Texas GOP’s top anti-groomer crusader resigns over sexual misconduct with teenage aide
The lawmaker was facing an expulsion hearing after an internal investigation found he had furnished a 19-year-old staffer with alcohol and later tried to intimidate her into silence about what transpired and their relationship.
A legislative coup in NC? Rev. William Barber on GOP stripping power from new...
The Republican lawmakers are attempting to impose measures to slash the number of state employees appointed by the governor, require Senate approval for all of the governor’s Cabinet picks and strip the governor of the power to appoint University of North Carolina trustees.
While China picks winners, Trump picks losers
As with so much else, Trump is determined to Take America Backwards Again.
With the crisis of Kavanaugh’s confirmation comes opportunity
It’s a truism in political science that when regimes lose their legitimacy, major change – even revolution – becomes a possibility.
Trump is history. It’s Joe Biden who’s changing America
The stars are now better aligned for fundamental reform than they’ve been since Reagan.
Another GOP Senator Wavers, Says He’s Open To A Vote On Obama’s Supreme Court...
Another GOP Senator breaks with McConnell's hard-line position. Senator Ron Johnson says he's open to a vote on President Obama’s nominee.
Bernie Sanders rebukes Trump for Stoking ‘fear and hatred’ with lie-soaked national address
"Mr. President, we don’t need to create artificial crises. We have enough real ones. Let us end this shutdown and bring the American people together around an agenda that will improve life for all of our people."
Restoring the manufacturing base in the U.S. is the key to our prosperity
“Build new supply chains. Buy American.”
We’re Already Losing Our Democracy and All Our Freedoms to the 2001 AUMF
The 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) declared America to be a "battleground and the country to be in a permanent state of war." It's time Congress gets rid of the treacherous AUMF.
Trump Confronted With Reality That His New Economic Idea Would Destroy The Global Economy
Trump's wild-eyed ideas about the national debt seem to be based on a gut feeling rather than reality.