Category Archives: Politics

Judge Kills Virginia’s Redistricting Referendum

There were many reasons for it to be killed, starting with it being unconstitutional BREAKING: A Republican-appointed Virginia judge has struck down the Democratic-backed redistricting amendment in full, ruling it unconstitutional and “void from the start.” All votes from the April 21 special election are now invalid, and the state is permanently blocked from… pic.twitter.com/kIym25FBI9 […]

CBS News: Hey, Voting ID Is Pretty Darned Popular

Oh, I see, CBS News is trying to say that it’s not really that popular In voting process, photo ID gets wide support, CBS News poll finds Requiring photo ID to vote and proving citizenship to register both find wide and often bipartisan support. But that doesn’t mean everyone sees problems with the current voting […]

“Trump Allies” To Do SAVE Act Takeover On Senate Floor

Any Republican in the Senate who isn’t in favor of the SAVE Act should just resign, because they would be Democrats who want cheating Trump allies plan Senate floor takeover to pass SAVE America Act President Trump’s allies are planning to take over the Senate floor this week in a bid to pass the SAVE […]

Democrats Need Leadership’s Approval To Back GOP Health Bills

Really? Approval? Democrats say they need leadership green light to back GOP bills to extend ACA tax credits House Democrats say they’re lining up to support a bipartisan extension of enhanced ObamaCare subsidies — if they get a green light from party leaders. Supporters of two bipartisan proposals to extend the Affordable Care Act (ACA) […]

Senate Votes To End Shutdown, NY Times Apoplectic Over Trump’s Action

First Senate Passes Funding Bill to End Schumer Shutdown The Senate passed a continuing resolution (CR) to reopen the government Monday night, 40 days after Democrats triggered what is now the longest government shutdown in history. The vote ends a disastrous shutdown for Democrats, but the civil war for the soul and direction of the […]

Senate Reaches Deal To Reopen Government

As they say, the devil is in the details, and the votes Senate Democrats, Republicans reach deal to reopen government A source familiar with the newly-unveiled plan told Fox News Digital that there are enough Senate Democrats ready to join Republicans for a key vote Sunday night as Congress readies to reopen the government. The […]

Dems Make Offer To End Shutdown Or Something

This is what they should have offered to start with before voting to shut down the government Democrats name their price on ending government shutdown Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Friday that Democrats would vote to end the government shutdown in exchange for a one-year extension of expiring ACA tax credits, multiple sources […]

The Hill Says How Dems And GOP Can Save Face And End Shutdown

Again, my way would be to add the Obamacare subsidies in with a 1 year expiration date, explaining that this won’t happen again, there needs to be a serious change to the program (there’s no way it can be killed off at this point, sadly). How Democrats, GOP could end shutdown and save face Voices […]

Lawsuit Says Trump Cannot Fire People In The Executive Branch Or Something

It’s like Democrats think that the Chief Executive cannot fire people who work in the Executive Branch, that they’re all protected Trump’s power to fire executive branch officials will be tested in another lawsuit A federal ethics enforcer swept up in a spree of firings President Donald Trump carried out Friday night is suing to […]

Surprise: First World Turning Against Progressive Agenda

I wonder why? The Hill’s Merrill Matthews explains Opinion – Developed economies across the globe are abandoning progressive policies Since November, Democrats have been trying to understand how they could possibly have lost an election to the likes of Donald Trump. But it’s not just Trump and the United States. Several key elements of the […]

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