Election 2020 took a stunning turn in the last week, beginning with Jim Clyburn’s pivotal endorsement of Joe Biden just before the South Carolina primary. Following Biden’s huge win on Saturday, the other candidates dropped out of the race, beginning with...
Dear Generic Libertarian, Every time I make the mistake of arguing with libertarians on Facebook or Twitter I shake my head in wonder at the way you have been misled by those who promote the idea that government is terrible, but individual-centric society is...
Now that the government shutdown is over, it’s back to business as usual, right? Let’s hope not. Oh, the right wing Tea Party Republican House members who threw this economic disaster of a temper tantrum are still defiantly insisting they were in the right...
Now that it’s September, we are finally ready to talk about the 2014 elections. (Yes, we know the media have been obsessed with it since — oh, November 7, 2012.) The DailyKos folks are looking at five key states for 2014: Alaska, Colorado, Pennsylvania,...
The Texas Senate is currently debating House Bill 2, the restrictive abortion legislation Wendy Davis filibustered against last month. The vote is expected to be called this evening. In the meantime, the Texas Department of Public Safety has been searching bags and...