by Alexander H. Jones | Jan 27, 2023 | Politics |
There may not be a caning of a fellow congressman in the current session of the United States House of Representatives, but even in the absence of a physical altercation we may face the most unruly House with which America has been saddled since the eve of the Civil...
by Ran Coble | Jan 19, 2023 | Politics |
Good for Democrats: 1. The Democrats kept the US Senate majority, with big wins in Arizona, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Nevada, Colorado, and Georgia. This also means President Joe Biden can get appellate court and US Supreme Court nominations through for...
by Paul Stam | Jan 19, 2023 | Politics |
The N.C. Supreme Court doesn’t like them. Dan Blue, State Senate Minority Leader, doesn’t like them. Left wing media do not like them. Their beef is that Republicans got 60% of the seats, 30 out of 50, while only receiving 59% of the votes of those who voted...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jan 16, 2023 | Politics |
He’s wasting his time. The state political rumor mill has been churning out scuttlebutt about Treasurer Dale Folwell’s well-honed ambitions to be governor of North Carolina. It can’t come as a surprise that this hard-charging hard-liner would seek to...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jan 11, 2023 | Politics |
Mayor Eric Adams has announced a policy that amounts to the mass internment of mentally ill people in New York. Clarifying openly that they need not pose a threat to anyone’s safety, Adams has decreed that hundreds or even thousands of people with disabilities...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 9, 2023 | Politics
Well, my first prediction of the year came true, even though I had serious doubts. Kevin McCarthy was elected Speaker on the 15th ballot. I expected the vote to get ugly but was surprised how ugly it got. By the time McCarthy won, the GOP tensions had reached the...
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