More of Mitch McConnell’s corruption. Kelly Knight Craft, the wife of billionaire coal baron Joseph Craft, and a longtime GOP fundraiser, including for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (who with her husband has donated considerable sums to the Republican Party), was approved by a vote in the Senate yesterday to become our next UN Ambassador. Roll Call … Read more
In 1980 the Jimmy Carter people were thrilled to have Ronald Reagan as a general election opponent, thinking, wrongly as it turned out, that the Wall Street loving Republican nominee would be too extreme for voters to put in the White House. Could history be repeating itself in the opposite direction? Is Elizabeth Warren, the … Read more
In May, Democratic lawmakers called on the Trump administration to review an investment in Kentucky by a Russian aluminum company that they say has raised concerns about Russian influence on the economy and national security of the United States. Democrats Seek Review of Russian Investment in Kentucky: The Russian aluminum company, Rusal, announced on Thursday … Read more
If the U.S. economy is really the “best economy ever” as Trump likes to claim, why did the Fed just lower interest rates for the first time since 2008 in the throes of the Great Recession in order to juice the economy? The Fed cut rates for the first time since 2008: The Federal Reserve … Read more
When political junkies last read about Julie Gunnigle on the Blog for Arizona, she, along with Jennifer Samuels and Kristin Dybvig-Pawelko, were knocking on thousands of household doors in Legislative District 15, hoping to win seats in the Arizona State Legislature during the 2018 elections. While they did not prevail, they markedly helped increase turnout … Read more