Federal agencies react positively to proposed federal budget even though it’s dead on arrival in the Republican House – Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Not wasting any time and showing what federal leadership looks like, President Joe Biden released a $7.3 trillion budget proposal on Monday for fiscal year 2025 that is packed with…
Immigration Reform
Congress Narrowly Averts a Government Shutdown as House Democrats Help Pass Stopgap Funding Bill, Approved by the Senate
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — While every federal agency was going through contingency plans preparing for a catastrophic government shutdown, including National Park Service rangers getting ready to close most national parks and campgrounds at the beginning of the busy Autumn color season, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy failed to obtain an agreement from…
Big Problems Require Big Solutions: How to Save Democracy and the Planet
The Stakes Could Not be Higher for Democracy as Congress Returns to Work
Trump Departs Washington With No Fanfare, Joe Biden Sworn In as President Without Incident
By Glynn Wilson – Editor and Publisher – KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — As the day broke, it was cold, grey and foreboding in Washington, D.C. on January, 20, 2021, as it was in Knoxville, Tennessee, when the cloud cloaked dawn came up over the Smoky Mountains. Somehow, someway, we survived one more final night with Rat…
Senators Press Trump Administration to Implement ‘Operation Safe Return’ on Southern Border
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – A bipartisan group of Senators are indicating they will attempt to step into the policy vacuum on the southern border, where current policy has fueled a humanitarian crisis, with a program called “Operation Safe Return.” U.S. Senator Doug Jones, the Democrat from Alabama, announced the decision publicly by…
U.S. Senator Doug Jones of Alabama to Join Democrats and Republicans Voting Down President Trump’s National Emergency Declaration for Southern Border Wall
By Glynn Wilson – U.S. Senator Doug Jones of Alabama is signaling that he will join other Democrats and a few Republicans to vote against President Donald J. Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to reroute Department of Defense money to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. By a vote of 245-182, the House…
Vote ‘No’ to Adding Even More Stupid Amendments to Alabama’s Outdated Constitution
By Glynn Wilson – MOBILE, Ala. — Winding my way back to my native state from the nation’s capital last week, I encountered the welcome sign on the state line with some trepidation, even dread. “Welcome to Sweet Home, Alabama. Governor Kay Ivey.” I almost turned around and drove somewhere else. At least in George…
Key Republican Issue of Illegal Immigration Becomes a Winner for Democrats
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Trump administration’s plan to use illegal immigration as the cornerstone political issue in the midterm elections to try to get more Republicans elected to Congress blew up in its face this week. While Democrats were planning to focus on health care and expanding Medicaid, crying babies being…
Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox Campaigns for Governor in Mobile and Baldwin County
By Glynn Wilson – DAPHNE, Ala. — The “unwavering hero” of the massive tornado that struck Tuscaloosa in 2011, Walter Maddox, at 45, may be the early front runner in a crowded field of candidates for governor of Alabama. On a campaign swing through Baldwin County and Mobile Thursday night, the Tuscaloosa mayor said why…
Alabama Senator Doug Jones Advises President Trump on State of the Union
By Glynn Wilson – U.S. Senator Doug Jones, the new Democrat in Washington from Alabama, was asked to appear on “CBS This Morning” to comment on President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address, scheduled for Tuesday night. While many Democrats are planning on participating in “not watch” parties, and some Democrats are boycotting…
Bipartisan Group of U.S. Senators Reach Deal to Reopen Federal Government
By Glynn Wilson – On the first full work day of a federal government shutdown caused mainly by a lack of competent leadership from the White House, a bipartisan group of Senators forged a compromise Monday morning to end the filibuster over government funding and debate pressing issues related to immigration and border security. The…
The Tea Party is Over: Suburbia Revolts Against Trump and Do Nothing Congress
ANALYSIS – By Glynn Wilson – MOBILE, Ala. — When the tea in Boston Harbor dissipated, a new nation emerged from the carnage. Now that the tea party in modern American politics is clearly over, it looks like another new nation is emerging, one that will no longer stomach the election of people who tear…
Freshman Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz Faces Protesters
Republican Defends Bill to Abolish the EPA By Glynn Wilson – MILTON, Fla. — Freshman Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz faced protesters and supporters at his first day of town hall events since the election, defending a bill he put forward with three cosigners in the House to abolish the EPA. The Florida Panhandle Progressives, local…
The Second Coming of The Donald: Trump’s Return to Mobile and Ascent to DC
By David Underhill — Associate Editor – MOBILE, Ala. – The fervent thousands who streamed in Mobile’s football stadium for a campaign appearance by quirky celebrity candidate Donald Trump in August 2015 surprised even his vain self. That was his first mega rally, and it showed he might actually be running for president rather than…
Trumpeting Triumph Over Castro: New President Yearns to Turn Back Time
By David Underhill â MOBILE, Ala. â Most American cities have official sister cities sprinkled around the globe. Mobile’s include Havana, Cuba. This happened three decades ago through the unorthodox efforts of a few Mobilians. They decided to ignore the chronic Cold War anti-commie fevers of the time and focus instead on the three centuries…
Analysis: Comparing and Contrasting the Republican and Democratic Party Platforms
EDITORS NOTE – We thought it might be interesting and informative to compare and contrast the Democratic Party and Republican Party platforms for 2016. Here is our analysis of some key similarities and differences. We welcome your comments below. By Glynn Wilson – For starters, the Republican Party Platform Preamble begins with a categorical statement:…
The Donald Woos the Heart of Dixie, But Jesus Remains Politically Polygamous
By David Underhill – MOBILE, Ala – The temptation was too great for New Yorker satirist Andy Borowitz. Photos of Donald Trump’s August 21 campaign rally at the football stadium here showed a throng so white it might have been a convention of albinos. Perhaps a spy agency’s scanning technology could pick out a few…
President Obama Announces Restoration of Diplomatic Relations With Cuba
By Glynn Wilson – In a historic announcement guaranteed to draw howls from conservative Republicans on Capitol Hill, President Barack Obama announced an agreement on Wednesday to restore diplomatic relations with Cuba and called for an end to the Cold War economic embargo that has been in place since the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1961.…