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Mike Stark: Deriliction of Representation. Unreal Video.
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Anyway, I tell that story because it encapsulates the idea behind my latest project, StarkReports.com. Back then I had just begun law school. I graduated last May and decided that before I start a career writing briefs and motions, I want to give reporting a try. If the media won't serve me, I'll be the media. ...

Steve King’s response to question on uninsured Americans: People ‘want freedom’
Iowa Independent — Blogger Mike Stark, who has been asking congressional leaders who oppose health care reform on camera about the specific demographics of their own districts, caught up with U.S. Rep. Steve King, the Republican who represents Iowa’s 5th Congressional District. When asked if how many people residing in his district were uninsured, King responded that the people of the 5th district “want freedom.” An August 2009 study by the Economic Research Service Division of the U.S. ...

Mike Stark: Senator Vitter on Video: I Don't Know if Loving Was Correctly Decided
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — Vitter graduated Tulane Law School in 1988. Loving v. Virginia, decided in 1967, was a unanimous Supreme Court decision that declared state anti-miscegenation (interracial marriage) laws unconstitutional. It is one of the bedrock civil rights cases, right up there with Brown. It is simply not credible for any lawyer to claim ignorance when asked about Loving. Anyway, this question did not come out of the blue. Several weeks ago, I invited Senator Vitter to condemn the racist Lousiana judge that refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple. Vitter passed, ...