JURY STILL DEADLOCKED ON WHETHER CONVICTED MURDERER JODI ARIAS SHOULD GET THE DEATH PENALTY, PROMPTING A RETRIAL *

THE JUDGE SCHEDULED THE RETRIAL FOR JULY 18 IN THE SENTENCING PHASE OF THE 32-YR-OLD'S TRIAL *

ARIAS WAS FOUND GUILTY OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER IN THE 2008 DEATH OF HER EX-BOYFRIEND *

REP JO BONNER (R-AL) IS RESIGNING FROM CONGRESS TO TAKE A JOB WITH THE UNIV OF ALABAMA *

BONNER IS SIX-TERM MEMBER OF THE HOUSE AND A MEMBER OF THE APPROPRIATIONS CMTE *

HE REPRESENTS A SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE STATE THAT INCLUDES MOBILE *

5.7 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE STRIKES NEAR CANYONDAM, CA *

THE AREA IS SURROUNDED BY VAST PARK SPACE, AND THE NEAREST MAJOR CITIES ARE RENO AND CARSON CITY, NV *

THERE ARE NO REPORTS OF INJURIES OR DAMAGE *

BRIDGE COLLAPSE IN NW WASHINGTON SENDS VEHICLES AND PEOPLE INTO THE WATER *

THE FOUR LANE I-5 BRIDGE OVER THE SKAGIT RIVER AT MOUNT VERNON REPORTEDLY CRUMBLED AROUND 7 PM *

WA STATE AUTHORITIES SAY THERE ARE NO FATALITIES *

DEADLY PARKING GARAGE COLLAPSE AT MALL OUTSIDE D.C. *

ONE CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED, ANOTHER SERIOUSLY INJURED *

THE SURVIVING WORKER WAS TRAPPED FOR NEARLY FOUR HOURS BENEATH A 40-FOOT SECTION OF CONCRETE *

NO WORD ON WHAT CAUSED THE COLLAPSE *

TWO MORE ARRESTS IN CONNECTION WITH HACKING DEATH OF BRITISH SOLDIER *

COUNTERTERRORISM OFFICERS TAKING INTO CUSTODY A MAN AND A WOMAN, BOTH 29-YRS-OLD, ON SUSPICION OF CONSPIRACY TO MURDER *

MEANWHILE, THE TWO MEN WHO WERE SHOT AND ARRESTED AT THE SCENE REMAIN HOSPITALIZED IN STABLE CONDITION *

THEY'RE BELIEVED TO HAVE HACKED A BRITISH SOLDIER TO DEATH ON A SOUTH LONDON STREET WHILE SHOUTING JIHADIST RHETORIC *

THE MURDERED SOLDIER HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 25-YR-OLD LEE RIGBY *

BRITAIN'S MILITARY SAYS RIGBY WAS A POPULAR DRUMMER AND MACHINE GUNNER, AS WELL AS THE FATHER OF A 2-YR-OLD BOY *

PRES OBAMA TO TOUR JERSEY SHORE WITH GOV CHRIS CHRISTIE (R) NEXT WK *

THE TRIP WILL HIGHLIGHT THE STATE'S ONGOING RECOVERY FROM SUPERSTORM SANDY *

THE FED GOVT HAS SPENT $1.3 BIL TO HELP FAMILIES HIT HARD BY THE STORM *

OKLAHOMA CITY POLICE CORRECT TORNADO DAMAGE ESTIMATE TO 12,000 HOMES *

A POLICE SPOX MISSPOKE THURS WHEN HE SAID 1,200 HOMES WERE HIT BY MONDAY'S STORM *

TOTAL DAMAGE FROM THE MASSIVE TORNADO MAY TOP $2 BIL DOLLARS *

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES GETTING AN UNPAID DAY OFF FRI *

THE IRS AND EPA ARE AMONG THE AGENCIES SHUTTING THEIR DOORS *

THE FURLOUGHS ARE PART OF AN EFFORT TO MEET SEQUESTER SPENDING CUTS *

POWERFUL 8.2 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HITS RUSSIA'S FAR EAST *

THE QUAKE'S EPICENTER WAS LOCATED EAST OF THE RUSSIAN COAST AND NORTH OF JAPAN *

THE SHAKING WAS FELT 4,400 MILES AWAY IN MOSCOW *

THE LAST RECORDED TREMOR IN THE RUSSIAN CAPITAL WAS IN 1977 *

BRITAIN BRACING FOR POSSIBLE COPYCAT TERROR ATTACKS *

SOME 1,200 POLICE HAVE BEEN ADDED TO POTENTIAL TROUBLE SPOTS *

ANALYSTS SAY THERE'S BEEN AN INCREASE IN CHATTER ON EXTREMIST SITES SINCE WEDNESDAY'S BRUTAL KILLING OF A BRITISH SOLDIER *

HOWEVER, A GOVT OFFICIAL SAYS NO SPECIFIC OR CREDIBLE THREATS HAVE BEEN DETECTED *

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Really…did he have to do this? DCCC Communications Director Jesse Ferguson should be ashamed — there was no reason to put out this press release unless you wanted to make sure that noone would sit down and try to work our political differences and work on solutions to real problems

If you want to know what is wrong with Washington, the press release (below) by DCCC Communications Director Jesse Ferguson will give you a good idea.   He didn’t need to release this.  He did it to ‘pick a fight’ and insult.    He could have (and should have) just remained silent and hoped politicians would ‘bury the hatchet’ and perhaps begin talking to each other.

This unnecessary press release is not a good way to start the new Congress and to persuade the two political parties to sit down and talk about the issues that impact every American.

The parties will never totally agree with each other — but drawing the line in the sand with insults on day 1 is a sure way to make certain no one ever sits down with good heart, and good mind to try and figure out how to solve problems.

Of course it is not the worst thing I ever read by someone in politics — but I post it to show you the juvenile approach that is so painfully present on Capitol Hill…and has started already, even before the Congress news session starts in January.  At a time when we need to work together, we don’t need the gratuitous insults.

Do you agree or not?

PS – This press release is not good communications work but perhaps he think he is a fundraiser and wants to demonize his political opponents to fire up contributions.

Statement on House Republicans Re-electing Same Failed Tea Party Leadership

DCCC Communications Director Jesse Ferguson released the following statement after House Republicans elected Speaker John Boehner and Republican Leader Eric Cantor.

 “House Republicans chose to ignore voters who ousted Tea Party Republican incumbents and forget they’ve driven Congress to record-low approval ratings when they re-elected the same failed Tea Party Republican Leadership. With record-low approval and after voter rejection at the polls, House Republicans just doubled down on more of the same priorities that protect millionaires at the expense of the middle class.”

 

 

 

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For Immediate Release, November 14, 2012









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