing babies from teen mothers, people said it didn’t matter.

When he appointed Cass Sunstein as regulatory czar and he believes in “Explicit Consent” harvesting human organs with out family consent and to allow animals to be represented in court while banning all hunting, people said it didn’t matter..

When he appointed Kevin Jennings a homosexual,and organizer of a group called gay, lesbian, straight, Education network as safe school czar and it became known that he had a history of bad advice to teenagers, people said it didn’t matter.

When he appointed Mark Lloyd as diversity czar and he believed in curtailing free speech, taking from one and giving to another to spread the wealth and admires Hugo Chavez, people said it didn’t matter.

When Valerie Jarrett was selected as Obama’s senior White House adviser and she is an avowed Socialist, people said it didn’t matter.

When Anita Dunn, White House Communications director said Mao Tse Tung was her favorite philosopher and the person she turned to most for inspiration, people said it didn’t matter.

When he appointed Carol Browner as global warming czar, and she is a well known socialist working on Cap and Trade as the nations largest tax, people said it doesn’t matter.

When he appointed Van Jones, an ex-con and avowed Communist as green energy czar who was forced to resign when Jones history was made known, people said it didn’t matter.

When Tom Daschle, Obama’s pick for health and human services secretary, could not be confirmed because he was a tax cheat, people said it didn’t matter.

When as a counterfeit president of the United States Obama bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia, people said it didn’t matter.

When he traveled around the world criticizing America and never once talking of her greatness, people said it didn’t matter.

When his actions concerning the Middle East seemed to support the Palestinians over America’s long time friend Israel, people said it doesn’t matter.

When he took American tax dollars to resettle thousands of Palestinians from Gaza to the United States, people said it doesn’t matter.

When he upset the Europeans by removing plans for a missile defense system against the Russians, people said it doesn’t matter.

When Obama played politics in Afghanistan by not sending our troops what field commanders said we needed to win, people said it didn’t matter.

When he started spending us into a debt that was so big we could not pay it off, people said it didn’t matter.

When he took a huge spending bill under the guise of stimulus and used it to pay off organizations, unions and individuals that got him elected, people said it didn’t matter.

When he took over insurance companies, car companies, banks and other financial institutions, people said it didn’t matter.

When he took away student loans from the banks and put it through the government, people said it didn’t matter.

When he designed plans to take over the healthcare system and put it under government control, people said it didn’t matter.

When he set into motion a plan to take over the control of all energy in the United States through Cap and Trade, people said it didn’t matter.

When he finally completed his transformation of America into a Socialist State people finally woke up……… but it was too late.

Any one of these things, in and of themselves does not really matter. But when you add them up one by one you get a phenomenal score that points to the fact that our Obama is determined to make America over into a Marxist/Socialist society. All of the items in the preceding paragraphs have been put into place. All can be documented very easily. Before you disavow this do an internet search. The last paragraph alone is not yet cast in stone. You and I will write that paragraph.

Will it read as above or will it be a more happy ending for most of America? Personally, I like happy endings.

If you are an Obama supporter please do not be angry with me because I think your president is a socialist but there are too many facts supporting this.

If you seek the truth you will be richer for it.

Don’t just belittle the opposition.

Search for the truth. I did.

Democrats, Republicans, Independents, Constitutionalists, Libertarians and what have you, we all need to pull together. We all must pull together or watch the demise of a society that we all love and cherish.

If you are a religious person, pray for our nation.

Never before in the history of America have we been confronted with problems so huge that the very existence of our country is in jeopardy.

Don’t rely on most television news and what you read in the newspapers for the truth. Search the Internet.

Yes, there is a lot of bad information, lies and distortions there too but you are smart enough to spot the fallacies.

Newspapers are a dying breed. They are currently seeking a bailout from the government. Do you really think they are about to print the truth?

Obama praises all the television news networks except Fox who he has waged war against. There must be a reason… He does not call them down on any specifics, just a general battle against them. If they lie, he should call them out on it but he doesn’t.

Please find the truth. It will set you free.

Our biggest enemy is not China , Russia , Iran. No, our biggest enemy is a contingent of politicians in Washington DC .

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I will say that this latest attack on the right to marry is a clever one.  They say that adding same-sex persons to the marriage rolls will increase the cost to the federal bottom line.

This is a very smart move on their part especially when most Americans say that federal spending is out of control. Who wants to add more money to the bottom line by allowing the partnerships between all people be recognized, as opposed to the partnerships of just some (heterosexuals) be recognized.

Here is the news article I refer to and it is titled:  Extending Federal Benefits to Same-Sex Couples Will Cost $898M, CBP Says.

First off, that $898M is over 9 years.  That equates to about 10 million a year. Do a little Internet search and you will find out that those costs for equal benefits for same-sex partners is less than what any number of pro athletes get paid for playing sports.

Hummm,  sports players are paid more than it would cost the feds to provide equal benefits to same-sex partnerships. What?

I say that all persons who are involved with or want to be in same-sex partnerships should be given a  deduction on their Federal taxes each year. This line item deduction should be allowed for all persons who are gay. It would balance the amount they currently pay to support heterosexual marriages. All homosexuals should be given a tax break due to the fact that their taxes currently pay for heterosexual privileges, privileges that they will never be able to receive in the form of marriage perks. Their tax break should be in direct relation to what we all pay to support hetero marriages. I am sure the CBO can compute what it costs the federal government to carry heterosexuals and their marriage perks, divide the number of homosexuals into the dollar figure provided as perks paid to married folks and then give a direct rebate/ tax break  to all homosexuals.

It is not fair or reasonable to demand under penalty of law that same-sex persons/homosexuals pay to support a marriage lifestyle, one that they are forbidden by law in enjoying.  The federal government is demanding that homosexuals pay for the perks provided only to heterosexuals.  Therefor, it is illegal for the federal government to demand at the risk of jail that homosexuals pay for services they will never receive. It is illegal for the government to demand payment for services (marriage perks) from all citizens when they have made it illegal for certain citizens to receive those perks.

Hey Republicans, stand up for the constitution and figure out a way to actually represent ALL people, not just your hetero pals.

On that note, I would like for any person to show me where the constitution gives the feds the power to determine what marriage is, define marriage, let alone force persons who they deny marriage to,  be forced to pay for other’s enjoyment of the privilege.

Think of the money all Americans would save, how the bottom line would be reduced if we eliminated all perks given to heterosexual marriages.  Do Away with marriage benefits across the board. If we really are worried about money and how it relates to marriage, eliminate the perks given to all marriages.  The federal government has no business regulating marriages, any marriage.

My position is that the government has no business in regulating marriage, that marriage should be a church issue.  All marriages, being a church issue, have no standing with any local, regional , state or federal government. Marriage is a ceremony that has no significance outside of the church and marriage gains no legal benefits. Marriage is a ceremony and like many other religious ceremonies, has no bearing on a persons legal status.  All perks given to ‘marriage’ by any government are denied as marriage is a religious act and has no bearing on any legalities in this world.

Any persons who desire to have a partnership recognized will be provided a certificate of partnership, or a certificate of union.  Said certificates have no relation to any church. This will allow ‘marriage’ to be defined by any church as they see fit, and marriage will mean nothing socially in terms of being provided special perks provided by any government. People have their religious  ‘marriage’ and people have their ‘contracts’, which have legal binds. The two are separate, not equal, one is discriminatory and has no legal standing (marriage) and the other is not discriminatory and has legal standing.

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The Wilding of Sarah Palin by Robin of Berkley

When I was in college, I read a book that changed my life. It was Susan Brownmiller’s tome, Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape, which explained rape as an act of power instead of just lust. What I found particularly chilling was the chapter on war — how rape is used to terrorize a population and destroy the enemy’s spirit.

While edifying, the book magnified the vulnerability I already felt as a female. Fear of rape became a constant dread, and I sought a solution that would help shield me from danger.

The answer: seek safe harbor within the Democratic Party. I even became an activist for feminist causes, including violence against women. Liberalism would protect me from the big, bad conservatives who wished me harm.

Like for most feminists, it was a no-brainer for me to become a Democrat. Liberal men, not conservatives, were the ones devoted to women’s issues. They marched at my side in support of abortion rights. They were enthusiastic about women succeeding in the workplace.

As time went on, I had many experiences that should have made me rethink my certainty. But I remained nestled in cognitive dissonance — therapy jargon for not wanting to see what I didn’t want to see.

One clue: the miscreants who were brutalizing me didn’t exactly look Reagan-esque. In middle and high schools, they were minority kids enraged about forced busing. On the streets of New York City and Berkeley, they were derelicts and hoodlums. 

Another red flag: while liberal men did indeed hold up those picket signs, they didn’t do anything else to protect me. In fact, their social programs enabled bad behavior and bred chaos in urban America. And when I was accosted by thugs, those leftist men were missing in action.

What else should have tipped me off? Perhaps the fact that so many men in ultra-left Berkeley are sleazebags. Rarely a week goes by that I don’t hear stories from my young female clients about middle-aged men preying on them. With the rationale of moral relativism, these creeps feel they can do anything they please. 

What finally woke me up were the utterances of “bitch,” “witch,” and “monster” toward Hillary Clinton and her supporters early last year. I was shocked into reality: the trash-talk wasn’t coming from conservatives, but from male and female liberals.   

I finally beheld what my eyes had refused to see: that leftists are Mr. and Ms. Misogyny. Neither the males nor the females care a whit about women.

Women are continually sacrificed on the altar of political correctness. If under radical Islam women are enshrouded and stoned and beheaded, so be it. 

My other epiphanies: those ponytailed guys were marching for abortion rights not because they cherished women’s reproductive freedom, but to keep women available for free and easy sex.  

And the eagerness for women to make good money? If women work hard, leftist men don’t have to.  

Then along came Sarah, and the attacks became particularly heinous. And I realized something even more chilling about the Left. Leftists not only sacrifice and disrespect women, but it’s far worse: many are perpetuators.

The Left’s behavior towards Palin is not politics as usual. By their laser-focus on her body and her sexuality, leftists are defiling her. 

They are wilding her. And they do this with the full knowledge and complicity of the White House.

The Left has declared war on Palin because she threatens their existence. Liberals need women dependent and scared so that women, like blacks, will vote Democrat. 

A strong, self-sufficient woman, Palin eschews liberal protection. Drop her off in the Alaskan bush and she’ll survive just fine, thank you very much. Palin doesn’t need or want anything from liberals — not hate crimes legislation that coddles her, and not abortion, which she abhors.

Palin is a woman of deep and abiding faith. She takes no marching orders from messiah-like wannabes like Obama. 

And so the Left must try to destroy her. And they are doing this in the most malicious of ways: by symbolically raping her.

Just like a perpetuator, they dehumanize her by objectifying her body. They undress her with their eyes.

They turn her into a piece of ass.

Liberals do this by calling her a c__t,  ogling her legs, demeaning her with names like “slutty flight attendant” and “Trailer Park Barbie,” and exposing her flesh on the cover of Newsweek.

Nothing is off-limits, not actress Sandra Bernhard’s wish that Palin be gang-raped or the sexualization of Palin’s daughters.

As every woman knows, leering looks, lurid words, and veiled threats are intended to evoke terror. Sexual violence is a form of terrorism. 

The American Left has a long history of defiling people to control and break them. The hard core ’60s leftists were masters of guerrilla warfare, like the Symbionese Liberation Army repeatedly raping Patty Hearst. Huey P. Newton sent a male Black Panther to the hospital, bloodied and damaged from a punishment of sodomy.  

The extreme Left still consider themselves warriors, righteous soldiers for their Marxist cause. With Palin, they use sexual violence as part of their military arsenal.

Palin is not the only intended victim. As Against Our Will described, the brutality is also aimed at men. By forcing men to witness Palin’s violation, the Left tries to emasculate conservative men and render them powerless. 

The wilding of any woman is reprehensible. But defiling a mother of five with a babe in her arms, and a grandmother to boot, is particularly obscene. It is, of course, Palin’s unapologetic motherhood that fuels the leftist fire.

Because as a mother and a fertile woman, Palin is as close to the sacred as a person gets. She is not just politically pro-life. Her whole being emanates life, which is a stark contrast to the darkness of the Left, the life-despoilers.  

These “progressives” are so alienated from the sacred that they perceive nothing as sacred. And they will destroy anyone whose goodness shines a mirror on their pathology. The spiritually barren must annihilate the vital and the fertile.

It has been almost two years since I woke up and broke up with liberalism. During these many months, I’ve discovered that everything I believed was wrong.

But the biggest shock of all has been realizing that the Democratic Party is hardly an oasis for women. Now that it has been infiltrated by the hard Left, it’s a dangerous place for women, children, and other living things. 

In the wilding of Sarah Palin, the Left shows its true colors. Rather than sheild the vulnerable, leftists will mow down any man, woman, or child who gets in their way. Instead of a movement of hope and change, it is a cauldron of hate.

From Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.

In these dark times, with spiritually bankrupt people at the helm, thank God we have bright lights like Sarah Palin to illuminate the darkness. 

A frequent AT contributor, Robin is a psychotherapist and a recovering liberal in Berkeley.

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Watch Judge Napolintano describe his conversation with Rep James Clyburn, a democrat from South Carolina.

Now you understand the size of the job we have in front of us and the years it will take to restore the Republic of America. We have to VOTE THEM OUT, ignore party lines and select and elect persons who are willing to work toward a constitutional state.

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I know many of us like to drill down into the story behind the headlines. This database of links will become indispensable as you look behind the political curtain.

The bulk of the reference sites are listed below so that you can begin your quest today. I have placed a link to these sites on my sidebar under “Reference”

Enjoy:

Research Databases

The Sunlight Foundation

Transparency has a Posse! Their list of “insanely useful websites” lives up to its name.  Includes links to the following databases, many of which are among my own favorites and I may have also listed in other sections of this website:

If you’re looking to dig up anything in politics and shine some sunlight on it, this is a fantastic place to start. They know how to do research right.

The Center for Investigative Reporting

Founded in 1977, the Center for Investigative Reporting is the nation’s oldest nonprofit investigative news organization, producing multimedia reporting that has impact and is relevant to people’s lives. Building on their long track record of award-winning print, broadcast and web reporting, CIR is now seeking to help lead the way in transforming journalism for the 21st century.

To get a sampling of their work, take look at this great visual chart they did on “SEIU Money and Influence“.

Discover the Networks

A Guide to the Political Left. Launched in 2005 by the David Horowitz Freedom Center, DiscoverTheNetworks.com is the largest publicly accessible database defining the chief groups and individuals of the Left and their organizational interlocks – an online encyclopedia of the political left and its intricate interconnections.  DTN is a model for understanding how the left operates in our society, and how the networks it has created have penetrated our philanthropic, educational, and religious institutions.

Muckety.com

(Another of my personal favorites!)
Muckety is an online tool for mapping relations and measuring influence. Published by Muckety LLC, a company founded in 2006 by a team with years of experience in journalism, technology and online publishing. The name Muckety derives, of course, from muckety mucks. Some follow the money. We follow the muckety, producing a daily news and information site based on online databases (which we enlarge daily), extensive research and old-fashioned journalism.

USAspending.org

Have you ever wanted to find more information on government spending? Have you ever wondered where Federal contracting dollars and grant awards go? Or perhaps you would just like to know, as a citizen, what the Government is really doing with your money. USAspending provides a searchable database of contracts and awards by entity name and location, award amount, and transaction type.

See also its partner site, FedSpending.org for grants, loans, insurance, subsidies and direct payments.

OpenSecrets.org

OpenSecrets.org is your nonpartisan guide to money’s influence on U.S. elections and public policy. Whether you’re a voter, journalist, activist, student or interested citizen, use our free site to shine light on your government. Count cash and make change.

SourceWatch

SourceWatch is your guide to the names behind the news. SourceWatch is a collaborative project of the Center for Media and Democracy to produce a directory of the people, organizations and issues shaping the public agenda. A primary purpose of SourceWatch is documenting the PR and propaganda activities of public relations firms and public relations professionals engaged in managing and manipulating public perception, opinion and policy.

NOTE: Use this source cautiously. While they claim to be non-partisan, much if not all of their information describing grassroots liberty-minded groups like The 912 Project and many of the Tea Party groups is inaccurate or misleading.  In challenging their content in these cases, editors responded with source materials that they claim back up the content entries; however, those source materials themselves are representative only of the typical mainstream (or fringe) media’s anti-conservative viewpoints, which are highly partisan and often entirely inaccurate, as we know.

US Department of Labor

The Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment Standards Administration administers and enforces most provisions of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (LMRDA). The LMRDA was enacted primarily to ensure basic standards of democracy and fiscal responsibility in labor organizations representing employees in private industry.  Search public disclosure database for union/payee information.

IRS Search for Charities, Non-Profits and Other Organizations

Publication 78, Cumulative List of Organizations described in Section 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, is a list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible charitable contributions. This online version is offered to help you conduct a more efficient search of these organizations.

LexisNexis

I used to work for this company, so I of course recommend it!  Arguably the largest database collection of news, company, legal and public records sources, LexisNexis is probably the best research tool out there. Of course, that greatness comes at a cost – but if you don’t have a subscription to the service, you can purchase either Pay As You Go packages, or a LexisNexis by Credit Card menu (just sign up and use your credit card). This allows for flexibility by the document, day, week or month. Searching is free, you only pay if you want to get the details on any of the results.

Intelius

If you need to find people, I like to use Intelius. Easy to use, up to date, inexpensive (Pay As You Go option). Gives you addresses and contact information, background checks, and more. And no, the system doesn’t notify the person for whom you’re searching that you’re looking up their info! Yes, it’s legal, as long as you are using it for legitimate purposes (i.e. to verify someone is who they say they are, or are a resident of the state they claim, etc.) and not for…say…stalking, or revenge, or slander…

Domain Tools

Need to lookup an IP address? How about a domain name? Need to know who registered a particular website or email address?  Domain Tools has several lookup methods to help in your search.

References

The Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights
The Ayn Rand Center (ARC) is the public policy and outreach division of the Ayn Rand Institute, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. The Center’s mission is to advance individual rights (the rights of each person to life, liberty, property, and the pursuit of happiness) as the moral basis for a fully free, laissez-faire capitalist society. ARC is named after author and philosopher Ayn Rand (1905-1982), who is best known for her novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged and for her original philosophy Objectivism.

http://www.aynrand.org

The Cato Institute
The Cato Institute was founded in 1977 by Edward H. Crane. It is a non-profit public policy research foundation headquartered in Washington, D.C. The Institute is named for Cato’s Letters, a series of libertarian pamphlets that helped lay the philosophical foundation for the American Revolution.

http://www.cato.org

Brookings Institution
The research agenda and recommendations of Brookings’s experts are rooted in open-minded inquiry and our scholars represent diverse points of view. More than 200 resident and nonresident fellows research issues; write books, papers, articles and opinion pieces; testify before congressional committees and participate in dozens of public events each year.

http://www.brookings.edu

The Centre for Independent Studies
The leading independent public policy ‘think tank’ within Australasia. The CIS is actively engaged in support of a free enterprise economy and a free society under limited government where individuals can prosper and fully develop their talents. By critical recommendations to public policy and encouraging debate amongst leading academics, politicians and journalists, the CIS aims to build a better society.

http://www.cis.org.au/default.html

The Constitution Project
The Constitution Project seeks consensus solutions to difficult legal and constitutional issues. It does this through constructive dialogue across ideological and partisan lines, and through scholarship, activism, and public education efforts.

http://www.constitutionproject.org

DanielPipes.org

Dubbed “an authoritative commentator on the Middle East,” by the Wall Street Journal and “years ahead of the curve in identifying the threat of radical Islam” by CBS Sunday Morning, Daniel Pipes’ site is one of the most accessed internet sources of specialized information on the Middle East and Islam.  Pipes is also director of the Middle East Forum and Taube distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University. His bi-weekly column appears regularly in the Jerusalem Post and other newspapers around the globe.

http://www.danielpipes.org

The Heartland Institute

Heartland’s mission is to discover, develop, and promote free-market solutions to social and economic problems. Such solutions include parental choice in education, choice and personal responsibility in health care, market-based approaches to environmental protection, privatization of public services, and deregulation in areas where property rights and markets do a better job than government bureaucracies. The Heartland Institute is a national nonprofit research and education organization, tax exempt under Section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code, and founded in Chicago in 1984. It is not affiliated with any political party, business, or foundation.

http://www.heartland.org

The Heritage Foundation

The Heritage Foundation is the nation’s most broadly supported public policy research institute, with more than 410,000 individual, foundation and corporate donors. Heritage, founded in February 1973, has a staff of 244 and an expense budget of $61 million. Their mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense.

http://www.heritage.org

Institute for Policy Innovation

The Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI) is a non-profit, non-partisan public policy “think tank” based in Lewisville, Texas and founded in 1987 by Congressman Dick Armey to research, develop and promote innovative and non-partisan solutions to today’s public policy problems. IPI’s focus is on approaches to governing that harness the strengths of individual liberty, limited government, and free markets. IPI emphasizes getting its studies into the hands of the press and policy makers so that the ideas they contain can be applied to the challenges facing us today.

http://www.ipi.org

The Manhattan Institute
For 30 years, the Manhattan Institute has been an important force in shaping American political culture and developing ideas that foster economic choice and individual responsibility. We have supported and publicized research on our era’s most challenging public policy issues: taxes, health care, energy, the legal system, policing, crime, homeland security, urban life, education, race, culture, and many others. Our work has won new respect for market-oriented policies and helped make reform a reality.

http://www.manhattan-institute.org/index.htm

The National Review

“America’s most widely read and influential magazine and web site for Republican/conservative news, commentary, and opinion”, the National Review is usually considered the center of intellectual activity for the American Conservative movement in the twentieth century. The National Review Online (NRO) is a digital version of the print publication, which features articles updated daily by National Review writers, and a number of conservative blogs, including:

• The Corner (postings from many of the site’s editors and affiliated writers discussing the issues of the day).
• David Frum’s Diary (updated by writer David Frum).
• The Campaign Spot (formerly The Kerry Spot/TKS written by Jim Geraghty).
• And another thing… (talk show host Mark Levin’s blog).
• David Calling (updated by writer David Pryce-Jones).
• Bench Memos (legal and judicial news).
• Media Blog (media news).
• Planet Gore (global warming news).
• Phi Beta Cons (University news).
• The Tank (Military news).

http://www.nationalreview.com

Opinion Journal | The Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal Opinion & Commentary on Political Topics, the Economy, Social Issues, Government Politics & Policies, News & US Politics.

http://online.wsj.com/public/page/news-opinion-commentary.html

RAND Corporation
The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decision-making through research and analysis. For 60 years, decisionmakers in the public and private sectors have turned to the RAND Corporation for objective analysis and effective solutions that address the challenges facing the nation and the world. These challenges include such critical social and economic issues as education, poverty, crime, and the environment, as well as a range of national security issues.

http://www.rand.org

Reason Foundation
Founded in 1968, Reason Foundation is a nonprofit organization advancing “free minds and free markets.” Reason Foundation advances a free society by developing, applying, and promoting libertarian principles, including individual liberty, free markets, and the rule of law. Reason Foundation produces respected public policy research on a variety of issues and publishes the critically acclaimed Reason magazine. Together, our top-tier think tank and political and cultural magazine reach a diverse, influential audience, advancing the values of choice, individual freedom and limited government.

http://www.reason.org

The Urban Institute
The Urban Institute gathers data, conducts research, evaluates programs, offers technical assistance overseas, and educates Americans on social and economic issues — to foster sound public policy and effective government.

http://www.urban.org/index.cfm

The Weekly Standard

Hailed by prominent publishers as “the preeminent political journal in America” and “a forceful presence in the world of political opinion”, the Weekly Standard is a conservative American opinion magazine that covers all the important issues in Washington, D.C.  Editors are Bill Kristol and Fred Barnes.

http://www.weeklystandard.com

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