Democrats must make voting reform nonnegotiable for the next stimulus bill
From today’s Vox News Online: The political climate in the US is tumultuous. The Covid-19 pandemic hangs over everything even as a dozen other issues — an oil crisis, a…
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Federal government is weighing an infrastructure push to create jobs
From today’s New York Times: Fears are growing that the global downturn could be far more punishing and long lasting than initially feared — potentially enduring into next year, and…
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The House Has Impeached President Trump. Here’s What We Learned.
From FiveThirtyEight: The House of Representatives voted to impeach President Trump on Wednesday, making him just the third president ever to be impeached. The two votes fell almost perfectly along…
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Trump ‘Ignored and Injured’ the National Interest, Charge Impeachment Articles
From today’s New York Times: House Democratic leaders on Tuesday formally called for President Trump’s removal from office, asserting that he “ignored and injured the interests of the nation” in…
Upgrade voting systems, restore Voting Right Act, and end voter suppression
From today’s USA Today: In many ways, Election Day 2018 was a good one for American democracy. Millions of people turned out to vote. An unprecedented number of women are…
Election Day: Trump and health care key issues in race for control of the House
From today’s Washington Post: Voters who will decide control of the U.S. House said President Trump and health care were two of the most important factors as they chose their…
New sexual assault allegations roil Kavanaugh SCOTUS nomination
From today’s Los Angeles Times: Brett Kavanaugh’s embattled nomination for the Supreme Court faced further disarray Sunday night after an explosive new account emerged of alleged sexual misconduct when he…
Two-thirds of voters support tougher gun control after FL shooting massacre
From CNBC News: American voters by a 2-to-1 margin favor tougher gun control rules following the massacre of 17 people at a Florida high school last week, according to a…
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When Wall Street Writes Its Own Rules, It’s An Age of Unprecedented Corruption
From today’s New York Times: On July 25, 2013, a high-ranking federal law enforcement officer took a public stand against malfeasance on Wall Street. Preet Bharara, then the United States…
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Thorny Logistics Of A Federal Shutdown and How It Affects Agency Employees
From National Public Radio: Hundreds of thousands of federal employees will either be sent home or have been told to not show up to work at all on Monday, as…