08/31/20
Two national political conventions were conducted within a span of ten days, providing a striking contrast in both style and substance.
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06/22/20
The political landscape has been thoroughly scrambled over the past six months, and there’s plenty of time left for further surprises. Read More...Tags: impeachment proceedings, coronavirus pandemic, civil unrest, President Donald Trump, State of the Union address, Vice President Mike Pence, Joe Biden, global warming, Medicare for all, Sen. Bernie Sanders, HEROES Act, Black Lives Matter, George Floyd, systemic racism, defund the police, Ferguson effect, China, Russia , Iran , North Korea
06/01/20
Kudos to the attorney general for the efforts that are underway to get the Department of Justice/FBI back on track; let’s hope this project can be wrapped up by November. Read More...Tags: Russian collusion, Silent coup, President Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Cilinton e-mails investigation, James Comey, John Podesta, Julian Assange, John Kerry, President Barack Obama, Rusian hacking, DNC server, Michael Flynn, Vice President Mike Pence, Loretta Lynch, Jeff Sessions, Rod Rosenstein, Robert Mueller, Don McGahn, Andrew McCabe, William Barr, Fusion GPS, Steele dossier, Hunter Biden, Rep. Adam Schiff, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, articles of impeachment, Senate trial, John Durham, Federal Society, Sidney Powell, Judge Emmett Sullivan, Obamagate, Sen. Lindsey Graham, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Peter Strzok
05/11/20
The president's vision for reopening the country seems generally sensible. SAFE doesn't favor spending a lot more money, but the opposition's ideas aren't fiscally responsible either.
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12/17/18
SAFE proposed four relatively modest goals for the closing weeks of the 115th Congress; guess how many of them will be achieved this year. Read More...Tags: unified Republican government, House Speaker Paul Ryan, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, President Donald Trump, repeal and replace GovCare, Sen. John McCain, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Bipartisan Budget Act, Joint Select Committe re budget process, debt limit, Sen. David Perdue, farm bill, governmment shutdown, border wall funding, Vice President Mike Pence, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, NAFTA, USMCA, Sen. Pat Toomey, Thomas Donohue, Robert Mueller, James Comey, Rep. Adam Schiff, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Rep. Devin Nunes, Rep. Bob Goodlatte, Rep. Trey Gowdy
12/10/18
Elections are about power, and a “win at all costs” mindset seems increasingly common. If this trend is not reversed, we may have reason to regret it. Read More...Tags: voter fraud, voter turnout, updating voter rolls, voter suppression, russian election, Vladimir Putin, early voting, all-mail voting, same day voting, absentee ballots, President Donald Trump, Chris Wallace, peaceful transition of power, Presidential Advisory Commission on Electoral INtegrity, Vice President Mike Pence, Kris Kobach, Matt Dunlap, Hans Spakovsky, ballot harvesting, Jerry Brown, sole loser syndrome, Stacey Abrams, Sen. Cory Booker, Sen. Sherrod Brown, Hillary Clinton
07/07/17
When political positions are taken on an "I think it so it must be true basis," rational answers may prove elusive. Here are three current examples. Read More...Tags: Hamlet, dynamic scoring, Richard Rahn, tobacco taxes, special economic zones, minimum wage, Seattle, voter fraud, national popular vote, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Pesidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, Vice President Mike Pence, Kris Kobach