Update to Obstructionist Senate Republicans End Their Tantrum, Agree To Deal On Honoring Our PACT Act. The Hill reports, Senate sends veterans toxic exposure bill to Biden’s desk: The Senate on Tuesday passed legislation expanding care for veterans who suffer from illnesses because of exposure to toxins during their military service, ending a standoff after … Read more
The House on Friday passed a bill an assault weapons ban. The Hill reports, House passes bill to ban assault weapons: [The vote] secured a significant victory for Democrats following a spate of mass shootings across the country and marking the first time lawmakers have approved a prohibition on the popular firearms in more than … Read more
The Christian Nationalists on the U.S. Supreme Court (curiously all of them Catholics, not fundamentalist evangelicals) are laying a foundation for a White Christian Nationalist America that the Founding Fathers sought to prevent with the First Amendment, given their recent experience with centuries od sectarian religious wars in Europe. Linda Greenhouse, legal columnist for the … Read more
There has been much reporting about the “craziest Trump meeting of his presidency” on December 18, 2020, involving Rudy Giuliani, Sydney Powell, Ret. Gen. Michael Flynn, and former Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne. Inside ‘craziest Trump meeting of his presidency’: Oval Office ‘clash’ over election fraud claims ran past midnight, involved Sidney Powell, Mike Flynn and … Read more
On Thursday, the Senate passed a bipartisan gun violence bill, marking breakthrough: The Senate on Thursday passed legislation aimed at stanching acts of mass gun violence, with 15 Republicans joining Democrats to advance a bill combining modest new firearms restrictions with $15 billion in mental health and school security funding. The 65-to-33 vote represented an … Read more