Members of Congress are back in DC after their summer recess. While the news has been fixated on the antics of the White House for weeks on end, it can now turn to issues that have been simmering and waiting… Read More ›
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Trump’s Budget Tells Us What He Values–How About You?
“Don’t tell me what you value. Show me your budget & I’ll tell you what you value.” Joe Biden Trump just released his 2020 Budget and the fights are on. For those wondering why he just released a budget when… Read More ›
A Shutdown Problem That Still Needs Fixing
The recent government shutdown revealed just how devastating it is for many people when they don’t get their regular paycheck. Over the 35 day shutdown, the longest in our history, we all heard many stories of federal workers all over… Read More ›
Sunday Reading: What Caught My Eye This Week
I enjoy pulling away from the landslide of breaking news and taking the time to understand more about issues affecting our democracy and government. This week, I found these three articles interesting, and wanted to share them with you. How… Read More ›
Saturday Morning Cartoons 1/26
Friday was such a huge news day that it might be easy to forget that most of the week was spent reading story after story about how the government shutdown was affecting people and services all over the country. Here’s… Read More ›
Republicans are Weak
I’ll make it short. The Republicans in Congress are weak. There will be no clearer example of their utter abdication of their oath of office than what will happen in the Senate today. Mitch McConnell is bringing up two bills… Read More ›
Trump’s Shutdown: One Month Later
Every day the shutdown continues, the more people will feel pain. The media is awash in shutdown stories, but this impasse is hardly old news — in fact, every day it becomes more of a red-hot poker for Americans everywhere…. Read More ›
Saturday Morning Cartoons 1/19
This week the editorial cartoonists responded to the bombshell report that the FBI had opened a counterintelligence investigation of the President himself based on his behavior regarding Russia; the ongoing government shutdown (now the longest in our history); and the… Read More ›
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Shutdown Edition
This week, the editorial cartoonists were pretty focused on the government shutdown, which, as of today, is the longest shutdown in our nation’s history. By Monte Wolverton By Phil Hands, Wisconsin State Journal By Matt Davies, Newsday … Read More ›
The Senate Democrats Blocked McConnell Last Night
Did you see that the Democrats in the Senate thwarted Mitch McConnell last night? I would understand if you didn’t–most everyone was focused on Trump’s Oval Office address, whether they were watching it or not. Since the 116th Congress opened… Read More ›
Why the Shutdown is Stuck & What We Can Do
Millions of Americans are already affected by the shutdown. Federal employees aren’t getting a paycheck (right at the end of the holiday season no less.) Others are being told their food stamps aren’t guaranteed if the shutdown continues. There is… Read More ›
Sunday Reading: What Caught My Eye This Week
The Powerful Role Confusion Plays In American Elections This fantastic piece by Talking Points Memo makes the case that confusion in elections is essentially another form of voter disenfranchisement. It traces several issues from the November midterms to illustrate how… Read More ›
Saturday Morning Cartoons 1/5
Editorial cartoonists on this week’s news, which included ringing in the New Year, ushering out the 115th Congress and swearing in the 116th, and the government shutdown, among other stories. From Marc Murphy, Louisville Courier-Journal From Kevin Siers,… Read More ›
Why Government Shutdowns are Always Looming
The Trump administration has one crisis after another, but even so, doesn’t it feel like we’re always on the verge of another government shutdown? Trump called Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer into the Oval Office earlier this week to haggle… Read More ›