I have seen and heard occasional references this year to a 50th anniversary of Woodstock this summer, so I did a quick Google research, and sure enough, there really is a Woodstock 50 Festival this summer. The official Woodstock 50 is a three day festival of music on August 16, 17 and 18 in Watkins … Read more
Curious. Special Counsel Robert Mueller filed his long-awaited report on a Friday at the close of business — the proverbial Friday night news dump — when much of the nation was transfixed with the NCAA mens basketball tournament, aka March Madness. Curiouser still, the Department of Justice announced that Mueller won’t recommend further Russia probe … Read more
Update to Abolish the Electoral College and make our democracy truly democratic. And another thing … Efforts to eliminate the electoral college date back 50 years: With at least one presidential candidate calling for the elimination of the Electoral College, CNN’s John Avlon delivered a fact check that showed that the idea is hardly radical: … Read more
Democrats won the 2018 midterm election for Congress with the largest midterms margin of all time, “an 8,805,130 vote lead over Republicans, gaining 53.1% of the more than 111 million votes cast nationwide compared to the GOP’s 45.2%, according to the data.” The Democratic vote was powered by women, minority and youth voters. This was … Read more
This falls into the category of “you can’t make this stuff up.” Donald Trump’s co-conspirator and accessory after the fact to obstruction of justice, Rep. “Midnight Run” Devin Nunes, is suing Twitter and a satirical cow over mean tweets. (He ought to be concerned about being indicted by the Special Counsel). Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) … Read more