About: Kurt Hyde
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Author of TSA Anti-groping Bill Running for Speaker of the House in Texas
The Texas state representative who authored a bill that would have, if it had passed, criminalized TSA pat-downs without probable cause in Texas is running for the powerful speaker...
Allen West Concedes Defeat Despite Options Still Available
The Allen West for Congress campaign issued a press release on Nov 20 conceding defeat, but not all of West’s supporters are in agreement with his legal team that...
Ohio Starts Counting Absentee and Provisional Ballots — But Where, When, and Who’s Counting?
Election officials in Ohio were scheduled to begin counting absentee ballots and provisional ballots on Saturday, November 17, 2012, but they haven't been forthcoming about when or where the...
Allen West Files Complaint, Asks for Court-ordered Recount
The Allen West for Congress campaign reported it has filed a complaint in circuit court in Saint Lucie County, Florida, seeking a preliminary injunction ordering a recount of all...
Are Military Voters Being Suppressed?
Numerous news sources are reporting reduced requests for absentee ballots by military personnel and their families this year compared to 2008. A Human Events article dated September 27 noted...
Delegates Aboard GOP’s “Wayward Bus” Speak Out About Their Undue Delay at the RNC
Delegates Andrew McNulty and Richard Ford, who were aboard the GOP’s "Wayward Bus," speak out about their undue delay at the Republican National Convention in Tampa last week. ...
Internet Regulation Still a Threat in the 112th Congress
Freedom advocates breathed sigh of relief when a coalition of Senate Republicans and a few Democrats opposed the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 (S. 3414). Unfortunately, the recent setback of...
Country Music Singer Kitty Wells Dies July 16
Kitty Wells, the country music singer whose hits included “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels” and “Making Believe,” died July 16. Her family members announced she died...
Voter Registration Clean-Up in Florida — Removing Deceased Voters and Illegal Immigrants
The names of about 52,000 deceased voters have been removed from Florida’s voter registration rolls. More voter registrations, possibly as many as 180,000 non-citizens, may follow as the State...
Is America Vulnerable to an E-Attack?
Frequently, the most important news items are not those that make the front page, but rather those details that are, when reported at all, relegated to the back pages....
Hidden Camera Reveals How Easy It Is for Phantom Voters to Vote
James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas sent investigative reporters to the polls during the New Hampshire presidential primary on January 10. The goal was to show how easy it was for...
New Hampshire Primary Begins Iowas Vote Count From Last Week Still Not Certified
As New Hampshire voters go to the polls in the nation’s first presidential primary of 2012, the results of last week’s Iowa caucuses have still not yet been certified....
Is the Cure for Disruption Threat at Iowa Caucuses Worse than the Threat?
An online article by the Associated Press reported on December 19 that the Iowa Republican Party is taking seriously the threat of disrupting the Iowa Caucuses. The article went...
Lame-duck Daffiness Blame the Senate Republicans for Letting It Happen
The 111th Congress may do more damage to the American Republic in its lame-duck session than it did during the first 22 months of its ignominious existence. The huge...
Alaska Senate Contest Goes to Alaska Supreme Court
The results of this year's election for U.S. Senator in Alaska are now being argued in the Alaska Supreme Court. The legal battle for this Senate seat began in...