This happens for a couple reasons. First, Republicans don’t spend less than Democrats; they just spend on different stuff. Second, government revenues suffer when Republicans slash taxes for the rich. Their latest gambit: Repeal IRS funding to catch rich tax cheaters. Third, it’s part of[...]
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Pennsylvania county recounts 2020 election
“More than two years after the last ballot was cast in the 2020 election, Lycoming County plans to recount all presidential votes by hand — an extraordinary step no other Pennsylvania county has taken,” Raw Story reported (here) on Monday, January 9, 2023, adding, “County commiss[...]
How to solve the House speaker impasse
John Kasich is a former GOP presidential candidate and Ohio governor. This is what they did in the Alaska, Pennsylvania, and Ohio legislatures. The GOP speaker nominee, Kevin McCarthy, is being blocked by a few extremists who want to dismantle the federal government. That tiny group doesn’t re[...]
Don’t give GOP speaker holdouts what they want
What they want is to dismantle the federal government. In the 2023 Congress, the GOP has 222 House seats, and needs 218 to elect a speaker. Because of intraparty divisions, it isn’t enough. At this writing (Wednesday, January 4, 2023), five roll calls have fallen short of producing a majority [...]
Why crime didn’t work for GOPers in the 2022 elections
There are two kinds of “crime waves”: Invented and real. In the era of yellow journalism, crime was a circulation-builder, so newspapers played up crime stories when other news was slow. Crime might not have increased, or gone down, but the heightened media coverage conveyed an impressio[...]
Kari Lake loses election challenge
Kari Lake (photo, left) has lost her election lawsuit. An Arizona judge rejected her exaggerated claims of election problems, and false claims of fraud by election workers (read his decision here). As expected, the judge ruled the defeated GOP candidate didn’t prove Maricopa County’s ele[...]
It’s time for patriotic Americans to turn off Tucker Carlson
Voldymyr Zelenskyy is a towering figure on the world stage. His country is the victim of an unprovoked attack by Russia. The invaders shelled apartment blocks and hospitals; and kidnapped, tortured, and murdered helpless civilians. The Ukrainians took it and fought back with incredible bravery. With[...]
Why Congress shouldn’t ban Trump under the 14th Amendment
Dozens of House Democrats introduced a bill that would disqualify Donald Trump from future public office under the 14th Amendment’s insurrection clause (see story here). It probably won’t make it through the House, and if it does, it’ll surely die in the Senate, although for wrong [...]
What a “moderate” Republican said about Trump’s constitution remark
Glenn Youngkin got elected Virginia governor by persuading voters he’s a “moderate” Republican (he isn’t). NBC News reported here what he said about Trump’s “terminate the Constitution” remark: “There are small signs that fellow Republicans, including[...]
Joe Kent requests quixotic recount
That’s his right, but it won’t change the election results. Kent, who had a storied military career but is a rightwing crackpot (details here), lost Washington’s 3rd congressional district race to Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, an auto shop owner, by 2,629 votes (see results here). Perce[...]