I am My Brother’s Forgiver
People grieve loved ones to restore their sense of peace when it is disrupted by death. That disruption is more often a result of natural causes but when death is … Read More
Category: Reconciliation
MA-Sen: Why The Filibuster Is The Big Issue In The Primary Between Markey (D) & Kennedy (D)
Here’s the latest news out of Massachusetts: Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III, the last member of the Democratic dynasty serving in Washington, plans to formally announce Saturday that he is … Read More
Harry Reid Says In Order To Pass Progressive Legislation, Democrats Must Abolish The Filibuster
Former U.S. Senate Majority & Minority Leader, Harry Reid (D. NV), sat down with NPR yesterday in an interview and continued to push an issue that needs to be emphasized … Read More
Chatter Amongst Democratic Senate Leadership On Killing The Filibuster/60 Vote Rule Is Growing
Back in April, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D. NY) indicated that he is willing to do this in order to make the Senate work: Senate Minority Leader Chuck … Read More
GOP on track to destroy Social Security in 15 years. If Dems win, we can fix doing one thing
Welp, us Gen Xers and Millennials might be boned out of retirement: Social Security's trust funds will be tapped out by 2035, according to an annual report released Monday by … Read More
GOP on track to destroy Social Security in 15 years. If Democrats win, we can fix by doing one thing
Welp, we Gen Xers and millennials might be boned out of retirement: Social Security's trust funds will be tapped out by 2035, according to an annual report released Monday by … Read More
OR-Sen: Slate, “Jeff Merkley rules out a White House bid because he’d rather try to fix the Senate”
This week, two of my favorite progressive U.S. Senators, Jeff Merkley (D. OR) and Sherrod Brown (D. OH) passed on running for the Democratic nominee for President. While the field … Read More
WA-Gov: Gov, Jay Inslee (D), “The Time For The Filibuster Has Come And Gone”
I don’t know yet if he is going to run for President or for a third term, but I like where his head is on this: Washington Gov. Jay Inslee … Read More
Want to know who's trying to end the shutdown? Look at who's negotiating.
Here’s how it ultimately breaks down, in pure and simple human terms. This Friday morning, over 800,000 federal employees will wake up, hit the “brew” button, and log into their … Read More
How John McCain got lost in 'crazy base world'
When Senator John McCain was laid to rest on Sunday at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, the nation lost one of the giants of American public life. … Read More
Murfini the Mystic predicts: Trump WILL shut down the government in September.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know. Who gives a fat rats ass what I predict? What was I on the secret Manafort witness thingy, 50%? But tell me this, what in … Read More
Republicans' tax bill: Our Cold Civil War just turned hot
I believe it was Andrew Sullivan who coined the phrase “Cold Civil War” to describe the current state of our Republican-Democrat divide, with the geography and ideology of our current … Read More
Graham-Cassidy Officially Dead. Update: Drumpf Is Displeased and Disappointed.
Just out: Senator Graham (R-South Carolina Cruelistan) concedes the death of the latest effort to repeal Obamacare. It looks like it is, for real, officially, dead and not just pining for … Read More
State block grants: The GOP’s worst health care idea of them all
Even as the U.S. Census reported that the percentage of Americans lacking health insurance dropped to a new record low of 8.8 percent, the past week was nevertheless a big … Read More
In any functioning political system, this letter alone would kill the Republican health care bill
As pictured above, a significant portion of the U.S. health insurance market has chosen to write a joint letter to Senators Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer, explaining that the current Republican health insurance … Read More
Unprecedented spite: The American carnage of the GOP health care bill
In December 2003, Democrats in Congress overwhelmingly opposed President Bush’s Medicare Part D prescription drug program. With good reason. The new benefit included the infamous “donut hole,” a gap in … Read More
