Category: Opinion
House Approval of New Voting Rights Bill Is Clarion Call
Friday's vote should ring clear as a bell that yes, Democrats are hard at work and particularly hard at work at protecting the civil and voting rights who need them most.
It Appears To Be Time for Devin Nunes To Switch Seats
It's time for House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif) to compel his colleague Nunes to move from his spot off of the dais and out to the witness table.
It’s Time for Other Democrats To Follow Kamala Harris Out Of the Exits
Perhaps Harris will find better success on the road to the White House another year.
With Her Fundraising, Rep Ocasio-Cortez Raises the Bar
Without dialing for dollars or lobbyist meetings, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez raised more money than any other House Democrat in the third quarter, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who is known for her fundraising prowess.
The US Space Program? It’s a Disgrace
The United States used to be about big things. What happened to that, especially when it comes to outer space?
This Thanksgiving, Perhaps It’s Time Again To Be Thankful To Be Americans
In our current tribalistic and hyper-partisan lives, we have perhaps become too often accustomed to identifying ourselves or our neighbors first as Democrats or Republicans, liberals or conservatives... instead of what unites us first as Americans.
Trump’s Wall: Ineffective, Waste of Money, Hurts the Military
So, now that he's had a chance to construct at least part of his long-loved wall, Trump has compiled a record of being ineffective, wasteful in government spending, and weak on the military.
Just How Far Can Yang, His ‘Gang,’ and His Quirky Campaign Carry Him?
At first no one took Trump seriously either, and like Yang today, Trump simply proved the doubters wrong day after day, week after week and month after month, until Trump ultimately found himself sitting in the Oval Office. Is Yang on a similar trajectory today?
Trump Should Side With Democracy, Not His ‘Friend’ in China
Regardless of the fact that his fellow Republicans overwhelmingly support the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, Trump has made noises of threatening to veto the bill when it reaches his desk. His rationale is less than compelling.
They Have Momentum, But Democrats Would Be Wise to Put on Another Blockbuster Witness or Two
If House Democrats can hold up, and find even a few more compelling witnesses to put in front of the American people to move public opinion further in their direction (and therefore pressure Republicans to move off their absolutist, "defend-Trump-at-all-costs" position and consider joining the rational process), the better off we all could be.
