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Showing posts with label senate. Show all posts
Sunday, July 12, 2026

The Legacy of a Man Desperate for Relevance

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Update : thanks again to Steve In Manhattan for including this article at Crooks & Liar s' Mike's Blog Round-Up this morning. K...
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Thursday, November 21, 2024

This Isn't Entirely Good News, But For the Moment We'll Take It (w/ Update)

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So I've been struggling over the past week trying to write up about the dangers of trump's incoming Cabinet picks - a number of them...
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Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Let the GOP Backstabbing Begin (w/Update)

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I'm not entirely in the mood to discuss the Shitgibbon's attempt tonight to use the excuse of a Presidential campaign to avoid DOJ p...
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Tuesday, August 09, 2022

Quick Notes on a Big Biden Win August 2022 Version

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I wanted to make a few comments about the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act: The trick was finding out which trade-offs the Senatorial...
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Monday, July 04, 2022

Four For the Fourth: Fixing the Flaws

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Reminder : here are links to my other Four For the Fourth blog articles, one about a plea for silent firecrackers , one about women's ri...
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Monday, March 07, 2022

American History Bends A Little More Towards Justice

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It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important. - Mart...
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Sunday, January 30, 2022

One Sentence Thought About Biden's Chance for a Supreme Court Pick

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With Justice Stephen Breyer finally (!) announcing his retirement, giving President Biden the opportunity to select a honorable and qualifie...
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Sunday, December 19, 2021

And So Manchin Burns the Nation

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I've said this before: There is nothing more dangerous and destructive to the United States than a self-serving arrogant tone-deaf Senat...
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Sunday, June 06, 2021

The Game Of Politics Where You Shoot Your Own Party In the Foot

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There is nothing more dangerous to the American body politic than a self-absorbed self-destructive Senator . Forget Representatives, forget ...
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Sunday, May 30, 2021

Just Kill The Filibuster

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So that bipartisan investigatory commission into the January 6 Insurrection died a partisan death thanks to just enough Republican Senator...
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Monday, February 01, 2021

Democratic Gamemanship, Also Known as Competency

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If you're not following Balloon Juice website you should, it's magazine-quality blogging at a fraction of the price and with 150 pe...
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Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Impeachment As a Toothless Law, As Partisanship Holds Sway

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As we get set to watch donald trump get impeached for his involvement with the Insurrection riot of January 6, we need to consider how it...
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Saturday, July 04, 2020

Four for the Fourth 2020 Part II: Statehood for DC

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One topic that's come up recently, and one that's relevant to our Day of Independence, is the state of statehood for the district th...
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Friday, January 31, 2020

All This Outrage Must Lead To Action Against Republican Corruption. IT MUST.

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So as I recover from surgery, the rest of this week has mostly been watching the Republican-controlled Senate avoid even the pretense of hol...
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Monday, January 20, 2020

What the Impeachment of donald trump Means

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Tuesday - tomorrow - the Senate trial of donald j (aka The Shitgibbon) trump begins regarding two articles of Impeachment: trump, of cours...
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