President Donald Trump cannot wait until medical science says it is reasonably safe to begin opening up the economy. He announced on Thursday a plan to reopen the economy (below) as early as today if some irresponsible red states wish. There is a fatal flaw in Trump’s reckless plan to reopen the economy: there has … Read more
Notable Democrat Senate Challengers to Republican Incumbents fared well in the latest fundraising quarter. In Arizona, Captain Mark Kelly outraised Senator Martha McSally by almost five million dollars in the last quarter. That was bad for McSally because that was her best quarter fundraising so far and Kelly still crushed her in the money game. … Read more
The modern conservative movement is not traditional conservatism at all, but rather what has come to be labeled populist libertarianism. It is for all intents and purposes an “anti” movement: anti-government, anti-science, anti-experts, anti-intellectuals, etc. It thrives in a fever swamp of “anti” movements and conspiracy theories often amplified in the mainstream conservative media. This … Read more
Gerald O. Glenn, the bishop of the New Deliverance Evangelistic Church in Chesterfield, Virginia urged his congregants to ignore social distancing guidelines prescribed by health authorities to combat the Coronavirus. He said he would continue preaching his views “unless I’m in jail or the hospital.” He died just before Easter after being exposed to the … Read more
So this actually happened today during the “Daily Trump Show,” which the cable networks inexplicably continue to air live. The Washington Post reports, Trump threatens to adjourn Congress to get his nominees but likely would be impeded by Senate rules: President Trump threatened to shut down both chambers of Congress to allow him to fill … Read more