Category Archives: Government

Election history in context by Heather Cox Richardson

Posted on August 10, 2024 by Jim deMaine
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Is Tim Walz the Midwestern Dad Democrats Need?

Posted on August 6, 2024 by Jim deMaine

Ed note:  Kamala Harris announced that Tim Walz will be her running mate. This interview with Ezra Klein covers many issues and hopefully will help VP Harris waltz with Walz into the White House. By Ezra Klein in the NYT (listen … Continue reading →

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US voter registrations surge — even as Republicans try to limit ballot access

Posted on August 5, 2024 by Jim deMaine

Ed Note: Please check out Vote.org for more information. Thanks to Pam P. The group behind a popular get-out-the-vote technology platform said Friday that it’s registered more than 100,000 new U.S. voters since President Joe Biden withdrew from the 2024 … Continue reading →

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Who Was Freed in the Prisoner Swap Between Russia and the West?

Posted on August 1, 2024 by Jim deMaine

Here’s a list of the 24 prisoners who were exchanged on Thursday and their backgrounds. By Ivan NechepurenkoValerie Hopkins and Alina Lobzina in the NYT Twenty-four prisoners were freed on Thursday in a multicountry exchange in Turkey, marking one of the broadest exchanges … Continue reading →

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Democracy–all at once

Posted on July 29, 2024 by Jim deMaine

by Heather Cox Richardson

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Just One Question for Trump and Vance: What Is Wrong With You People?

Posted on July 25, 2024 by Jim deMaine

By Thomas L. Friedman Opinion Columnist in the NYT (thanks to Diana C.) Ever since President Biden’s Sunday announcement that he would not seek re-election, clearly because of age, I keep thinking about Donald Trump’s and JD Vance’s contemptuous reactions to … Continue reading →

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Are offshore wind turbines in Washington’s future?

Posted on July 24, 2024 by Jim deMaine

If voters decide in November to keep the cap-and-invest program, the state has plans that could bring the technology to its coastal waters. by John Stang in Crosscut/ July 23, 2024 In an August 2016 photo, three wind turbines from Deepwater Wind … Continue reading →

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What Kamala Harris Believes (WSJ Opinion)

Posted on July 23, 2024 by Jim deMaine

Ed note: Peeking out from my bubble, I read the WSJ today. There is an opinion piece blaming Barack Obama for orchestrating the exit of President Biden from the race. The editorial below outlines the criticisms of both Biden and … Continue reading →

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Heather Cox Richardson comments about Kamala Harris

Posted on July 23, 2024 by Jim deMaine
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Heather Cox Richardson on PBS

Posted on July 15, 2024 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Mary Jane F. Click here for a great sense of hope and aid in keeping ourselves centered during all the craziness around us.

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Why is the pundit class so desperate to push Biden out of the race?

Posted on July 14, 2024 by Jim deMaine

Rebecca Solnit in the Guardian (thanks to Pam P.) Yes, Biden had a bad debate – but so did Trump. The media is once again repeating the mistakes of 2016. I am not usually one to offer diagnoses of people … Continue reading →

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For Biden, a Race Against Time

Posted on July 13, 2024 by Jim deMaine

By Maureen Dowd Opinion Columnist, reporting from Washington in the NYT When my mom got into her 80s, we had to deal with periodic medical issues. Fainting. Falls. Broken bones. Luckily, she was in good stead with the local rescue squad … Continue reading →

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Ballot Box

Posted on July 7, 2024 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Pam P.

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What is Project 2025?

Posted on July 6, 2024 by Jim deMaine

Yet Trump Disavows Project 2025 Transition Plan BY ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON / AP from Time Magazine Miami — Donald Trump distanced himself Friday from Project 2025, a massive proposed overhaul of the federal government drafted by longtime allies and former officials in his administration, days … Continue reading →

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President — or King

Posted on July 2, 2024 by Jim deMaine

Commentary by Heather Cox Richardson

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What Have We Liberals Done to the West Coast?

Posted on June 15, 2024 by Jim deMaine

By Nicholas Kristof Opinion Columnist, reporting from Portland, Ore. for the NYT As Democrats make their case to voters around the country this fall, one challenge is that some of the bluest parts of the country — cities on the West … Continue reading →

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Heather Cox Richardson – Contrasting facts to Trump lies

Posted on June 12, 2024 by Jim deMaine
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Opinion  Worst. Congress. Ever.

Posted on December 15, 2023 by Jim deMaine

By Dana Milbank Columnist in the Washington Post A year ago, I assigned myself to the Capitol to cover the new House Republican majority, suspecting that this erratic crowd of lawmakers would provide some lively material. They did not disappoint. What … Continue reading →

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Ike’s Other Warning

Posted on November 24, 2023 by Jim deMaine

By Max Blumenthal Sept. 2, 2009 in the NYT Thanks to Mike C. IN this summer of town hall disruptions and birth-certificate controversies, a summer when it seemed as if the Republican Party had been captured by its extremist wing, it … Continue reading →

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Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity

Posted on November 7, 2023 by Jim deMaine

An Update from Heather Cox Richardson Since taking office, the Biden administration has focused on using diplomacy in foreign affairs and has used it to solve global issues by strengthening regional partnerships. On Friday, President Biden hosted the first leaders’ … Continue reading →

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‘I Have Your Back’: Doug Emhoff Draws on His Faith After Hamas Attack

Posted on October 23, 2023 by Jim deMaine

Mr. Emhoff, the husband of Kamala Harris, is the first Jewish spouse of a president or vice president. He has focused on providing comfort to people in pain after the Hamas attack. By Katie Rogers in the NYT Doug Emhoff has … Continue reading →

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Enough

Posted on October 20, 2023 by Jim deMaine

ByJean Godden in the Post Alley Newsletter Weeks before that testimony, Hutchinson, former aide to Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows, looked critically at herself in the mirror and took stock. What she saw was disturbing. Unwilling to see herself … Continue reading →

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I’m Going to War for Israel. Palestinians Are Not My Enemy.

Posted on October 14, 2023 by Jim deMaine

By Nir Avishai Cohen (Thanks to Mary Jane F.) Mr. Cohen, a major in the reserves of the Israel Defense Forces, is the author of the book “Love Israel, Support Palestine.” I was in Austin, Texas, for work on Saturday when … Continue reading →

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“Their Own Civil War”: Kim Schrier Talks about the Chaos in the House

Posted on October 9, 2023 by Jim deMaine

By Joel Connelly As colleagues savored soundbites on Sunday morning TV shows, a welcome opportunity came to hear out solid work-horse member of Congress who reaches across the aisle in the “other” Washington.  But U.S. Rep. Kim Schrier, D-Wash., did … Continue reading →

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We the People – democracy threatened

Posted on September 29, 2023 by Jim deMaine

Commentary by Heather Cox Richardson – thanks to Pam P. In Tempe, Arizona, today, President Joe Biden spoke at the dedication ceremony for a new library, named for the late Arizona senator John McCain, who died in 2018. Biden used … Continue reading →

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