SCOTUS Agrees To Hear Partisan Gerrymander Case But Disenfranchises Voters in 2018
While it is potentially good news that the Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case about politically partisan gerrymandering, the problems...
Yearly Archive: 2017
Ossoff Defeat Means GOP Will Steamroll Its Devastating Legislation Until 2018
A win for Jon Ossoff last night might have made congressional Republicans nervous enough to think twice about the AHCA and...
Finally! A Senior Financial Executive Is Charged In 2008 Crisis
We are nearly a decade past the financial collapse of 2008. And, as time has passed, it has become clear that...
Why Are Democrats So Bad At Crafting Stories?
Democrats were on the Senate floor all last night trying to highlight the gutting of Obamacare by Senate Republicans with the...
Democrats Must Take Electoral Reform Seriously, As GA06 Shows
With the new revelations that Russian hacking of the last presidential election was far deeper and broader than anyone had imagined...
Trump's Poll Numbers Crater Even Further As GOP Support Slips
Lost amid all the dramatics of Jeff Sessions’ testimony,Trump’s ranting and ravings, and his reported desire to fire Special Counsel Robert...
The Swift, Shocking Collapse Of Theresa May And The Tories
It is hard to believe but it was just two months ago that Theresa May called a snap election in the UK....
Democrats Need To Oppose Amazon/Whole Foods Merger On Strong Antitrust Grounds
Amazon announced today that it has agreed to buy Whole Foods for $13.4 billion as Jeff Bezos’ retail monopolistic predator moves into...
Regional President Says Federal Reserve Is Still Fighting Inflation Wars Of 1970s
Yesterday, I wrote about the unfathomable decision by the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in the face of declining job...