Update to A Creative Solution To Democratize The Senate Filibuster Rule. I posted about a creative solution to the anti-democratic Jim Crow relic Senate filibuster rule that even Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema would be hard pressed to argue against. Don’t eliminate the filibuster. Democratize it. They proved me wrong this past week. I suppose … Read more
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) told Fox News that House Republicans held a rare Saturday night conference call to address their goal of overturning certain state’s Electoral College results on Jan. 6. Brooks said 50 lawmakers including Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), President Trump and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows were on the call. The Washington Post is reporting that … Read more
The New York Times teases passages from John Bolton’s tell-all book today. Bolton Says Trump Impeachment Inquiry Missed Other Troubling Actions (excerpts): Mr. Bolton describes several episodes where the president expressed willingness to halt criminal investigations “to, in effect, give personal favors to dictators he liked,” citing cases involving major firms in China and Turkey. … Read more
Michael Bryan has addressed in earlier posts the misguided emphasis by the Chamber of Commerce and their Republican allies to give businesses what will essentially result in immunity from legal liability for their actions, or inaction, in protecting their employees or their customers from the spread of the coronavirus. Just the opposite emphasis should apply. … Read more
This morning, “Mafia Don” Trump was once again engaging in his favorite crime, extortion, this time threatening to withhold federal aid to Michigan and Nevada simply because those states are mailing absentee ballot applications to all registered voters as a reasonable precaution in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Steve Benen provides a good analysis. As … Read more