I slept normally, now I've got a bunch to do -- clean the kitchen, run 3 miles, take Sam to the vet, an afternoon of meetings. Then I hope to quit early and have some solo fun ( Read more... )

Biden opened with the need to save "freedom and democracy" both at home and abroad, highlighting Russia's invasion of Ukraine ( Read more... )

Dear No Labels People ( Read more... )

It's just not gonna warm up later, remaining in the 30s and windy all day, so I should go ahead and run before work, after the sun comes up at least. I'll get out there by 8:30am. I'll bundle up ( Read more... )

For the 2020 Presidential race, ballot access varied widely depending on the state you lived in. Some states had 3 candidates on the ballot, others had 21 ( Read more... )

Nobody who has served as Vice President (since the adoption of the 12th Amendment in 1804) has served two full terms of their own as President.

This could be a random coincidence, but I think there's a plausible explanation: the people chosen for VP aren't alphas, they didn't have to claw their own way to the top of the national heap. So when they ( Read more... )

Some states and localities have odd-year elections, and this morning's headlines look similar to those after the 2022 midterm elections: Democrats outperformed expectations, mainly because of the abortion issue. Now that the Supreme Court no longer backs a Constitutional right to abortion, some voters who would otherwise have voted Republican or ( Read more... )

Two reputable polls have come out since both RFK Jr and West announced their independent candidacies. On average, Trump gets 39%, Biden gets 36%, RFK gets 17%, and West gets 4 ( Read more... )

I follow Cornel West on Twitter and was surprised to see him posting a defense of his accepting a campaign contribution from Harlan Crow. If you aren't a US news junkie you may have no idea who Harlan Crow is, but Crow has been in the news lately for his lavishly inappropriate "gifts" to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. He's also a major ( Read more... )

“My wife would divorce me and my kids wouldn’t talk to me if I defended Trump.”I don't know what my friends and family would do, if I were to defend Trump. At the moment, that would be impossible for me, as I can't both work for the federal government and defend somebody against federal criminal charges ( Read more... )