Above Image: h/t the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists in a different context. Axios reports, “Midnight is approaching” to pass voting rights protections: “Defenders of democracy in America still have a slim window of opportunity to act. But time is ticking away, and midnight is approaching,” according to more than 150 top scholars of U.S. democracy in … Read more
The Department of Homeland Security issued a new National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin. Key highlight: Through the remainder of 2021 and into 2022, domestic violent extremists (DVEs), including racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists and anti-government/anti-authority violent extremists, will continue to pose a significant threat to our homeland. The Hill reports, Former top officials … Read more
Permanent musical accompaniment, Elvis Presley’s A Little Less Conversation: A little less conversation, a little more action, please All this aggravation ain’t satisfactioning me… The Hill reports, Democrats ramp up filibuster talks after voting rights setback: Democrats are ramping up their discussions about changing the Senate’s rules amid growing frustration about the inability to move … Read more
There you go, Joe Manchin. We wasted valuable time humoring you by letting you craft a watered-down version of the For The People Act, one which you asserted your self-proclaimed (mythical) powers of bipartisan persuasion would convince the Sedition Party, which is currently engaged in a slow-motion insurrection against American democracy, to go along with … Read more
Almost a decade ago in April 2012, political scientists and political centrist gurus Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein explained, Let’s Just Say It: The Republicans are the Problem: We have been studying Washington politics and Congress for more than 40 years, and never have we seen them this dysfunctional. In our past writings, we have … Read more