Lessons from Richard Jewell
* I am old enough to remember when the pipe-bomb exploded during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. I was...
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UK Labour’s lost election vs. the US Democrats
Britain’s Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbin on his party’s overwhelming rejection in yesterday’s national elections: I will discuss with our party to ensure there is a process now of reflection on this result...
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The tangled web of congressional preferences.
I am a regular reader of the SCOTUSblog. It is THE resource for things going on at the U.S....
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China says “Shut up and dribble!” The NBA complies.
In 2018, Laura Ingraham told LeBron James to “shut up and dribble.” It was a...
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Be careful for what you wish: Trump must turn over tax returns.
The big headline this morning is “President Trump must turn over his tax returns to the...
Read MoreThe duopoly and the debt
Trump is a bad president. His supporters can, indeed, point out good things he has done. I do not discount those things. But the shadow looming over the future existence of this country is the national debt. He, along with a...
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Bluecarp on Twitter
Policy arguments are irrelevant to the question of whether or not the executive branch has the authority to take this action, which is the issue before #SCOTUS.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/us/dreamers-supreme-court-daca.html
"Thomas Massie might be the least popular man in Washington."
Good! That means he's not contributing to the problem. Major props to @RepThomasMassie.
https://politi.co/3dwAflT via @politico
I don’t know a member of Congress more principled or dedicated to the Constitution than @RepThomasMassie. @SpeakerPelosi delayed this process repeatedly and sent the House into recess before its job was complete. Big mistake!
So "gadfly" means "fiscally responsible" now?
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/27/trump-congressman-thomas-massie-coronavirus-vote-151523