COVID19 future

Where Are the COVID19 Wizards to Help Us Re-Imagine Ourselves & Our Future? (video)

Three and a half months of sheltering in place — with the novel Coronavirus just one chance encounter away — have given us time to perfect our strategies for survival during the current government-created public health crisis and to make plans for a safe, more equitable, more enlightened future. COVID19 turned the spotlight on the glaring … Read more

SCOTUS makes it easier for president to fire CFPB director

Republicans have been trying for years to kill the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) — the brainchild of Senator Elizabeth Warren — an agency responsible for consumer protection in the financial sector. Republicans were unsuccessful in killing the CFPB, but today the Supreme Court did give the president the freedom to fire the CFPB director. Donald … Read more

SCOTUS: abortion rights survived today, but Chief Justice signals openness to overturning Casey (updated)

In 2016, the Supreme Court struck down a TRAP law from Texas requiring hospital admitting privileges for doctors performing services at abortion clinics in Whole Woman’s Health vs. Hellerstedt. The state of Louisiana then enacted the very same TRAP law as the Texas law already struck down by the high court, for a do-over attempt at … Read more

Joan Greene thinks Andy Biggs is a Reactionary Fascist; He is

Arizona Congressional District Five House Representative Andy Biggs took to writing an op-ed for the Washington Times. Appearing on June 23, Mr. Biggs presents a picture of America where: Democrats are Marxists and violently going further left. Republicans not sharing his (Biggs) views are wimps for wanting to work with the Democrats and condemn systematic … Read more