From Russia: In a surprise move, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev resigned along with the country’s entire Cabinet, Russian state news agency Tass reported Wednesday. Medvedev made the announcement after Russia’s President Vladimir Putin unveiled a series of constitutional changes … Continue reading →
I confess that I don’t really understand what makes a candidate “electable.” I remember, however, that it used to be considered a big deal in the GOP. Over and over, a more moderate candidate was touted as more “electable,” and … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This post was sparked by a back-and-forth yesterday in this thread.] Most of now-liberal/left New England was for many years the center of rock-ribbed Republicanism, with native Vermonter Calvin Coolidge a typical product. In 1932 there were only six … Continue reading →
Pressured by her own caucus, Pelosi says the transfer will happen next week: I have asked Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler to be prepared to bring to the Floor next week a resolution to appoint managers and transmit articles of … Continue reading →
I’ve read contradictory things about how the new census will affect representation in the House, but the latest appears to be that a state like New York might be losing a Congress member or two: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez may be a … Continue reading →
Those who hate Trump and consider him an illegitimate president and believe he won the election by trickery (or would like you to believe he won by trickery) or by fluke are ignoring this point: The election of President Donald … Continue reading →
The Horowitz Report dealt a blow to Lawfare: …[T]he ‘Lawfare’ blog…[is] a site that’s placed itself at the center of the operation to legitimize and push Trump-Russia conspiracy theories throughout the Trump presidency. Their specialty has been to claim the … Continue reading →
With his brand new Parliament, Boris Johnson gets his Brexit vote.
Continue reading →My goodness: It might be difficult to believe after weeks of talk about impeachment that there are people who still don’t understand the process, but on Twitter last night, “#ByeTrump” was trending because many believed that the House vote on … Continue reading →
Yesterday I wrote, concerning Nancy Pelosi’s decision to hold back on sending articles of impeahment to the Senate: “This is the Democrats’ idea of “leverage”? Why would the Republicans care if Democrats never send the articles to the Senate?” Now … Continue reading →
So Nancy Pelosi has decided to delay sending the articles of impeachment to the Senate, and her fellow Democrats are supporting her in that – or at least pretending to support her: House Democrats on Thursday are rallying behind Speaker … Continue reading →
Yesterday Horowitz testified again, and said much the same thing as before: Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., was blunt in trying to get to the bottom of what happened during Wednesday’s Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing. “Were they … Continue reading →