BLOG.SFGATE.COM 2 Hours Ago Ron Conway pledges to oust senators who rejected background checks by James Temple Legendary tech investor and political mover Ron Conway has a stern warning for the 54 senators who rejected an amendment to expand background checks on firearms sales on Wednesday, a vote that flew in the face of public opinion. “We will employ the most sophisticated social media campaign ever built to remove these people from office,” he said in an interview with The Chronicle. “Mark my words,” he said. “It is shameful and the United States of America should be embarrassed by its Senate.” Known as the godfather of Silicon Valley, Conway is a longtime angel investor who has plugged money into Google, Twitter, Square and countless other well-known companies. Increasingly, however, he has also been flexing political power in San Francisco and elsewhere. He was a mover in the industry’s campaign to kill the much despised Stop Online Piracy Act in late 2011, considered ...

 HOTAIR.COM 4 Hours Ago Boom: First union officially calls for the repeal of ObamaCare by  Erika Johnsen posted at 6:41 pm on April 17, 2013 by Erika Johnsen Labor unions largely came out swinging in favor of ObamaCare's passage in 2010, but many have been  growing increasingly wary  of  ObamaCare's incoming provisions , fearing that the law's requirements will raise the costs of health plans for unions members and make them less competitive compared to non-unionized workers. On Tuesday, one such labor union that initially backed the health care overhaul became the first union  to officially revoke their support for the law.  Ouch . Our Union and its members have supported President Obama and his Administration for both of his terms in office. But regrettably, our concerns over certain provisions in the ACA have not been addressed, or in some instances, totally ignored. In the rush to achieve its passage, many of the Act's provisions were not...

 THEBLAZE.COM 4 Hours Ago Fired-Up GOP Rep. Trey Gowdy Takes Apart Argument That Voter ID Laws Are Racist During House Hearing by  Jason Howerton Known for his fiery tirades on the House floor, Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) on Tuesday blasted the Justice Department's assertion that  voter ID laws are discriminatory to minorities . Using South Carolina's voter ID law as an example, Gowdy dismantled the race-based argument against such legislation in about 5 minutes. "South Carolina passed a voter ID law in 2011…and in 2011 one-third of South Carolina's congressional delegation was African-American," Gowdy said. "I may be mistaken, I suspect that South Carolina's percentage of African-American members of Congress may have been the highest in the country in 2011." House Judiciary Committee member Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., gives his opening remarks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, during the committee's hearing on Am...