Interesting and ironic how forty years of dogged gerrymandering to create primary-challenge resistant, pure Republican congressional districts has backfired. Republicans have narrowed their constituencies to the extent… Read more “2022 Midterms: The downside of a sure thing”
Tag: Republicans
Group Think: identical legislation in every Republican statehouse?
Have you ever wondered why so many state legislatures seem to introduce remarkably similar legislation and policies almost simultaneously? The current case in point—voter suppression. 45 State… Read more “Group Think: identical legislation in every Republican statehouse?”
The Trump years showed how much suffering America could live with.
The Trump years tested America’s capacity for indifference, and America failed. — Read on slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/01/trump-what-we-learned-suffering-death.html
No Redemption for McConnell
History will not be kind to Mitch McConnell
Trump reveals how to never elect another Republican again
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/30/trump-republican-party-voting-reform-coronavirus The truth emerges just as we suspected. This is about as close to admitting that Republicans have to suppress the vote and/or cheat to win as… Read more “Trump reveals how to never elect another Republican again”
Senate Judiciary Committee: Incompetent, Cowardly, Corrupt
Senate Judiciary Committee member Lindsey Graham argues that Republicans are not competent to question Dr. Blasey Ford in Kavenaugh hearing and must bring in “someone who knows what they’re doing.”
Birth of the Party of Nixon: July 26, 2018
Welcome to the new “imperial Presidency.” Greetings, to the new Republican Party–the party of Richard M. Nixon.
Republican Supremacists?
The American people deserve to understand why Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, and Congressional Republicans are hell-bent on pursuing an irrational and reprehensible public policy agenda. McConnell’s current,… Read more “Republican Supremacists?”
Trump’s Past is Prologue
As I have watched and listened to politicians and pundits during this post-Charlottesville week I am baffled by the rhetoric. Why would the conversation be about what… Read more “Trump’s Past is Prologue”