I will have more on this tomorrow. Good news, but I find the party-line breakdowns of the vote a little concerning given the Gorsuched Court.
Month: May 2017
I did a survey of contributions to presidential candidates in 2012 and 2016 from people working at elite law firms. (Data here). The immediate inspiration for this was a question from a 2017 law gra
Eric Levitz has an appropriate response to the crocodile tears and feigned ignorance of the lead negotators of TrumpCare, the Freedom [sic] Caucus’s Mark Medows and the Tuesday [note: negotiatio
Pierce uses the dishonest statement put out by the campaign of Republican hired goon Greg Gianforte to put his assault on Ben Jaobs in context: I just adore that last part. I adore it even more than the fanciful notion that Ben Jacobs was using his iPhone of Doom to overpower poor Greg Gianforte. “Aggressive […]
It is well known that the Wikileaked EMAILS! and massively overblown controversy over Clinton’s EMAILS! had a mutually reinforcing effect, creating the impression of a major scandal based on non
Yesterday, ICE agents ate at a restaurant in Michigan. They then detained 3 of the workers, although it’s not even clear why as they were all released. Presumably they had accents and thus must
Its May 25th, you hoopy froods! The day we celebrate British author Douglas Adams and his magnum opus Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Likely everyone will be talking about the importance of towels to galactic exploration, which is only right. But I want to take a moment to recognize the significance of Adams’ writings to political science. There […]
For some reason, Jeff Sessions just can’t stop lying by omission about his contact with Russian officials: Attorney General Jeff Sessions did not disclose meetings he had last year with Russian
Greg Gianforte’s physical assault of a reporter this evening may be nearly unprecedented for a Congressional candidate, but it’s hardly atypical for where the Republican Party is going. Th
There was a lot of cocaine use on the 86 Mets. That’s all I have to say here. I'm gonna be thinking about this for months pic.twitter.com/eyKkBFpmFd — Damn☆ちゃん✨ (@YareYareZawa) May 23, 2017
Donald Trump becoming the Republican nominee for president is a mystery that can never be explained: The Republican candidate for Montana’s congressional seat slammed a Guardian reporter to the floo
Jon Cohn has more on the political suicide-literal murder pact passed by the House of Representatives: Twenty-three million fewer Americans would have insurance under legislation that House Republica