The Newsroom – Kenneth Feinberg, the independent paymaster chosen by President Barack Obama to administer damage claims from the Gulf oil spill, will drop the contractor that BP has been using to manage the claims process and hire two new companies to replace it.

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Incoming czar of spill claims will drop BP’s contractor
(The Newsroom)

Hmmmm . Republican former wrestling executive Linda McMahon trails Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, the Democrat, 50 – 40 percent in the U.S. Senate race, according to a Quinnipiac University poll of registered voters released today. That's down from a 54 – 37 percent Blumenthal lead July 16.

Hmmmm . Republican former wrestling executive Linda McMahon trails Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, the Democrat, 50 – 40 percent in the U.S. Senate race, according to a Quinnipiac University poll of registered voters released today. That's down from a 54 – 37 percent Blumenthal lead July 16.

It is painfully clear from this latest clip of California Democrat Rep. Pete Stark at last weekend’s town hall that he has no idea what the hell E-Verify — the federal employer citizenship verification program — is. Nor does he seem to care what it is, as he smirks at his informed constituents and asserts that denying jobs to illegal aliens could be “unconstitutional.” The endless Pete Stark Raving Mad video marathon continues: (Via Steve Kemp/Golden Gate Minutemen.) *** California, please change the channel and turn off the Stark horror show. Chris Pareja is the independent Tea Party candidate running against Stark. He’s a father and small business owner with solid grass-roots support and a limited-government agenda. Learn more about him here and help out his campaign.

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Pete Stark Raving Mad: Denying illegal aliens jobs could be “unconstitutional”

Summer of Recovery! The U.S. remains in a recession, 79 percent of voters tell the independent Quinnipiac University poll, compared to 74 percent who felt that way in May and 71 percent who said so in May of 2008, when the economy began its slide. American voters say 52 – 44 percent the economy is not beginning to recover.