Well, it looks as though this is it. Republican Senator Lamar Alexander, who many thought might be a voice of reason, given that he’d already announced his retirement from the Republican controlled Senate, has announced that he will not be voting to hear the firsthand testimony of former Trump administration National Security Advisor John Bolton. […]
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We are witnessing the end of the American experiment
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged abuse of power, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, extortion, foreign aid, impeachment, Impoundment Control Act of 1974, Joe Biden, John Bolton, military aid, Senate, show trial, threats to Democracy, Ukraine 72 Comments
While we were making golden shower jokes, the Senate voted to kill the Affordable Care Act, setting in motion a chain of events that will leave 30 million Americans without healthcare
As we were all fully engaged in discussing presidential water sports yesterday, and whether or not it would even be possible for a germaphobe-in-chief to property enjoy a golden shower, the real work of government marched on. Jeff Sessions, Trump’s allegedly racist nominee for Attorney General, after exaggerating the extent to which he was involved […]
Posted in Health, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Affordable Care Act, Americans for Tax Reform, Ben Carson, blind trust, Bob Corker, budget resolution, call to action, Exxon, Grover Norquist, health insurance, health insurance companies, healthcare, HUD, Jeff Jeans, Obamacare, Paul Ryan, Planned Parenthood, preexisting conditions, Rand Paul, repeal and delay, Rex Tillerson, Russia, Ryan Ellis, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Senate, tax breaks, Tom Price, Vladimir Putin 33 Comments
Could this impending battle over the Supreme Court tear our nation apart?
I was thinking today about the little events that influence global politics, and all of our lives. Had Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s car not taken a wrong turn at the junction of Appel quay and Franzjosefstrasse in Serbia on that day in 1914, passing in front of a loitering 19-year-old Gavrila Principe, who just happened to […]
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged affirmative action, another famous person has died, Antonin Scalia, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Benjamin Studebaker, Bush v. Gore, Chuck Grassley, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, civil rights, Civil War, Elena Kagan, Gavrila Principe, get the money out of Washington, Judd Gregg, Lindsey Graham, Mitch McConnell, money in politics, Obama, Olympia Snowe, Presidential politics, racism, recess appointments, Richard Lugar, Senate, separation of church and state, Supreme Court, Susan Collins, Ted Cruz, Voting Rights Act 64 Comments