The Senate on Monday approved the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the federal appeals court in the District of Columbia, confirming President Biden’s first nominee to the U.S. appellate courts. Senate Democrats really need to pick up the pace: With Jackson’s confirmation, there are eight vacancies on the federal courts of appeals, which … Read more
Update to Joe Manchin Is The New Poster Boy For Appeasement Of The Enemies Of Democracy (Updated). On Sunday, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) wrote an op-ed in the Charleston Gazette-Mail that he will vote against a sweeping election reform overhaul bill, putting the fate of the For The People Act in jeopardy in the 50-50 Senate. … Read more
Former Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods prominently backed Kyrsten Sinema, but he says she now needs to support getting rid of the filibuster. Huffington Post reports, Major Kyrsten Sinema Supporter Says Abolish Filibuster Or Get Out Of The Senate: Former Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods, who prominently backed Kyrsten Sinema’s election to the Senate, is … Read more
First, a history lesson. History has made British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain the poster boy for appeasement of the enemies of democracy ever since the Munich Pact in 1938. Chamberlain thought he could stop what Winston Churchill correctly saw as the coming war in Europe from Nazi Germany by appeasing Adolph Hitler. Neville Chamberlain: A … Read more
The Republican leadership of the Arizona legislature and Governor Ducey pulled a Ross and Rachel from Friends: “We were on a break!” for the past week because they did not have the votes to pass the bogus budget + flat tax proposal negotiated between the Republican leadership and the governor – excluding Democrats who represent … Read more