The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – As if we needed any more evidence to backup our unique name for the so-called “Freedom Caucus,” a new book and review show that a far right movement of MAGA Republicans in the House should be called the “Dixie Caucus,” because the brain trust…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Who is the new Speaker of the House Mike Johnson? Let his own words reveal all. “It’s no secret that I am a steadfast Christian and man of God,” Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson told supporters in recent fundraising emails. But in…
The Dead on Arrival Bill Included a Partisan Poison Pill to Cut Federal Spending – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a crass attempt to appear to side with Israel in its war with Hamas in Gaza the new Speaker of the House Mike Johnson brought up a bill which included $14.3 billion…
Staff Report – Freedom of the Press Foundation – An Alabama newspaper publisher and reporter were arrested last week and charged under a grand jury secrecy statute for the “crime” of reporting on a grand jury subpoena provided by a source. The publisher, Sherry Digmon, was arrested again — this time for soliciting ads from…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — In one of the largest and most significant corporate pollution settlements in the history of electric power and the law, Potomac Electric Power has agreed to pay more than $57 million to help mitigate contamination of the Anacostia River from its power plants. We just received the press…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A majority of Americans favor stronger gun control laws, opinions that are at odds with the Republicans in Congress, where doing anything about guns is a non-starter in spite of a major spike in deadly mass shootings in the United States over the past few years. According to the…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — It may be too little too late, or too little too soon, but at least the Biden administration is trying to do something to try keeping people grounded in reality. What are the Christo Fascists in the House doing other than trying to push…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — It was just a matter of time. Too bad we don’t have televangelist Pat Robertson or Jerry Falwell around anymore to remind us so we can run stories making fun of them. Give Mike Johnson, the new Louisiana Christian conservative Speaker of the House,…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Little known Louisiana arch-conservative Mike Johnson managed to do what others could not. He managed to get 220 votes and was elected Speaker of the House on Wednesday, bringing an end to three weeks of chaos that left the chamber without a leader and put Republican divisions on display…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown, along with 41 other state Attorneys General, filed a series of federal and state lawsuits against Meta this week, alleging that the company knowingly designed and deployed harmful features on Instagram and Facebook and its other social media platforms with the intent of…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — As wars continue to rage in Israel-Gaza and Russia-Ukraine, and the Republicans still can’t seem to find a Speaker of the House they can get behind, what is the American public paying attention to and concerned about these days? Judging by what people seem to be interested in…
“I must judge for myself, but how can I judge, how can any man judge, unless his mind has been opened and enlarged by reading.” – John Adams The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — There’s no good excuse these days to be ignorant about anything. Any information you want or…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The chaos in the House continued on Friday as Jim Jordan of Ohio failed for a third time to win election as Speaker, “leaving his party with no consensus on a way forward and the chamber paralyzed in the face of growing pressure to get back to business,”…
By Glynn Wilson — WASHINGTON, D.C. — A behind the scenes scorched earth political pressure campaign over the weekend failed to generate enough votes for right-wing flame thrower Jim Jordon of Ohio to be approved as Speaker of the House in a floor vote on Tuesday. In the final analysis, he only got 200 votes.…
Guest Column – By Caitlin Vogus – Freedom of the Press Foundation Before a single witness could utter a word of testimony in the Google antitrust case on Tuesday, the public and the press were temporarily barred from the courtroom. It’s just another step in a long list of anti-transparency measures styming access to the…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the world watches the devastating crisis of war in the Middle East between Israel and Hamas on 24-hour cable news and social media, the federal government in Washington is still operating without a 2024 budget on a temporary continuing resolution that will expire on Nov. 17, the…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Everybody knows the dice are loaded. Gamblers may roll with their fingers crossed. But the war is not over. It never ends, even though the good guys already lost. The fight was fixed. And the poor stay poor, while the rich just get richer.…
Gonzo Journalism – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Man, I was all mentally prepared for a government shutdown. I was dreaming of sleeping late every morning and taking a long unpaid vacation from having to pay attention to the morons making a mockery of running the Congress of the United States. But nooo!…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — It’s October, perhaps my favorite month of the year, when the leaves start falling from the trees and begin to changes colors. Studies show that fall is one of the busiest travel seasons of the year, and many people are motivated to visit national parks and other beautiful…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The MAGA Dixie Caucus, a.k.a., the “Freedom Caucus,” led by Matt Gaetz of the Redneck Riviera in the Panhandle of Florida, got their way on Tuesday as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was removed in a vote of 216 to 210. In live coverage, the New York Times called it…
