Congress has until October 18 to raise the debt ceiling. Many economists say failure to do so will be “catastrophic.” McConnell says Democrats have enough votes, and won’t provide a single Republican vote. If they don’t, whose fault will it be? Wouldn’t that be the part[...]
Archive for October 3rd, 2021
Profile of a justice who doesn’t like the America we have
Today’s Supreme Court isn’t exactly a Trumper court — he appointed only 3 of the current justices — but it’s a more radical court, and increasingly out of step with a majority of the American people. One of those leading the rightward charge is Neil Gorsuch. Gorsuch (bi[...]
The Guns of January
Of all the GOP’s lies enveloping the 2020 election, one of the most enduring is that the Capitol insurrection was a gun-free political protest. It was neither. It wasn’t a protest. The rioters’ own videos, reinforced by their social media posts and internal messaging, irrefutably d[...]