http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:06:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/18/cruz-offers-voting-amendment-after-supreme-court-nixes-arizona-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/18/cruz-offers-voting-amendment-after-supreme-court-nixes-arizona-law/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:59:58 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=167069 The Hill: “This hole in federal statutory law allows non-citizens to register and thereby encourages voter fraud,” Cruz wrote on his Facebook page. “I will file a commonsense amendment to the immigration bill that permits states to require I.D. before registering voters.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/18/cruz-offers-voting-amendment-after-supreme-court-nixes-arizona-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/18/mccaskill-becomes-first-lawmaker-to-endorse/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/18/mccaskill-becomes-first-lawmaker-to-endorse/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:54:35 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=167066 The Hill: Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) has endorsed the Ready for Hillary super-PAC, becoming the first lawmaker to back an effort aimed to push Hillary Clinton to run for president in 2016. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/18/mccaskill-becomes-first-lawmaker-to-endorse/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/17/navy-bans-racy-materials-as-pentagon-under-increasing-pressure-to-crack-down-on-porn/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/17/navy-bans-racy-materials-as-pentagon-under-increasing-pressure-to-crack-down-on-porn/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:08:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=167031 AL.com: According to a June 13 memo, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has ordered the Under Secretary of the Navy, Chief of Naval Operations and Commandant of the Marine Corps to conduct an inspection of all Navy workplaces to "ensure they are free from materials that create a degrading, hostile, or offensive work environment." . . . Morality in Media, a faith-based group dedicated to raising awareness on the harmful impacts of pornography, named the Department of Defense to its "Dirty Dozen" list, for what it says is the military's "serious pornography problem." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/17/navy-bans-racy-materials-as-pentagon-under-increasing-pressure-to-crack-down-on-porn/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/17/state-id-databases-captures-facial-photos-of-more-than-120-million-people/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/17/state-id-databases-captures-facial-photos-of-more-than-120-million-people/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:14:00 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=166958 Washington Post: The faces of more than 120 million people are in searchable photo databases that state officials assembled to prevent driver’s-license fraud but that increasingly are used by police to identify suspects, accomplices and even innocent bystanders in a wide range of criminal investigations. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/17/state-id-databases-captures-facial-photos-of-more-than-120-million-people/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/17/rasmussen-most-want-donor-disclosure-from-tax-exempt-groups/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/17/rasmussen-most-want-donor-disclosure-from-tax-exempt-groups/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:09:50 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=166895 Rasmussen: Fifty-seven percent (57%) of Likely U.S. Voters believe that groups like the Tea Party and Planned Parenthood should disclose all their donors. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/17/rasmussen-most-want-donor-disclosure-from-tax-exempt-groups/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/17/orrin-hatch-think-the-irs-is-bad-now-just-wait-orrin-hatch-at-wsj/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/17/orrin-hatch-think-the-irs-is-bad-now-just-wait-orrin-hatch-at-wsj/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:04:28 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=166889 WSJ: The Internal Revenue Service has never been an agency much loved by the American people. With the IRS's targeting of conservative groups, its already bad reputation has now sunk to a new low. But the scandal raises a critical question: If the IRS can't manage an increase of 1,700 applications for tax-exempt status that the agency said spurred its targeting of conservative groups, how will the IRS handle its massive new role in implementing ObamaCare? ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/17/orrin-hatch-think-the-irs-is-bad-now-just-wait-orrin-hatch-at-wsj/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/14/fourth-circuit-strikes-nlrb-poster-rule/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/14/fourth-circuit-strikes-nlrb-poster-rule/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:49:00 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=166818 Blog of the Legal Times: The court's conclusion is in line with a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in May, which also struck down the rule. However, the Fourth Circuit went further, holding that the NLRB's rulemaking powers are fundamentally limited. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/14/fourth-circuit-strikes-nlrb-poster-rule/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/14/house-passes-defense-bill-aimed-at-blunting-sexual-assaults/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/14/house-passes-defense-bill-aimed-at-blunting-sexual-assaults/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:37:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=166791 The Hill: The House on Friday passed a new defense bill that that seeks to reverse an increase in sexual assaults in the military. The sweeping $638 billion bill strips commanders' ability to overturn guilty verdicts in sexual assault cases, and establishes a minimum sentence of dismissal for sexual assault offenders. It would also expand legal counsel to victims of sexual abuse, and remove service members who have inappropriate relationships with the people they train. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/14/house-passes-defense-bill-aimed-at-blunting-sexual-assaults/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/14/republican-run-arizona-expands-medicaid-under-obamas-healthcare-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/14/republican-run-arizona-expands-medicaid-under-obamas-healthcare-law/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:29:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=166739 The Hill: rizona's state legislature approved ObamaCare's Medicaid expansion in two closely watched votes on Thursday, handing a victory to Republican Gov. Jan Brewer and a defeat to conservative lawmakers. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/14/republican-run-arizona-expands-medicaid-under-obamas-healthcare-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/14/sexual-assaults-in-the-military-porn-is-part-of-the-problem/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/14/sexual-assaults-in-the-military-porn-is-part-of-the-problem/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:04:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=166730 Public Discourse: If our military is to lower its rate of sex crimes, it must limit its members’ consumption of pornography and educate them about its risks. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/14/sexual-assaults-in-the-military-porn-is-part-of-the-problem/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/13/take-a-stand-against-more-nudity-and-profanity-on-network-televison-mo-fpc/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/13/take-a-stand-against-more-nudity-and-profanity-on-network-televison-mo-fpc/#comments Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:14:27 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=166686 Missouri Family Policy Council: Earlier this week we shared with you the new that the Federal Communications Commisson is considering relaxing indecency standards for broadcast television. These proposed changes would allow "isolated" episodes of nudity and obscene language to be included in network television programming, so long as they are not repetitive. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/13/take-a-stand-against-more-nudity-and-profanity-on-network-televison-mo-fpc/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/13/az-some-in-gop-join-democrats-to-advance-obamacare/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/13/az-some-in-gop-join-democrats-to-advance-obamacare/#comments Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:04:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=166675 AP: The Arizona Senate has passed an $8.8 billion state budget Thursday that includes the Medicaid expansion sought by Republican Gov. Jan Brewer as she embraces a signature part of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law over the opposition of most GOP legislators. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/13/az-some-in-gop-join-democrats-to-advance-obamacare/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/13/obamacare-congressional-aides-leaving-the-hill/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/13/obamacare-congressional-aides-leaving-the-hill/#comments Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:09:19 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=166557 Politico: Dozens of lawmakers and aides are so afraid that their health insurance premiums will skyrocket next year thanks to Obamacare that they are thinking about retiring early or just quitting. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/13/obamacare-congressional-aides-leaving-the-hill/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/11/fcc-proposes-plan-to-relax-television-indecency-standards/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/11/fcc-proposes-plan-to-relax-television-indecency-standards/#comments Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:47:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=166419 Missouri Family Policy Council: The FCC is considering a change in broadcast indecency policies that would permit "isolated" expletives and "isolated" nudity to be aired on network television broadcasts. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/11/fcc-proposes-plan-to-relax-television-indecency-standards/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/07/sc-rep-trey-gowdys-epic-takedown-of-irs-at-hearing/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/07/sc-rep-trey-gowdys-epic-takedown-of-irs-at-hearing/#comments Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:11:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=166109 Townhall carries the YouTube video. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/07/sc-rep-trey-gowdys-epic-takedown-of-irs-at-hearing/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/07/rasmussen-64-say-most-members-of-congress-dont-care-what-they-think/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/07/rasmussen-64-say-most-members-of-congress-dont-care-what-they-think/#comments Fri, 07 Jun 2013 15:35:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=166076 Rasmussen: A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 16% of Likely U.S. Voters believe most members of Congress care what their constituents think. Sixty-four percent (64%) feel they don’t care what their voters think ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/07/rasmussen-64-say-most-members-of-congress-dont-care-what-they-think/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/06/ri-senate-oks-expanded-dna-collection/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/06/ri-senate-oks-expanded-dna-collection/#comments Thu, 06 Jun 2013 22:20:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=166043 Boston Globe: The Rhode Island Senate has voted to require individuals arrested for a violent crime to submit a DNA sample. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/06/ri-senate-oks-expanded-dna-collection/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/06/senators-nsa-phone-sweeping-has-been-going-on-since-2007/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/06/senators-nsa-phone-sweeping-has-been-going-on-since-2007/#comments Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:47:31 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=165980 The Hill: The leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday said senators were informed of the administration’s sweeping surveillance practices, which they said have been going on since 2007. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/06/senators-nsa-phone-sweeping-has-been-going-on-since-2007/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/06/christie-expected-to-name-lautenberg-successor/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/06/christie-expected-to-name-lautenberg-successor/#comments Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:48:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=165957 AP: As candidates start lining up to run for the U.S. Senate seat that opened when Frank Lautenberg died Monday, Gov. Chris Christie appeared poised Thursday to name someone to fill the office temporarily. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/06/christie-expected-to-name-lautenberg-successor/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/06/obamacare-increases-taxes/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/06/obamacare-increases-taxes/#comments Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:31:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=165953 NCPA Policy Digest: The central provisions of the Affordable Care Act require younger and healthier Americans to buy insurance policies that will, in essence, subsidize the health care of older and sicker Americans. But one of ObamaCare's hidden taxes (a new limit on contributions to flexible spending accounts, or FSAs) will hit older and chronically ill individuals hardest, says Tom Miller, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/06/obamacare-increases-taxes/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/06/nsa-collecting-phone-records-of-all-verizon-customers/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/06/nsa-collecting-phone-records-of-all-verizon-customers/#comments Thu, 06 Jun 2013 07:12:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=165945 The Guardian: The order, a copy of which has been obtained by the Guardian, requires Verizon on an "ongoing, daily basis" to give the NSA information on all telephone calls in its systems, both within the US and between the US and other countries. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/06/nsa-collecting-phone-records-of-all-verizon-customers/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/05/anti-pornography-initiative-to-begin-national-push-at-sbc-named-join-one-million-men/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/05/anti-pornography-initiative-to-begin-national-push-at-sbc-named-join-one-million-men/#comments Wed, 05 Jun 2013 21:46:14 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=165922 Baptist Press: We're beginning a new sermon series that is scaring me to death," pastor Jay Dennis said on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008, from the pulpit of First Baptist Church at the Mall. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/05/anti-pornography-initiative-to-begin-national-push-at-sbc-named-join-one-million-men/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/05/google-bans-porn-on-google-glass-sorry-t-and-glass/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/05/google-bans-porn-on-google-glass-sorry-t-and-glass/#comments Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:02:03 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=165881 National Monitor: Glassware that violates the policy won’t be able to appear on Glass, according to a company spokesperson. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/05/google-bans-porn-on-google-glass-sorry-t-and-glass/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/04/republicans-fuming-over-chris-christies-senate-decision/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/04/republicans-fuming-over-chris-christies-senate-decision/#comments Tue, 04 Jun 2013 21:55:00 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=165733 National Journal: The New Jersey governor's decision to hold the Senate race in October 2013 means it will be difficult for the GOP to contest the seat. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/04/republicans-fuming-over-chris-christies-senate-decision/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/04/armey-on-christies-decision-debilitating-stupidity/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/04/armey-on-christies-decision-debilitating-stupidity/#comments Tue, 04 Jun 2013 21:45:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=165727 NRO: “This is what really rankles conservatives,” Armey said on CNN this afternoon. “I put it down as debilitating stupidity because the first rule of politics is ‘don’t lose the friends you already have for the friends you’re never going to get.’” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/04/armey-on-christies-decision-debilitating-stupidity/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/04/unlikely-coalition-of-liberals-and-conservatives-is-shifting-the-way-we-view-and-treat-people-who-sell-sex/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/04/unlikely-coalition-of-liberals-and-conservatives-is-shifting-the-way-we-view-and-treat-people-who-sell-sex/#comments Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:00:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=165688 Salon: And now, with eight states handing down felony charges for prostitution — where non-violent, mostly female prostitution offenders are serving in state prison – a battle to lessen criminal penalties has been joined by an unlikely ally. Conservative lawmakers, looking at price tags, are also receptive to changing the way we see – and treat– people working in prostitution. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/04/unlikely-coalition-of-liberals-and-conservatives-is-shifting-the-way-we-view-and-treat-people-who-sell-sex/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/04/christie-sets-special-election-for-lautenberg-replacement/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/04/christie-sets-special-election-for-lautenberg-replacement/#comments Tue, 04 Jun 2013 18:01:29 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=165665 Fox News: He set the primary for Aug. 13 and the general election for Oct. 16. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/04/christie-sets-special-election-for-lautenberg-replacement/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/04/social-security-faces-9-6t-in-unfunded-liabilities-83894-per-household/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/04/social-security-faces-9-6t-in-unfunded-liabilities-83894-per-household/#comments Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:03:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=165595 CNSNews: The Social Security program faces $9.6 trillion in unfunded liabilities over the next 75 years, which is up $1 trillion from last year’s projection of $8.6 trillion, according to the latest report from Social Security’s board of trustees. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/04/social-security-faces-9-6t-in-unfunded-liabilities-83894-per-household/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/04/obamacare-nullification-bill-on-sc-senate-agenda/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/04/obamacare-nullification-bill-on-sc-senate-agenda/#comments Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:00:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=165592 The State: South Carolina this week could become the first state in the country to restrict the enactment of Obamacare since the U.S. Supreme Court upheld that law last year. A proposed bill, on special order in the state Senate, would allow the state attorney general to take businesses, including health insurers, to court if he “has reasonable cause to believe” they are harming people by implementing the law. The bill already has passed the House. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/04/obamacare-nullification-bill-on-sc-senate-agenda/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/04/ted-cruz-abolish-the-irs/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/04/ted-cruz-abolish-the-irs/#comments Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:42:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=165581 Washington Post: Hours before the House Appropriations Committee held a hearing on political targeting at the Internal Revenue Service, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) had a simple solution to the agency’s problems — get rid of it altogether. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/04/ted-cruz-abolish-the-irs/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/04/press-shakedown-labor-dept-wanted-1m-from-ap/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/04/press-shakedown-labor-dept-wanted-1m-from-ap/#comments Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:37:29 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=165579 AP: In the latest blow to the Obama administration’s claim to be the “openness administration,” word emerged today that the Department of Labor sought to charge a news organization more than $1 million for information. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/04/press-shakedown-labor-dept-wanted-1m-from-ap/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/04/sen-ted-cruz-scalia-is-right-key-step-toward-dna-database-is-alarming/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/04/sen-ted-cruz-scalia-is-right-key-step-toward-dna-database-is-alarming/#comments Tue, 04 Jun 2013 09:14:07 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=165628 here. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/04/sen-ted-cruz-scalia-is-right-key-step-toward-dna-database-is-alarming/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/03/irs-cheapest-obamacare-plan-will-be-20000-per-family-2/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/03/irs-cheapest-obamacare-plan-will-be-20000-per-family-2/#comments Mon, 03 Jun 2013 18:34:41 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=165529 CNSNews: In a final regulation issued Wednesday, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) assumed that under Obamacare the cheapest health insurance plan available in 2016 for a family will cost $20,000 for the year. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/03/irs-cheapest-obamacare-plan-will-be-20000-per-family-2/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/03/two-thirds-of-americans-dont-know-if-they-will-insure-under-obamacare/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/03/two-thirds-of-americans-dont-know-if-they-will-insure-under-obamacare/#comments Mon, 03 Jun 2013 18:33:38 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=165527 CNBC: Nearly two-thirds of Americans who currently lack health insurance don't know yet if they will purchase that coverage by the Jan. 1 deadline set by the ACA, a new survey revealed Monday. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/03/two-thirds-of-americans-dont-know-if-they-will-insure-under-obamacare/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/03/hhs-plows-through-obamacares-slush/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/03/hhs-plows-through-obamacares-slush/#comments Mon, 03 Jun 2013 18:16:14 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=165519  FRC Washington Update: The Brookings Institution's Stuart Taylor turned up the heat on Sebelius this week by exposing where some of the so-called "Prevention and Public Health Fund" is going. According toTaylor, Health and Human Services is dipping into this $12.5 billion pool for everything from massage therapists to politically-motivated groups. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/03/hhs-plows-through-obamacares-slush/feed/ 0