Bipartisanship achieved in the Senate. Alert the lamestream media! NBC News reports, Senate passes hate crime bill responding to wave of violence against Asian Americans: The Senate passed [the Covid-19 Hate Crimes Act] Thursday targeting anti-Asian hate crimes after an uptick of incidents during the Covid-19 pandemic. Lawmakers approved the measure in a 94-1 vote. … Read more
Many years ago, I interned in the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office when I was in law school. I have witnessed or participated in many trials since then. I watched portions of the Derek Chauvin trial. The assistant Minnesota Attorneys General who prosecuted this police brutality (murder) case conducted what I believe to be the finest example … Read more
Above: This Richard Nixon pose is not going to impress voters. Governor Doug Ducey has consistently said that he is not interested in running for U.S. Senate when he terms out of office in 2022. He has fantasies about running for president in 2024. We have been over this ground. It had been widely assumed … Read more
New research released by reporting forum Stop AAPI Hate on March 18 revealed nearly 3,800 anti-Asian hate incidents reported over the course of roughly a year during the pandemic. It’s a significantly higher number than last year’s count of about 2,600 hate incidents nationwide over the span of five months. Women made up a far higher share of … Read more
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