by Mark Angelides | Jun 9, 2021 | Articles, Politics
Residents of Virginia and New Jersey went to the polls yesterday to vote in a number of races, including the gubernatorial primaries. In the wake of COVID-19, the role of governor has become what many consider to be paramount: They can control whether the state stays...
by Joe Schaeffer | Jun 8, 2021 | Articles, Good Reads, Politics
“We have to worry,” former President Barack Obama told CNN host Anderson Cooper in an interview that aired June 7, “when one of our major political parties is willing to embrace a way of thinking about our democracy that would be unrecognizable and...
by Tim Donner | Jun 7, 2021 | Articles, Good Reads, Politics
Many of them went into hiding after the election, still more after the ugliness of Jan. 6. The heartache of Donald Trump’s downfall, coupled with disbelief at the outcome, left the Trump faithful high and dry, dazed and dispirited, unmoored from their political buoy....
by James Fite | Jun 4, 2021 | Articles, Politics
Some congressional Democrats have toyed with killing off the filibuster so they can finally take advantage of that trifecta of control they currently hold over the Swamp and the nation – but others have been hesitant. Now that the GOP has finally used the filibuster...
by Liberty Nation Authors | May 28, 2021 | Articles, Featured News and Analysis, Good Reads
The House bill that would have created a “9/11-style commission” to look into the events that occurred in the nation’s capital on January 6 has met its defeat in the upper chamber of Congress. Falling six votes short of the required 60, Democrats...