by Leesa K. Donner | Apr 26, 2022 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
When it comes right down to it, becoming a politician is nothing more than a popularity contest: The one with the most votes wins. Once that person is elected to a position of power, things get a bit dicier, so pollsters have a favorability rating metric. This...
by Sarah Cowgill | Apr 23, 2022 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
Latest on the list of staffers swarming the exit of the Vice President’s office is none other than Chief of Staff Tina Flournoy. Ms. Flournoy, not a warm and fuzzy kind of gal, led the Harris team through a turbulent if not historic moment in politics, fielding the...
by Tim Donner | Apr 22, 2022 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
After Democrats lost 64 seats in the 2010 midterm congressional elections, Barack Obama admitted that his party got “shellacked.” A dozen years later, with Obama’s vice president in charge and his public approval stuck in unelectable territory, many similar verbs and...
by Mark Angelides | Apr 20, 2022 | Articles, Illegal Immigration, Opinion
When the Biden administration announced that the Trump-era public health measure, Title 42, would be scrapped as of May 23, battle lines were drawn. The rule, implemented with the CDC, permitted illegal immigrants to be denied entry to the US based on health concerns....
by James Fite | Apr 20, 2022 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
Build Back Better: It’s dead. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) – not to mention about 50 Republicans – put it out of our collective misery. But like the big bad in a cheesy slasher flick, it doesn’t matter how many times you kill it – it just keeps coming back. Now there’s...