Apropos of Scott’s previous post, the Brussels Sprouts podcast has a very good rundown with Dan Kelemen and Zselyke Csaky. You should give it a listen.
Category: democracy
Well, then. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy told a federal court that hundreds of high-speed mail sorting machines he ordered removed cannot be returned to service because they were stripped for parts.
Zolan Kanno-Youngs has an important piece in the Washington Post about the legal authority for the Trump administration’s deployment of little green men* in Portland. After President Trump signe
Ishaan Tharoor has a very good discussion of the broader context of Trump’s meeting with Polish President Andrzej Duda. Though accustomed to lectures from Brussels, Duda and his allies are hoping for a boost ahead of a June 28 presidential election. He faces a tougher-than-expected challenge from the opposition. Some polls show that he could […]
We really are living through Nixon redux. Except with an idiot playing the part of Nixon and a totally plaint congress. The Trump White House and its allies, over the past 18 months, assembled detaile
Adding an additional pre-Iowa post to Scott, Paul, and Erik‘s. I generally don’t presume to speak for my colleagues here, but I think I’m on solid ground when I saw this blog is, like sensibl
Nancy Pelosi has resumed her rightful role as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Discuss.
Unlike … many people apparently, I don’t think Trump’s rhetoric and embrace of hate groups makes him significantly more alarming than the rest of the GOP. But then, I don’t thi
Democrats are feeling the Trumpentum! According the Washington Times!! Democrats, independents sign up with GOP to vote in primaries More than 240,000 new Democrats and independents showed up to vote
Man trapped in burning house wants everyone to know smoke is coming from his neighbor’s chimney. WASHINGTON – Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus released the following statement on Super Tuesday: “While Democrats have seen turnout drop across the board, the record number of Republicans who have gone to the polls in each state […]
There’s a great deal of discussion about who would make the worst Republican nominee and/or president. For my own amusement here’s how I rate the GOP’s current top three. Least worst
I wasn’t going to post this, because of the obnoxious policies of academic publishers that would normally prevent me from providing an open link, but I’ve learned that Cambridge has opened the gat