I admit to the guilty pleasure of finishing Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury this weekend. Given that the release of this book finished off Steve Bannon at Breitbart because of an angry Donald Trump, it might well have been titled, Fired by the Furious. But the saga that Wolff sets out, based on extraordinary White … Read more
My wife stood in the rain for hours on election day to put an end to Trump-style politics. Her vote plus many more cast by women in Virginia helped propel Democrats to victory in every statewide office and a stunning number of seats in the General Assembly. Some of the winners were themselves women running … Read more
Trump bet big that a political strategy attacking President Obama and Hillary Clinton for a “war on coal” would pay off. But if the current polling showing Clinton still ahead in the race turns out to be correct, we will be able to say this ploy was an outright bust. Sort of like placing a … Read more
Don’t kid yourself, Donald Trump could still win. The man who was running even before the first debate has had a bad run since. Still it’s never over till it’s over. Hillary Clinton leads but doesn’t break 50% in polling when third party candidates are included. And more leaks from WikiLeaks await, as undecided voters … Read more
As Hillary Clinton considered the selection of Senator Tim Kaine as her running mate some progressives responded, “Meh.” But based on his history environmentalists should be saying, “Yeh!” Indeed, the NRDC Action Fund rightly called him impressive and the League of Conservation Voters said awesome. So let’s look in more detail at the record. Read entire article here …
On June 22 President Obama signed into law a Congressional overhaul of the nation’s main statute for reviewing potentially dangerous chemicals in everyday household products. It’s an impressive day when Congress is able to reach agreement on anything in today’s poisonous political atmosphere. Or at least it was until Speaker Paul Ryan launched a massive … Read more
In May Donald Trump took the lead in some national polling after becoming the presumptive Republican nominee for president. Hillary Clinton, mired in her contest with Bernie Sanders, had fallen from her perch as the long-time polling leader and faced an uncertain future. What a difference a few weeks can make in politics. Read entire article here … Read more
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