Axios, in its typical cynical Washington insider style, reports Biden’s confirmation calculus: Opposition from Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) imperils the nomination of Neera Tanden as President Biden’s budget director but could help two other nominees. The state of play: Xavier Becerra for HHS and Deb Haaland for Interior have better chances if the confirmation gods … Read more
Poor Martha McSally. She has debased herself to be Donald Trump’s loyal lap dog, and Trump humiliated her by treating her just like a dog at his COVID super-spreader rally in Goodyear on Wednesday. ‘Quick, quick, quick’: Trump rushes McSally at rally as she fights to hold her Senate seat: President Donald Trump offered a … Read more
It has been almost 50 years since this classic episode of All In The Family when Archie Bunker learns that a black family, the Jeffersons, have bought the house next door in his Queens, New York neighborhood. Lionel Moves Into the Neighborhood (season 1, episode 8, originally aired on March 2, 1971). This was at … Read more
More than 500 corporations are suspending advertising on Facebook because of founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s reluctant and minimalist response to calls to end hate speech and misinformation on Facebook. Here’s an excerpt from Mark Zuckerberg: advertisers’ boycott of Facebook will end ‘soon enough’about the Stop Hate for Profit campaign in The Guardian. Mark Zuckerberg has dismissed the threat … Read more
Three and a half months of sheltering in place — with the novel Coronavirus just one chance encounter away — have given us time to perfect our strategies for survival during the current government-created public health crisis and to make plans for a safe, more equitable, more enlightened future. COVID19 turned the spotlight on the glaring … Read more