Raúl Labrador displays his "leadership" as Idaho GOP convention disintegrates...
Remember when Raúl Labrador announced his plans to run for House Majority Leader earlier this week? The Majority Leader is one of the people tasked with uniting the Republican caucus, so this weekend's...
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They'll probably tell Han Tak Lee today.
Sometime today, when the state of Pennsylvania can get a Korean translator out to the penitentiary, Han Tak Lee will learn that he won in court last week.Until that happens, it'll be just another day...
View ArticleAgency fees survived today, but maybe not for long
Here's today's opinion from Harris v. Quinn, the case that, it was feared, might lead to the end of the union movement. I urge folks to give Kagan's excellent dissent a read, since it provides a good...
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Mass shooting in Texas - at least 6 dead, 4 were children
Breaking now:Deputy constables say at least five people have been killed in a shooting in northwest Harris County. The shooting happened late Wednesday afternoon in the 700 block of Leaflet in the...
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When you say that flag is a symbol of "Southern Heritage"...
...which "Southerners" are you talking about?Are you talking about this man? Dred Scott, born into slavery in Virginia around 1800. When he sued for his freedom, the Supreme Court of the United States...
View ArticleIt's time to elect a President
Nationally recognized United States Senators can wield enormous influence, especially when they have the loyalty of millions of supporters. Senator Sanders can energize and organize tens of thousands...
View ArticleIf it's a question of merit, then Elizabeth Warren deserves to be asked
In 2014, I was part of the unsuccessful effort to draft Elizabeth Warren to run for President. I joined that cause for two reasons: because Senator Warren was inarguably the greatest champion for...
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The War Powers Resolution doesn't apply to bombing Assad - this was illegal
I'm seeing a lot of people invoke the War Powers Resolution as a legal justification for the air strikes in Syria against Assad. The most direct of these is Amber Phillips over at The Fix on the...
View ArticleThat's not how this works. That's not how any of this works.
Recently, several really terrible ideas for blocking Roy Moore from becoming a senator were floated by right-wing pundits, most notably Hugh Hewitt.The first was canceling the special election entirely...
View ArticleCan we please pass the damn ERA now?
We’re in the middle of a tectonic shift in our political system, where abuses against women are (shockingly!) treated with the gravity that they deserve.But there’s something that this moment is...
View ArticlePelosi held the floor 8+ hours - the longest uninterrupted floor remarks in...
For over four hours now, Nancy Pelosi has been using an obscure House rule to hold the floor and defend Dreamers and DACA. Surrounded by other members of the Democratic caucus, she’s reading letters...
View ArticleFEC rules candidates may use campaign funds for childcare, opening the door...
With 24 members of Congress, a slew of campaign finance experts, and even Hillary Clinton in her corner, Democratic congressional candidate Liuba Grechen Shirley has won for parents a major victory at...
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