“Will No One Rid Me of These Meddlesome Political Opponents?”

In a play on the famous quote from Murder in the Cathedral when King Henry II of Britain, frustrated with Thomas Beckett, openly asks “will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?,” Democracy’s Docket’s head Marc Elias and his team, after watching Donald Trump’s Meet the Press Interview with Kristen Welker on December 8, … Read more

In Trump 2.0, Only Incompetents, Sycophants, Dictator Lovers, Sexual Predators, Drug Addicts, and Convicted Felons Need Apply

This is going to be an interesting four years. When he was President the first time, Mr. Trump contented himself with hiring mostly a B team Cabinet and Executive Branch staff. Over time, they became a C and D team as many hires were either driven out or resigned because they either could not stomach … Read more

Thank You Bidenomics; One Trillion in Private Sector Investment

The Biden/Harris Administration hailed the announcement that one trillion dollars of private sector investment occurred during President Biden and Vice President Harris’s time in office. How did this happen? Well, when the Administration, with the help of Congressional Democrats and, in some instances, Republicans, passed monumental legislation that Donald Trump could not like the American … Read more

Why did we lose?

As election results are being certified, pundits everywhere are providing their diagnosis of Democratic losses: the party was too progressive; the party wasn’t progressive enough; candidates depended on abortion too much (or too little); candidates’ arguments on immigration were too weak; or their responses on the border actually reinforced an overamped image of immigrant hordes … Read more