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FBI Is Investigating Whether ‘The Call Was Coming From Inside The House’
Update to January 6 MAGA/QAnon Insurrection: Was The Call Coming From Inside The House? Some new developments. POLITICO reports that a Trump appointee was arrested in connection with the Capitol
AZ Jim Crow Legislators Wants To Limit Your Constitutional Right To Citizens Initiatives
The National Conference of State Legislatures explains Supermajority Vote Requirements: Most states require a simple majority vote to pass an initiative measure, whether statutory or constitutional in nature. All states
Disappointing and Surprising: All Senate Republicans and Eight Democrats Vote Against Raising the Minimum Wage to $15.00
It was not surprising that the Bernie Sanders attempt to put the $15.00 Minimum Wage Increase into the Senate version of the American Rescue Plan failed. All the Republicans were
Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) Destroys Republican Nonsense About The COVID-19 Relief Bill
I couldn't get the C-Span video crop to work in this blog software, but luckily Senator Chris Murphy put the substance of his speech on his Twitter account. https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1367691857120145409
Florida Scu…Governor Ron DeSantis Plays Highest Bidder with Vaccine Distribution
Most people realized Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was a real piece of work before the COVID 19 Pandemic. His actions (or inactions more accurately) of denying the science and promoting
Norm Ornstein: Reform The Filibuster To Its Former Requirements
Political Scientist Norm Ornstein says if Democrats can't kill the filibuster, because of recalcitrant Democrats, they can still gut it with reforms. Democrats can’t kill the filibuster. But they can
With Friends Like These: Moderate Democrats Weaken The COVID-19 Relief Bill, To What Gain?
This is what Sen. Joe Manchin's demands for "bipartisanship" with a Republican Party with no intentions to ever negotiate in good faith has produced so far on the COVID-19 Relief
Another Week: More Examples of Republican Stupidity and Hurting the American People
There appear to be only two governing strategies Republicans know how to play. Act and do stupid things and support ideas and legislation that hurts the American People. This week
The Cultivation and Maintenance of Horror
Albert Woodfox was born six weeks after me. We were both poor. We were both smart. That is where the similarities ended. From then on, you don’t have to be
House Passes The ‘For The People Act’ – Time To End The Senate Filibuster Rule
House Democrats passed H.R. 1, the For The People Act, a sweeping election reforms and voting rights bill mostly on a party-line 220-210 vote. The Hill reports, House passes voting rights
