Reviewers seem to agree that the best part of this virtual convention so far was Tuesday night’s Roll Call, in which each state cast its votes for the Presidential contenders from within the state’s borders. Heretofore each state’s delegates would be called upon from their location on the floor of the hall in which the …
Here in one small space is enumerated every reason why the Democrats cannot give in to Trump and his demand for border wall funding.
The Republicans are worried about the November elections, and they’ve got good reason. They’ve ginned up talking points about the horror show which might occur if Democrats win the House and begin doing real oversight of the Trump Administration. Axios obtained a copy of them. It’s interesting that the GOP didn’t do any original work …
As bad as we thought he might be, he’s becoming infinitely worse. So writes Eugene Robinson in the Washington Post, and it’s impossible to disagree. What’s really terrifying is that the Republicans in Congress are mostly quiescent. They’re either afraid of Trump’s 35%-of-voters base or they really don’t give a damn about what Tillerson’s done …
The Boston Globe’s columnist Michael A. Cohen has compiled a list of some of the more egregious instances of corruption in the Trump Cabinet. It’s got the highlights, from the first-class plane tickets to the dining room set to the excessive use of security details. It’s instructive to see them all laid out in one …
The Democrats won all the statewide races in Virginia on Tuesday, from Governor to Lieutenant Governor to Attorney General. That in itself is pretty impressive, but here’s what’s downright astonishing: the party may very well take control of the Virginia House of Delegates. That’s the lower house of the legislature, the one in which Republicans …
Why am I not witty enough fast enough to think of these pithy remarks? Let's not equate left and right wing rage. Right-wing rage gave us the KKK, left-wing rage gave us the weekend. — francesca fiorentini (@franifio) June 15, 2017
Bernie Sanders continues to cater to and hunt for the white working class, particularly the male part of it. He apparently concluded that Democrats should do that based on the statistics collected about Trump voters in the last election. Many of those voters were members of that class, no question. But should the Democrats sell …
I know the authors of these “Democrats, play nice” articles mean well, but none of them seem to recognize what the Republicans are doing. Republicans in this century have thrown the idea of comity to the winds; it’s absolute political power they want. Here’s an example of one of these articles. It advises the Senate …
Democrats in the House and Senate, I expect you to obstruct just as much as the Republicans have since 2008. Even if some legislation looks good on the surface, assume it has a consequence you don’t expect and obstruct it. Turnabout is fair play. Use holds for all they’re worth; Republican Senators surely did last …