x BREAKING: The House passed a war powers resolution that limits President Trump's ability to wage war in Iran. It blocks U.S. military force against Iran without Congress's approval or declaration of war. pic.twitter.com/sbAYDGEaz6 — AJ+ (@ajplus) January 9, 2020 WASHINGTON — The House adopted a war powers resolution Thursday with the aim of limiting…
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House Judiciary committee 'marks-up' the Articles of Impeachment live
“When our country returns to calmer times and stronger leadership…” MSNBC and CNN are now broadcasting it live. WATCH IT LIVE: @HouseJudiciary to Markup Articles of Impeachment Against President Donald J. Trump. https://t.co/ce5LRfkpPt — House Judiciary Dems (@HouseJudiciary) December 11, 2019 WATCH LIVE: The House Judiciary Committee is debating the articles of impeachment against President Trump….
House Judiciary 'marks-up' Articles of Impeachment / Gohmert sneaks whistleblower name into record
NEW: GOHMERT became the first lawmaker to publicly name a person purported by some Trump allies to be the whistleblower. Schiff warned there could be ethics consequences for something like this, though his office is declining to comment. https://t.co/nzDXoovdtc — Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) December 12, 2019 “When our country returns to calmer times and stronger…
The Wrangling of (the) Hurd
Throughout the House Intelligence Committees’ hearings centering on the Impeachment of the 45th President of the United States, Devin Nunes’ opening statements, preceding the testimony of witnesses bemoaned the Democrats for wasting time and not doing the business of America. Yesterday, California Rep. Eric Swalwell, introduced an article from the Daily Beast noting Mr. Nunes’…
So, Denial is Really a River in Ukraine?
In June of 2008, Barack Obama used a rhetorical flourish that belies his character; “If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun,” said the future President. At the time, the then-candidate was on a fundraising junket that I attended (full disclosure) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The phrase was a piece of dialogue…
Problem Solvers Caucus = Child Abuse Caucus
Since when is giving Donald Trump money with no strings attached a good idea? Pelosi had to pull the House backed version of the Border Aid Blll and pass the Senate version instead. You can argue that Senate Democrats rolled over for McConnell and Trump, and I think they did. I suppose the feckless Senate…
The Democrats “In a Bind” Narrative.
I do not know about the rest of the media, but some on MSNBC — Andrea Mitchell out with her pomp pomps — are really pushing the narrative that it is Democrats who are in a political bind with the Mueller Report. According to the narrative, people like me are howling at Democrats like hounds from Hell…
Shutdown Shmutdown! Lowlights From This Trump Shutdown.
If you are a Republican president, you know you have shit on yourself when TigerBeat On the Potomac has this for a headline: 'Hunker down like a jackass': Shutdown could drag on for weeks The president spends Christmas Eve 'all alone in the White House,' complaining about Democrats with no end to the closure in…
After Dems take over House, their first bill must designate members of Congress 'non-essential'
Congressional representatives and senators should NOT be paid during a shutdown. Ever. I don’t care which party is in charge. Granted, it is unthinkable that this stupidity could ever happen with complete Democratic control. Dems had the most productive legislative session in history when we were in charge. By contrast, Mitch McConnell broke the Senate,…
A Democratic trifecta in Virginia for 2019? You've come a long way.
The throwback cheesy ads for Virginia Slims had a point. I grew up in the Tidewater area 40 years ago. Race mixing was seriously looked down upon, the Confederate flag was everywhere, and we didn’t celebrate Martin Luther King Day—it was officially called “Lee-Jackson-King” Day. And the kids—we were brutal. The worst insult in the…
In response to the NYT's congressional reform proposal, here's my own proposal to reform Congress
In response to soon-to-be-former U.S. Rep. Dan Donovan (R-NY) losing re-election to U.S. Rep.-elect Max Rose (D-NY), The New York Times (the NYT) editorial board issued a pair of editorials: the first editorial recommended expanding the total number of members of the U.S. House to the cube root of the total population of all 50…
Obama: Nancy Pelosi will go down in history as one of our nation's greatest legislative leaders
With apologies to this wonderful website, this is clearly the most robust endorsement Nancy Pelosi has received thus far. And I have to agree with President Obama. To me, the arguments about finding new, younger leadership make as much sense as benching Tom Brady for a rookie quarterback … just because we’re tired of Brady winning…
Is This True What I Hear About Latino Voters?
True or False: Latino voters are not going to show up in the midterm election and throw several Congressional and Senate contests to the Republicans? I ask this because I have no insider knowledge on Latinos, but I’m hearing, seeing, and reading about the collective shrug from Latinos from the like of NPR, MSNBC, and…
You Have To Meet The “Educated” Pro-Trump Republican Candidate
Update: Her campaign Facebook page has been taken down, along with the videos. Meet GOP candidate Melissa Howard, who is running for Florida House District 73. She campaigns on having strong, conservative values. She’s been endorsed by the Florida Chamber of Commerce, the Florida Health Care Association, and numerous GOP officials. She is also, as seen below, proudly pro-Trump. Just watch…
Trump's golden showers
Campaign Action Donald Trump and his Republican allies have two definitions of the term, “golden showers.” The first concerns a notorious—and as-yet unsubstantiated–claim from the so-called Russian dossier: Decorum prohibits elaborating further here. The second meaning of the term, however, describes any public policy—usually involving taxes—which overwhelmingly delivers its benefits to the very richest people in…
GOP tax plan delivers double dose of pain to blue states
Thursday’s release of the House GOP tax plan will be greeted with a flurry of “hot takes” about its “winners and losers.” So, for everyone’s sake, let’s keep this simple. Unsurprisingly, the biggest winners from what the President called a “big, beautiful Christmas present” are people named Trump and those like them. Just as predictable,…
WWTP: What will Trump pay under the GOP tax bill?
Donald Trump lost the 2016 presidential popular vote to Hillary Clinton by almost 3 million ballots. But by another seemingly meaningless measure, Trump got clobbered 38 to 0. That lopsided score represents the number of years of tax returns Democrat Clinton and Republican Trump respectively released to the American public. But Trump’s unprecedented opacity—for the past 40…
Republicans betray their gray-haired base with Trumpcare
Ever since Donald Trump’s shocking victory on Election Day, press, pundits, and pollsters have engaged in a furious debate about which voters propelled him to the White House. Was Trump’s win the revenge of the “guns and bitter crowd” in the Rust Belt, the white working-class voters whose racism, xenophobia and/or “economic anxiety” led them…
If Not You, Who? If Not Now, When?
I needed a break from a home-improvement project and sat on the top step of my front porch in order to take it. I pulled out my cell phone and started scrolling through the names listed there on the off chance that I'd find somebody I hadn't had a chat with in a while. Expecting…
