Whoomp there it is! Just as I predicted. Breaking news from the Washington Post, Trump White House records can be released in Jan. 6 probe pending Supreme Court review, appeals court rules: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Thursday ruled against former president Donald Trump’s bid to keep his White House … Read more
Department of Justice Press Release: Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against the State of Texas to Challenge Statewide Redistricting Plans The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that it has filed a lawsuit under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act against the State of Texas and the Texas Secretary of State, challenging the State’s redistricting … Read more
Today, the U.S. observes the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. FDR address to Congress: “Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.” The U.S. thus entered a … Read more
The “Grim Reaper of Democracy,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, said the quiet part out loud this past week: The Republican Party stands for nothing. It has no policies nor anything to offer the country, other than its accumulation and abuse of power through gerrrymandering districts and voter suppression laws to keep Democratic leaning voters … Read more
American history has been been a steady advance of expanding rights to include those citizens who were excluded from the rights and privileges of citizenship at the founding of the nation, towards the goal of creating “a more perfect union.” Fundamental rights once granted – to freed slaves, to women, to racial minorities, to religious … Read more