By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — When we visited the Grand Canyon on a big swing through the American west in 2016, local activists tipped us off that there were plans to allow for uranium mining by the Colorado River near the Grand Canyon. That came as a shocker, and after Trump won the…
“The first thing every totalitarian regime does along with confiscation and mutilation of reality is confiscation of history and confiscation of culture.” – Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – Introduction WASHINGTON, D.C. — When I first walked into the administration building of an Alabama community…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Former President Donald Trump pleaded ‘not guilty’ on Thursday to charges that he conspired to overturn the presidential election of 2020, appearing before Federal Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya not far from the United States Capitol where a mob of his supporters stormed the building in a violent effort…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Six more Trump supporters were found guilty or pleaded guilty in the past week on felony charges for actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, actions that ultimately disrupted a joint session of the Congress convened to certify the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential…
By Jennifer Shutt – Maryland Matters – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Members of Congress jetted off for the August recess without a plan in place to avoid a partial government shutdown when the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1 — and the lawmakers who write spending bills acknowledge that it’s a real possibility, given deep divisions.…
By Glynn Wilson – Public Opinion Analyst – WASHINGTON, D.C. — American public approval of the United States Supreme Court remains the lowest in public opinion history as this conservative majority of 6-3 made up of Trump and Bush appointees continues its onslaught of rulings upending decades of established precedent. The latest public approval rating…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Finally, the day has arrived and the Department of Justice has issued a formal indictment of former President Donald Trump for all his efforts to try to overturn the 2020 presidential election and cling to power after clearly losing to Joe Biden by millions of votes and in…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden reverses Donald Trump’s decision to move the headquarters of U.S. Space Command from Colorado to Alabama, senior military officials announced Monday. Former Democratic Senator from Alabama Doug Jones said while he is disappointed, the decision was best for national security and was not a political…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — On two fronts the imaginations of those who write science fiction are gradually coming into raw focus. For those who see the world spinning toward life-ending apocalypse, look no further than the very “cradle of civilization,” home to the Garden of Eden in the Bible, according to some…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Five more Trump supporters were arrested and charged in the past week for their actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which disrupted a joint session of the Congress convened to certify the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. Two men from Florida…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — In my dreams it sometimes seems possible to solve all the world’s problems with only the abstract expression of a correct thought derived from empirical observation. But in the waking life of living, breathing human beings, this would only work if all were rational,…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Three more Trump supporters who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 have been sentenced to federal prison for their crimes on that day. A Maryland man was sentenced on multiple felony and misdemeanor convictions for his actions during the Capitol breach, actions which disrupted a joint session of…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — As word leaked out from Donald Trump himself that he was about to be indicted for trying to remain in office after losing the 2020 election and for inciting a violent insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, to halt the peaceful transfer of power, it was revealed…
By Glynn Wilson – Public Opinion Analyst WASHINGTON, D.C. — With the presidential election of 2024 still 15 months away, it is far too early to put much stock in the results of public opinion polls. But for those of us who are educated and trained in such things, there is some news benefit in…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — While House Republicans continue to try to fool the MAGA Trump constituency into believing they might have a case for impeaching President Joe Biden, federal workers in the Biden administration (a.k.a. the Deep State) continue to show up for work every day to try to help the American people.…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Biden administration announced new funding options Monday to reduce methane emissions, a major greenhouse gas that leads to climate change due to global warming from the burning of fossil fuels for energy and transportation. Methane is the primary contributor to the formation of ground-level ozone, a hazardous air…
“The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” — Thomas Jefferson,…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Pennsylvania woman was found guilty of eight felonies and one misdemeanor charge related to her actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, which disrupted a joint session of Congress convened to certify the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. Rachel Marie Powell, 41, of Sandy Lake,…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Trump supporters from Georgia and Kentucky were recently arrested on felony charges for actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, which disrupted a joint session of the Congress convened to certify the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. Phillip Crawford, 47, of Douglasville,…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — An Alabama man pleaded guilty in federal court this week for charges related to his actions during the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which disrupted a joint session of Congress convened to certify the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. Kaleb Dillard, 27, of…
