This is certainly an interesting turn of events. Kevin McCarthy and Joe Biden hammered out the basic parameters of the debt ceiling deal, which has been written about here and elsewhere. The deal is a compromise. Republicans wanted big...
When Fox & Friends, Trump's favorite right-wing propaganda machine launched a Twitter poll asking whether the benefits of Medicare for All "outweigh the costs," they got a bit of a surprise.  The poll said, "Bernie Sanders' 'Medicare for all'...
President Donald Trump stepped up, put his big-boy pants on, and took the mantle of leadership. “I’ll take responsibility for shutting it down, I won’t blame you for it,” he famously told Chuck Schumer in the Oval Office. “I’ll...
One of Indiana’s largest employers, Eli Lilly and Company Pharmaceuticals, has announced that Indiana’s restrictive new abortion ban will force the company to seek opportunities for future growth outside of the state. Dumb laws have consequences. Business Insider “Eli Lilly and Company...
The ultimate outcome of the rush job of pushing the vote of Brett Kavanaugh through the confirmation process without exploring all avenues will be the slow leak of new corroborating evidence.  Or maybe it won't be so slow.  Blasey...
Michelle Obama spoke today in the White House on the occasion of the unveiling of the unveiling of her and the husband’s official portraits… …she spoke of her joy in returning to the house she raised her children in, and...
Q: What one thing do the following all have in common? Pardoning Douchenesh D'Souza, scrapping the Iran Deal, separating asylum and refugee seekers from their children at the border, reversing government sanctions to bail out ZTE, and imposing punitive...
I fought the law, and the law won   The Clash As a serious comedian (a true oxymoron if I’ve ever heard one), I’ve always had a favorite pet phrase. If I heard somebody say it, I knew where my next...
“Be careful what you wish for” I've taken plenty of shots including some cheap ones at now former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. So have others. Lots of us have. Ever sine the vote to oust him a lot of self-satisfaction...
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-Screw You, Trump) drew a line in the sand after Donald Trump threatened to gut federal funding for "lawless" and "anarchist" cities that "fail" to curb violent protests. Cuomo said that Trump is "persona non grata"...

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