I wrote recently in passing that the national GOP was sending out updates and tutorials to try to instruct GOP candidates, both incumbents and challengers, on how to avoid getting bogged down into a no-win conversation about the Supreme...
Remember a few days back I predicted that we would hold the House, albeit it by the skin of our teeth, and I said that if I was wrong I would pay for the cream pies and you could...
"Wipe out, hahahahahahahahaha." -- the Safaris That shrill, high pitched whine you hear is the subtle scream of cases of ketchup bottles as they sense their collective fate. When Donald Trump gets wind of this statistic, look out. He's going...
There's an old saying, history is made at night and it was made last night. Rulings from the Supreme Court have been leaked before, but never an opinion. Chief Justice John Roberts is said to be incensed and looking...
Be careful what you wish for I saw something on MSNBC today that damn near floored me. Right now, most pundits feel that the GOP is on track to retake the House in 2022. But I have written previously that...
I don’t get Maggie Haberman, I really don’t. One minute you’re opening up the New York Times and she’s got her byline on some really incisive, well researched piece of journalism, and just when you think maybe you’ve gotten her...
Let me start this with a hypothetical. Trust me, it's important to the context. Cast your mind back to your youth, especially your 20's and 30's. At one time or another, we all wanted something. And we didn't just want...
This didn't take long. if you think you're not going to see more heartbreaking headlines like this one, you are dreaming. This is the shape of things to come in this country and it is tragic. The Hill: A 10-year-old girl...
Well, here we are. Just over 24 hours since the leak of the Alito Roe v Wade draft decision, and as I predicted yesterday, all hell has broken loose. And the Great SCOTUS Leaker Witch Hunt is on. Mitch McConnell avoided the...
Yes, I know, it's the national pitched battle for control of the House and Senate that is widely seen as the battle for the soul of democracy. But don't forget, it's kind of hard to have a functional national democracy if...

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