Last week the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service (CRS) issued a report that makes it official: the “Trump tax cut bill,” the only legislative achievement of the previous Republican Congress, has not generated any meaningful new economic growth that was not already underway. And the crooks who passed it (above) are laughing all the way to their … Read more
E.J. Montini of The Republic has a column today praising the Nevada state legislature for passing the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. He is under the impression that Nevada has become the 15th state to join it. Electoral College will go the way of Trump University. I hate to break it to you, Mr. Montini, but … Read more
No major decisions today. The Supreme Court focused on picking some low hanging fruit of easy-to-decide decisions, with only one 5-4 decision that produced an unexpected alignment of justices. In Azar v. Allina Health Services, Justice Neal Gorsuch writing for the 7-1 majority affirmed the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Justice Stephen Breyer dissented. The … Read more
The USS John McCain survived a fatal collision with a merchant ship in which 10 sailors were killed on Aug. 21, 2017, USS McCain leaves dry dock 15 months after collision that killed 10 sailors, and its commanding officer having plead guilty to negligence, Former CO of USS John S. McCain Pleads Guilty to Negligence … Read more
Despite a video ad during the 2018 elections that showed his family (including siblings) endorsing his Democratic opponent (David Brill), Paul Gosar easily won re-election to serve in Arizona’s Congressional Fourth District. How has Representative Gosar repaid the trust of the close to 70 percent of the people who voted for him in November 2018? … Read more