Happy Holidays! Here are thousands of Jeb Bush's emails!
On Wednesday, the Washington Post published a story based on thousands of emails from Jeb Bush's time as governor of Florida, noting that Jeb plans to release the trove in a database at some point in the new year. But it's the holiday season, and nobody likes waiting for presents, so we're going ahead and sharing them widely for him. All of Bush's publicly available emails, obtained via public records request by American Bridge from the Florida Department of State, are now available here. Happy holidays, and rest assured, this is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to scrutinizing Jeb's record.
Walker's DOT spends taxpayer dollars on Flintstone-era training video
Governor Scott Walker's got a joke for Wisconsin taxpayers. A bunch of actors in "Flinstones" cars walk into a roundabout, and.... Wait, never mind. That's the punchline. According to the Wisconsin Reporter, Walker's Department of Transportation spent $30,000 in 2013 on a new instructional video for navigating traffic roundabouts. In making the $30,000 video, WisDOT opted for a throw back to a fictional Stone Age and have actors walk around wearing cardboard car cutouts while the narrator describes proper roundabout protocol. That's right, a driver training video that uses the same technology as Fred Flintstone did for his commute to work on a dinosaur crane. It's a farce you have to see to believe.
What "War on Women"?
The one where Republicans not only don't trust women to make their own health care decisions, they feel a need to legislate that only what they view as "legitimate rape" entitles a woman to receive health care services. That war on women, folks. Republicans may talk about their rebrand, claim their 2014 victories show their problems with women have evaporated, but don't listen to the spin. Nothing has changed in the two years since failed Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin made his infamous comment about "legitimate rape." Case in point? A Missouri legislator named Rick Brattin who has proposed a bill that would, as reported by Mother Jones, "force a woman who wants an abortion to obtain written permission from the father first—unless she was the victim of 'legitimate rape.'"
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On Tuesday, Jeb Bush officially threw the first hat in what's soon to be a very crowded ring, announcing his…
Feel Free To Actively Explore Our Initial Jeb Bush Research
This morning, Jeb Bush announced in a facebook post that he's "actively exploring" running for president. The announcement is hardly a surprise and will no doubt satiate GOP voters' burning desire for another establishment Republican millionaire with a tangled web of problematic financial ventures. For starters, feel free to familiarize yourself with American Bridge's Jeb Bush chapter from our 2016 Scouting Report here or below. And rest assured, this is the tip of the iceberg. If Jeb Bush wants to be scrutinized under the microscope of the presidential vetting process, that's his prerogative, but he does so at the peril of his reputation. Let's just say, it's going to be an interesting two years. We agree with Jeb -- onward!
Under Scott Walker, Wisconsin Taxpayers Footing The Bill For Private Company's Mine Review
Scott Walker has spent his political career ostensibly crusading for taxpayers (mostly wealthy ones) and lamenting the persistence of government waste. In fact, Walker overhauled the Wisconsin budget to give massive tax cuts to the rich at the expense of education funding -- an overhaul that has led to huge budget shortfalls. But when it comes to facilitating a controversial iron mining project -- one that happens to benefit a company that gave massive donations to help Walker and other Republicans during their 2012 recall elections -- suddenly Walker's concern for Wisconsin taxpayers vanishes. The mining company behind the project, Gogebic Taconite, contributed $700,000 to Wisconsin Club For Growth in 2011 and 2012, who spent heavily to save Walker and GOPers in the state legislature. Gogebic used their influence to help craft the legislation that would loosen the state's environmental standards and allow them to move forward on their $1.5 billion endeavor.
American Bridge Kicks Off the 2016 Presidential Campaign with New Book: 2016 Scouting Report – American Bridge’s Media Guide To The Republican Presidential Field
Democratic Opposition Research Playbook Will Be Shared with Allies, Press and the Public and Represents the Most Comprehensive Early Look…
Stonewalled
Since Chris Christie's Bridgegate scandal first broke, threatening his 2016 ambitions, he has been desperately trying to sweep it under…
BREAKING: Christie Aide Deleted Texts To Governor, Lied About It In Testimony
In July, one of Chris Christie's top aides, Regina Egea, was called to testify before the legislature's Bridgegate committee. At…
VIDEO: The New Voice Of The GOP On Immigration
If you believed that Republicans controlling both houses of Congress meant that they would make efforts to work with President Obama and prove they could govern, I've got a bridge to sell you (but I'm going to need to see your papers first). Nearly a year and a half ago, the Senate passed a balanced, bipartisan bill to fix our broken immigration system. All the Republican House "Leadership" had to do was put it up for a vote. But they've proven that that's never going to happen, so President Obama used executive action to make progress. So how would House Republicans respond? Did they finally pass their own comprehensive immigration reform bill? Of course not. Wednesday, they handed the microphone to de-facto Speaker Ted Cruz, Steve King, Michele Bachmann and friends, and yesterday, they voted to rebuke the President's actions and call for more deportations. Some things never change.