Terrance “TJ” Cox (photo left, bio here), a Central California ag-sector businessman who served a single term in Congress (2019-2021), has been indicted for wire fraud, money laundering, financial institution fraud, campaign funds fraud, CNN reported on Tuesday, August 16, 2022 (read sto[...]
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Why Republicans have no credibility with a majority of Americans
Let’s start with this: They don’t deserve any, and most people can connect those two dots. They lie, all the time, about everything, and dishonesty will cost you credibility. They’re incompetent; everything they touch goes bad (e.g., the deregulation that led to the 1980s and 2000s[...]
How undemocratic is the Senate?
Twenty-five states have 84% of the U.S. population. Of the 50 U.S. senators representing those states, 29 are Democrats and 21 are Republicans. The other 25 states have 16% of the population. Of the 50 senators representing them, 29 are Republicans and 21 are Democrats. The 50 Democratic senators w[...]
Political silly talk
Trump gutted the IRS, facilitating tax cheating and contributing to soaring deficits (Republicans don’t spend less than Democrats; they just spend differently). Democrats want to revive tax enforcement. Appearing on a TV political show on Sunday, August 7, 2022 (read story here), Sen. Lindsey [...]
What happened in Kansas?
Kansas voters soundly rejected Republican efforts to amend the state constitution to pave the way for the legislature to ban abortions, which is being hailed as a “massive victory” for abortion supporters. Now pundits everywhere are reading all sorts of things into it. Let’s try to[...]
Arizona GOPers’ obsession with 2020 is alive and well
Election denialism and conspiracy theories have taken root in Arizona like nowhere else. Two years later, halfway through President Biden’s term, Arizona Republicans are still obsessed and driven by election results no serious person would question. Is the desert sun baking their brains? Anyon[...]
What if both candidates are wrong?
Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) represents much of Orange County, once one of California’s most Republican areas. This year her GOP opponent is Scott Baugh, a former Orange County party chairman who served a relatively brief stint in California’s legislature over 20 years ago. She easily beat h[...]
The worst Democrat in Congress
Henry Cuellar (D-TX), widely considered the most conservative Democrat in Congress, and already notorious for firing a pregnant staffer (details here) even before the FBI raided his house in what looks to possibly be a bribery investigation (details here), thinks the $7.25 federal minimum wage is to[...]
Wisconsin Democrat kills mother and child in car crash
A Wisconsin state senator and party leader may face calls to resign, but not much more, after being involved in a fatal traffic accident. Janet Bewley (photo, left; bio here), 70, who represents rural counties bordering Lake Superior, pulled out of a parking lot into highway traffic while talking on[...]
Buttigieg jumps to front of New Hampshire Democratic poll
The 2024 primaries are still a long way away, and in presidential politics, two years are an eternity. But political forecasting is a popular sport in America, and given several reasons to suspect Biden won’t run again (age, unpopularity, etc.), Democrats are looking around and pundits are par[...]