Politics and the Environment – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — In sharp contrast to the previous administration in Washington, and in spite of some compromises on domestic oil and gas production in Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico that angered environmentalists, it is important to report on this Earth Day 2023 that the…
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Everyone Stands Equal Under the Law: Trump Charged With 34 Felony Counts
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. â All over the country and the world, people who doubted that Donald Trump would ever be held accountable under the law for any of his crimes against humanity and the Constitution of the United States celebrated on social media. Meanwhile most of the press and media covering the…
New York Grand Jury Votes to Issue the first Indictment in History of a U.S. President, Donald Trump
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. â A Manhattan Grand Jury voted Thursday in New York to issue the first criminal indictment in American history against a former president. Donald Trump will be the first former president to face criminal charges in a case focused on a hush-money payment to a porn star Stormy Daniels…
President Biden Delivers 2023 State of the Union Address
Watch the Video – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Read the Full Text – Remarks of President Joe Biden â State of the Union Address as Prepared for Delivery – The United States Capitol – Mr. Speaker. Madam Vice President. Our First Lady and Second Gentleman. Members of Congress and the Cabinet. Leaders of our military. Mr.…
New March on Washington Announced Against Hate Crimes to Mark 60th Anniversary of First March on Washington with Martin Luther King
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Action Network is organizing a new march on Washington to mark the 60th anniversary of the first march on Washington in 1963 with Martin Luther King, the Rev. Al Sharpton announced Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” The focus will be on the rise in hate…
McCarthy Elected Speaker of the House on 15th Ballot, But Jan. 6 Will Continue to Haunt Republicans
Public Opinion Analysis – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — After a spectacle of arm-twisting on the House floor that nearly erupted into fisticuffs, California Republican Kevin McCarthy finally won over just enough of the right-wing rebels he needed Friday night to become Speaker of the House. After a five-day, 15-ballot debacle of a…
The Elon Musk Files: Concern Grows at NASA, Space X About the Outspoken Billionaire
By Glynn Wilson -Â WASHINGTON, D.C. — It’s hard to imagine that no one in the Biden administration and America’s space agency NASA is concerned about the behavior of Elon Musk at Twitter, considering he is also the CEO of Space X, which NASA has become dependent on for servicing the International Space Station and…
Will 2023 Be the Year Republicans Finally Abandon Trump?
An Independent Run by Liz Cheney Could Hand President Joe Biden Another Term – By Glynn Wilson – Public Opinion Analyst – WASHINGTON, D.C. — After tiptoeing around the issue for two years, Republicans will be forced to reckon with a major question as they begin their 2024 presidential nominating process in 2023: What to…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Delivers Address to A Joint Meeting of Congress
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivers an address before a joint meeting of Congress. Video Full Text Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a virtual address to the U.S. Congress on Wednesday. He appealed to President Biden and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to increase U.S. support for Ukraine as they seek…
Lame Duck Congress Plays Government Shutdown Funding Games Again
ANALYSIS – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Funding the government of the United States used to be a fairly routine affair, and for most of its history, Congress went home in recess before Thanksgiving and members didn’t come back to Washington until the new year. Not anymore. For the past 40 years or…
House Select Committee Unanimously Recommends Criminal Charges Against Donald Trump
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol held its final public meeting on Monday afternoon, Dec. 19, 2022, ending a historic 18-month investigation with the approval of its final report. The committee voted unanimously to recommend criminal charges of inciting an insurrection,…
Warnock Defeats Walker in Georgia Runoff – Democrats Take 51st Senate Seat
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock won re-election to the United States Senate Tuesday over Republican former star fullback Herschel Walker, handing Democrats a 51st seat and a clear majority in the upper chamber and insurance against a slim majority by Republicans in the House. With 95 percent of the votes…
Trump Real Estate Company Found Guilty in Tax Fraud Scheme
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Donald Trump’s real estate company was found guilty of tax fraud Tuesday for helping executives dodge taxes on lavish perks such as Manhattan apartments and luxury cars, in a significant repudiation of financial practices at the former president’s family business in what New York state prosecutors called a “culture…
F.B.I. Headquarters Move Could be a Legacy Project for Greenbelt’s Congressman, Steny Hoyer
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Some people say you shouldn’t talk about politics at family gatherings on holidays like Thanksgiving, as incendiary as that can be these days. But as power is shifting in the nation’s capital city and the Capitol building, and with juicy political plums to be plucked after Christmas, you…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer to Step Aside
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Greenbelt, Maryland will not seek a leadership role in the 118th Congress, according to an email message to colleagues and supporters. His announcement comes as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the face of House Democrats for two decades and the first woman to serve…
Republicans Capture Control of the House but Fall Short of Midterm Expectations
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Republican Party managed to eke out a slim majority in the House on Wednesday, according to announcements that broke in the late afternoon eight days after Election Day, after Republican Congressman Mike Garcia of the 27th District in California appeared to win his race with Democrat Christy…
Democrats Hold Power in the Senate With Win in Nevada
Late Vote Counting in Western States Favors Democrats, So Don’t Count Control of the House Out Yet – By Glynn Wilson – Political Analyst – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Defying the historical odds and the predictions of every famous, mainstream pollster and media pundit in the United States who said the Republicans were surging in the…
Maryland Elects Its First Black Governor, as Voting Problems Plague Some Key States
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Millions of people who waited until Election Day to vote cast their ballots on Tuesday in an American democratic tradition that is historically strained, to say the least, while millions more voted early by mail and in person, hoping to avoid any last minute problems or even violence…
Tennessee Disenfranchised 21 Percent of Its Black Citizens
By Bianca Fortis – ProPublica – Leola Scott recently decided to become a more active citizen. The 55-year-old resident of Dyersburg, Tennessee, was driven to action after her son was stabbed to death and nobody was charged. In August, Scott tried to register to vote. That’s when she learned she’s not allowed to cast a…