Yes, everyone has the right to swing their fist; but no one has the right to swing their fist at my nose. The previous statement is a reworking of the old saw—your rights end at the tip of my nose, but vaccinated Americans need to reiterate their rights to life...
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Voter rights legislation is winding its way through Congress with the foregone conclusion that Senate Republicans will scuttle it. Equitable voting rights legislation for blacks in America has been a 400-year exercise in hypocrisy. One man, one vote has been turned on its head so often, Ringling Bros. should have...
http://www.cnn.com/… Disgust with Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the election and GOP leadership’s acquiescence in damaging American democracy has led to one member saying, “Enough”. Paul Mitchell of Michigan, a retiring member of the US House, has resigned from the Republican Party. In an exclusive interview, Rep. Paul Mitchell, Republican of Michigan,...
poll.qu.edu/… Quinnipiac has polls for three high profile US Senate races. Two Republicans are in big trouble. New Quinnipiac polls of several interesting U.S. Senate races: Maine: Sarah Gideon (D) 54%, Susan Collins (R) 42% South Carolina: Lindsey Graham (R) 48%, Jaime Harrison (D) 48% Kentucky: Mitch McConnell (R) 53%, Amy McGrath...
Here’s some encouraging news courtesy of CNN political analyst, Harry Enten: Poll of the week: A new national Fox News poll finds former Vice President Joe Biden with a 48% to 40% lead over President Donald Trump. The average of all polls taken at least partially this week have Biden up by a 48% to...
Some very encouraging news today courtesy of Monmouth University’s latest poll: NATIONAL POLL: #2020GeneralElection matchup for president:50% @JoeBiden (48% in April)41% @realDonaldTrump (44%) Three-way contest:47% Biden 40% Trump 5% @JustinAmashhttps://t.co/JBueEvts0K — MonmouthPoll (@MonmouthPoll) May 6, 2020 Recent headlines may have dented Joe Biden’s favorability rating ever so slightly but he...
Rep. Justin Amash — the former Republican who, by dint of the gram of integrity he has, was compelled to leave the party in July — has called out Donald Trump over, well, this egregious shite pile of a policy: x He sells troops. âÂÂWe have a very good relationship with...
There is a lot to this story but it boils down to one thing, disrespect and unpatriotic. The legs were returned…unadjusted and unuseable. I know and many vets know there are hoops to jump through but many get tired of waiting for permission to do things like walk without...
The political press corps may have hit peak impeachment failure on Sunday when Meet the Press host Chuck Todd introduced a segment in which voters from a toss-up district in Michigan were interviewed about the House proceedings against Donald Trump. Touted as a way to take the temperature of everyday...
insideelections.com/… The nonpartisan site Inside Elections has made 12 changes in its ratings for 2020 US House elections, all but one in favor of Democrats. Most of the districts are in the Midwest, two in Iowa, two in Illinois, and three in Minnesota. The Midwest has most of the swing...
The count rose steadily since 5pm yesterday and here’s where support for the impeachment inquiry is at this moment. There are 235 Democrats in the House, and as of Tuesday night, 202 of them are backing the inquiry, including 22 members of the Judiciary Committee, The New York Times reports. They are joined...
The first member of the GOP to support the impeachment inquiry (and stay in the party) brings defections to a total of two including Justin Amash of Michigan, now an Independent. x The first Republican House member has announced support for the impeachment inquiry against President Trump: Representative Mark Amodei of...
thenevadaindependent.com/… Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV) told the Nevada Independent that he supports the House’s inquiry into whether President Trump should be impeached, but is withholding judgment on whether Trump has crossed the legal line… The Nevada Republican dismissed the notion, raised by Trump, that the issue was raised by political...
I think Josh Marshall has a better grasp of the future of John Bolton than does Andrea Mitchell. TPM The word is that John Bolton is not going quietly after President Trump’s ostentatious slam-dunking of him on Twitter. Maybe he won’t. But there’s a part of this equation I doubt we’ll see...
politicalwire.com Republican Mike Conaway of Texas’ 11th congressional district has reportedly decided he will not run for re-election in 2020 expanding the retirement trend to 5 Republican members of the US House in the last couple of weeks. The 11th district in west Texas has a Cook PVI of R+32...
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/… Yesterday, Republican Congressman Pete Olson (TX CD-22) announced his retirement to spend more time with his family and today it is Republican Congresswoman Martha Roby (AL CD-2) who announced she will not run for re-election in 2020. Roby apparently gave no particular reason to retire though she is only...
Former special counsel Robert Mueller's upcoming public testimony before Congress Wednesday not only provides a key opportunity to educate the public on his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, it also allows the Beltway press a chance at redemption. It gives news organizations an opportunity to go beyond the White House...
Newly Independent Congressman Justin Amash (I-MI) went on CNN’s State of the Union this morning: Justin Amash on what his GOP colleagues say behind closed doors, telling “CNN that high-level party officials have thanked him behind closed doors for his stance on impeachment proceedings against Trump.” “I get people sending...
I’m not one to speak well of a Republican — particularly a Tea Party Republican — but Rep. Justin Amash at least knows how to read a report and draw some glaringly obvious conclusions. And because he has a talent for reading comprehension that’s exceedingly rare among his brethren, Republicans have...
‘Twas flying on twin gossamer wings of IPA and THC* just now when a minor yet notable news item caught my eye. I don’t drive, operate heavy machinery, wheedle Middle East peace plans out me scurvy bunghole, or try to FaceTime old girlfriends while in my cups — and rarely do I diarize. But...
It seems to be an argument almost as fundamental as “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?”, and just about as insoluble. On the one hand you have activist progressives who argue that the constitution isn’t interpreted by politics, and Trump’s offenses require impeachment, and the consequences be damned....
There are two things that I saw in the last hour that drove me to the keyboard today, in what should be my “day of rest,” cuz I’m like, ya know, so damn busy the rest of the week. But when duty calls, ya gotta step up and represent. First, I never realized...