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…
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Government Shutdown Will Close America’s National Parks, Impede Visitor Access and Services
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of the Interior held a press conference on Thursday afternoon to inform the press and the people about what they can expect to happen if and when Congress fails to compromise to keep the United States government open and running and forces a massive federal government shutdown…
Fighting the Civil War One More Time: Will 2024 be the Last Stand of the White Christian Nationalists?
A ‘Disaster’ Nears: Millions of Federal Workers’ Paychecks Would Be on Hold in a Shutdown
By Jennifer Shutt – Maryland Matters – WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than 3.5 million federal employees and military personnel — many in the Washington, D.C., area but also scattered across the states and around the globe — are bracing for another partial government shutdown, as U.S. House Republicans struggle to produce a short-term plan to…
America Needs a Defense Bill That Puts Freedom Over Fascism
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. – While every news organization in the land was covering it and Democrats all over social media were watching cable TV talk shows and complaining about House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan of Ohio’s grilling of Attorney General Merrick Garland over Hunter Biden’s laptop, a nothing burger of a story…
Big Problems Require Big Solutions: How to Save Democracy and the Planet
Judge Sets Trump’s Federal Election Conspiracy Trial for March 4, the Day Before ‘Super Tuesday’
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. â The presiding judge in the federal election conspiracy trial of former President Donald Trump rebuffed defense counsel attempts to delay the trial until after the 2024 election, setting a trial date for March 4, the day before the “Super Tuesday” primary on March 5. U.S. District Judge Tanya S.…
Florida’s Third Senator Tommy Tuberville: Poll Shows 58 Percent of People in Alabama Oppose Hold on Military Promotions
“Tuberville lives in Auburn, Alabama, with his wife Suzanne.” — website of Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — We’ve often reported that former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville is not a resident of Alabama. Republican voters elected him as a U.S. Senator anyway. Now the Washington Post Fact Checker has proved…
Congress Leaves Town on Summer Recess: Divided House Raises Fear of Government Shutdown in Fall
By Jennifer Shutt – Maryland Matters – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Members of Congress jetted off for the August recess without a plan in place to avoid a partial government shutdown when the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1 — and the lawmakers who write spending bills acknowledge that it’s a real possibility, given deep divisions.…
Trump Indicted for Trying to Overturn the 2020 Election
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. â Finally, the day has arrived and the Department of Justice has issued a formal indictment of former President Donald Trump for all his efforts to try to overturn the 2020 presidential election and cling to power after clearly losing to Joe Biden by millions of votes and in…
President Biden Reverses Trump’s Political Decision to Move Space Command from Colorado to Alabama
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden reverses Donald Trump’s decision to move the headquarters of U.S. Space Command from Colorado to Alabama, senior military officials announced Monday. Former Democratic Senator from Alabama Doug Jones said while he is disappointed, the decision was best for national security and was not a political…
Doug Jones Weighs in on Tuberville’s One Man Filibuster on Military Promotions
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Most people around the country have now found out about Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville’s one-man filibuster of military promotions. It’s been covered all over cable TV and shared all over social media. He’s made it clear — by not being clear — that he’s against women in the…
Right-Wing Websites Connected to Former Trump Lawyer Are Scamming Loyal Followers With Phony Celebrity Pitches
By Craig Silverman – ProPublica – Oprah Winfrey looked upset. The photo caught her midsentence, her left hand jabbing at the camera. “They are twisting everything,” the TV icon was quoted as saying, under a red “BREAKING NEWS” banner. The ad featuring the Winfrey image and quote ran on the conservative website DC Swamp Tales.…
Senate Report Details Law Enforcement and Intelligence Failures Leading Up to Jan. 6 Capitol Attack
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Senate committee released a scathing report on Tuesday with details of how the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies repeatedly ignored, downplayed or failed to share warnings of violence before the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol in 2021. The report from the…
Fear and Careerism Rule the U.S. Department of Justice? No Zeal for Justice for Trump?
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A detailed investigative report in Monday’s Washington Post just confirmed much of what I have been warning about for months, no years. Since being appointed by President Joe Biden, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Attorney General Merrick Garland was too afraid of appearing to be politically partisan…
Trump Indicted for Mishandling Classified Documents and Conspiracy to Obstruct Justice
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — In what could very well be the beginning of the end for Donald Trump and the unraveling of the Trump era in American politics unfolded over the past two days when a special prosecutor with the United States Department of Justice announced and then unveiled 37 federal charges…
Economic Crisis Averted: Congress Passes Bipartisan Debt Limit Bill
Analysis – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — After months of political gamesmanship on the part of MAGA Republicans that caused unnecessary economic anxiety across the land, the United States Senate followed up on a vote in the House and passed a clean, bipartisan bill on Thursday night in a vote of 63 to…
Democrats Rally at the Capitol to Make Sure the People Know the Debt Crisis is Politically Manufactured by the House MAGA Republicans
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — New Democratic Whip Katherine Clark of Massachusetts went on the offensive against the MAGA House Republicans on Tuesday and was joined by fellow House Democrats, veterans, families, local lawmakers and the non-profit activist group Courage for America in speaking out at a rally outside the U.S. Capitol against the…
Government Declares Covid National Emergency Over: But Is It?
How has your life been changed by this global pandemic? – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — It feels like a scary movie of a lifetime has passed in the past three years since March, 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic national emergency was declared in the United States. While the…
President Joe Biden Announces Candidacy, Officially Kicking Off the 2024 Race for President
Political Analysis – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. â While public opinion data shows the American people do not seem ready or excited to begin the official campaign season for president in 2024, especially if the campaign is going to be a rematch between President Joe Biden and loser Donald Trump, Biden announced his…