Can the GOP win in California? I very much doubt it. But if they ever are to do so, I agree that this would be the right approach: [In California] Prop 47 downgraded many felonies to misdemeanors and then freed … Continue reading →
Recently I read that the Tennessee legislature is considering requiring watermarks for absentee ballots: Big Tech and Corporate America may face more difficulty funding the elections process under the “Tennessee Election Integrity Act.” In part, the act would require funding … Continue reading →
The Rasmussen poll is here: Most voters say it’s more important to prevent cheating in elections than to make it easier to vote and, by more than a two-to-one margin, they reject claims that voter ID laws are discriminatory. The … Continue reading →
Georgia passed a recent voting reform law that was criticized sharply by the Democrats and Biden; I wrote about it already in this post, so I’m not going to go into those details again. In retaliation, however, we have major … Continue reading →
Why would that be news, you ask? Of course he does. After all, Biden has often lied for his entire political life and gotten away with it most of the time. The only time he had to pay any price, … Continue reading →
Commenter “Bauxite” writes: Can’t see how they pass HR 1 without nuking the filibuster. There’s no way that 10 Republicans will vote for it. The pressure will be on Manchin and Sinema, though. I’m going to start worrying if there … Continue reading →
Why wasn’t more attention paid during the 2020 election to the looming prospect of HR1? I was aware that this was high on the Democrats’ agenda – why wasn’t everyone made aware? It could have been used to argue against … Continue reading →
I was going to write a big long post on HR1 today, but I can’t bring myself to do it right now. Maybe tomorrow I’ll gird my loins and tackle it – tackle it again, that is, because I’ve written … Continue reading →
…along strict party lines. This is the Democrats’ top priority, something I’ve written about several times before on this blog (see this, for example). One would think that if Democrats cared to fix the fact that half the nation doesn’t … Continue reading →
And it’s gotten a lot of attention. Remember when ex-presidents would retire and ride off into the sunset, leaving public life? At least, the ones who served two terms always seemed to do it – but Trump hasn’t served two … Continue reading →