No Labels Announces Reform Legislation

The nonpartisan group No Labels held a press conference today that announced, via a QR code, a new package of government reform bills. Nine new pieces of legislation aim to combat government waste and fix the budget process. This includes No Labels’s signature reform, No Budget No Pay. TKNN’s Chief […]


Tom Perez Passes Cloture

As part of a bipartisan deal to prevent the nuclear option on filibusters, Republicans agreed to let a vote on several of the President’s nominees. One of those nominees was Thomas Perez, a Justice Department Assistant Attorney General who was nominated to be the next Secretary of Labor. However, the […]


BRK: Lynne Cheney to Run for Senate

Liz Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, has announced she is going to run against Sen. Mike Enzi (R) in the Republican primary in 2014. She announced her decision in a YouTube video. In that video she said, “Instead of cutting deals with the president’s liberal allies, […]


Statement by the President on Zimmerman Acquittal

From the White House: The death of Trayvon Martin was a tragedy.  Not just for his family, or for any one community, but for America.  I know this case has elicited strong passions.  And in the wake of the verdict, I know those passions may be running even higher.  But […]


BRK: Brian Schweitzer Not Running for Senate

Former Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer has announced he will not be running for the Senate in Montana. The Democrat was seen as the party’s best hope to keep the seat of the retiring Sen. Max Baucus. Several progressive groups, such as the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, worked to try to […]