Several sources have called in to elaborate on today’s scoop by POLITICO’s Maggie Haberman about Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s attempt to dump four of the state’s top labor leaders off the DNC at-large delegate list. According to these sources, the leaders – DC 37 Executive Director Lillian Roberts, PEF President Ken Brynien, CSEA President/state AFL-CIO vice president Danny Donohue, and NYSUT President Richard Ianuzzi – were notified 48 hours ago that they had been unceremoniously removed as delegates and could only be reinstated if they reached out to the Cuomo administration to request that be done. Several leaders did so, and were subsequently restored. But Iannuzzi, who is now back on the list, was put there despite the fact that he placed no call to Cuomo, ... Continue reading →

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo had tried to keep the heads of four major New York state public sector unions off the list of Democratic National Committee at-large delegates, finally agreeing to add three of them late last night after a string of negotiations, multiple sources told POLITICO. A top Cuomo aide insisted that the issue was the number of available slots, adding that there are set quotas allowed by national Democrats in terms of how many people from specific political groups can make it on. Cuomo ultimately picks the at-large delegates who will attend the North Carolina convention this summer. Another source insisted Cuomo never tried to block anyone. "Everyone wants to be on and there are only so many slots," the aide said. ... Continue reading →

From the frontiers of pistols and publicity, Tucker Carlson's conservative website The Daily Caller has announced that it is giving away one Bill of Rights-engraved gun each week between now and election day: The FMK9C1 is an American-made high capacity 9mm designed by Jim Pontillo and manufactured in California. Each gun is engraved with the Bill of Rights and comes in one of three colors. To enter this week’s contest, simply sign up below to receive updates from The Daily Caller. Our DC Morning emails are an informative and amusing way to keep up with the latest news. Needless to say, the left is up in arms. But this doesn't fall afoul of the law, so it's all fun and games. Until someone gets hurt. Continue reading →

May 24, 2012, 1:25 pmBlacks and Marriage Equality: An Update By FRANK BRUNIThere has been a great deal of attention over recent years to black Americans’ attitudes about homosexuality and to their feelings about same-sex marriage in particular. This was a big part of the coverage of Proposition 8’s fate in California, and it has been an equally big part of the story of Maryland’s movement toward marriage equality.I wrote a column on the topic last fall.In light of that, I thought I should provide this update, suggestive of a significant shift among black Americans.Public Policy Polling just today released these results from Maryland, whose governor has signed marriage-equality legislation, but whose voters could overturn that in a referendum later this year:A new Public Policy ... Continue reading →