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Inquisition: The top law enforcement officers in 16 states have formed a coalition to investigate and prosecute companies that don’t agree with them on climate change. In other words, those not practicing orthodoxy will be punished.

Get ready: Obama may have chalked up another PolitiFact "Lie of the Year" award. President Obama claimed that contrary to the widely-held perception that he's a "big government, crazy liberal," he actually welcomed regulatory reform in his administration. At a National Governors Association luncheon Monday, the president asked the gathering to send him their lists of the "most illogical and frustrating" regulations enacted under his term in office. "I don't believe in regulations for regulations sake," he told the governors. "[The idea that] somehow that I get a kick out of big government, is simply not the case." "It's not...

Obama administration officials tried to reassure dozens of wary governors in a closed-door meeting that President Obama's proposal to relocate Middle Eastern refugees in their states is safe, two governors said Monday. The briefing by senior administration officials last weekend was an effort to "find solutions to some misunderstandings and apprehensions that are out there," said Gov. Gary Herbert, Utah Republican and chairman of the National Governors Association. Asked whether the meeting eased states' concerns about accepting refugees from crisis areas such as Syria and Iraq, Mr. Herbert replied, "We still have work to do." After Mr. Obama announced his...

At a dinner with the nation's governors, President Barack Obama says he's not naive in believing politics can be a noble endeavor. [...] Obama recounted how President Lyndon B. Johnson told a gathering of governors three days after John F. Kennedy's death that a government of checks and balances will only work when people are willing to work together for the common good. ...

President Barack Obama met Friday with a handful of newly elected governors from across the country, including the Texas Republican who has led efforts to sue the president over his immigration executive orders. Texas Gov.-elect Greg Abbott said the lawsuit did not come up in his conversations with the president. […] Obama said much of the agenda for Friday’s meeting focused on the economy and ways states and the federal government can work together to promote growth. “The good news about governors is they usually don’t have time to be ideological because people expect them to deliver,” Obama said. …

[In light of obama's threats to the governors, many have asked if the Several States have their own military forces, not subject to federalization. Here's the list with links to each.] The following is a list of the nation's twenty-three active state defense forces.  AlabamaAlabama State Defense Force   AlaskaAlaska State Defense Force   CaliforniaCalifornia State Military Reserve   ConnecticutConnecticut - Governor's Foot and Horse Guard Units   GeorgiaGeorgia State Defense Force   IndianaIndiana Guard Reserve   LouisianaLouisiana State Guard (Louisiana State Military Department)   MarylandMaryland State Defense Force   MassachusettsMassachusetts State Defense Force   MichiganMichigan Volunteer Defense Force   MississippiMississippi State Guard   New JerseyNew Jersey Naval...

Republican governors are accusing President Barack Obama of making politically motivated cuts to their states’ National Guard funding. Speaking to reporters after a meeting between the President and the National Governors Association, the GOP governors said they were deeply troubled by Obama’s tone when asked about planned cuts to the National Guard. South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley said Obama became ”aggressive” and that his tone “chilled the room quite a bit.” “He basically said, ‘Many people in this room have asked for cuts, and now you getting ’em,’” Haley said at a news conference across from the White House at...

February 24, 2014 Texas Gov. Rick Perry: The Tone From This President Is Troubling TRANSCRIPT-provided by YouTube I don't mind telling you I was a bit troubled today by the tone of the president. When you have governors - and we all compete against each other. We are the laboratories of innovation and for the President the United States to look Democrat and Republican governors in the eye and to say "I do not trust you to make decisions in your state about issues of education, about transportation infrastructure..." That is really troubling, particularly when you're seeing states be what...

Rick Perry admitted at the RGA today that he was very troubled by Obama’s tone today addressing the National Governors Association: I don’t mind telling you I was a bit troubled today by the tone of the president. …For the president of the United States to look Democrat and Republican governors in the eye and to say ‘I do not trust you to make decisions in your state about issues of education, about transportation infrastructure…’ – that is really troubling. Perry went on to say that Obama was going to hollow out the National Guard and warned the state governors...

The nation’s governors emerged from a meeting with President Barack Obama Monday claiming harmony, only to immediately break into an on-camera partisan feud in front of the West Wing. Louisiana Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal lashed out first, saying if Obama were serious about growing the economy he would approve the Keystone XL pipeline project and take other executive actions. […] Jindal’s statements were the kind that Republicans often make on television appearances or at partisan events. But his colleagues had been instead expressing wide agreement and appreciation for the president’s time. Some of the governors began shaking their heads, and...