But Americans continue to favor her confirmation by a nearly 2-to-1 margin – Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson appears to be bound for the Supreme Court after coming through last week’s four-day confirmation hearing relatively unscathed, but the latest Morning Consult/Politico poll suggests that some of the questioning she faced…
Budget Includes Increases for National Park Service, EPA – Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — It’s hard to remember a time when a president’s budget plan was greeted with more enthusiasm than the $5.8 trillion budget proposal issued by the Biden Administration on Monday. The last time this happened was probably 1999, in Bill Clinton’s…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oh so long ago, in a land far, far away, there arose an ideal of a government by the people where a thing called justice could actually exist, blind and fair. Some people, especially politicians, still try to cling to this fantasy. It’s a…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — All you have to do is glance at what people are paying attention to on social media and television to see that United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres was right on Monday when he said the world is “sleepwalking to climate catastrophe.” “There is no kind way to put…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — As many students of history know, after the Japanese attacked Peal Harbor on that day of infamy, Dec. 7, 1941, and the United States declared war and entered World War II, the federal government forcibly removed many Asian Americans from the West Coast to the Granada Relocation Center in…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Trump supporter from Wisconsin was arrested last week for assaulting police and using a deadly or dangerous weapon during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which disrupted the peaceful transfer of power by delaying a joint session of Congress in the process of certifying…
Senate Sherpa Doug Jones Says He’s Confident of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Confirmation – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — At 11:33 a.m. Sunday, we cross the vernal equinox from winter into spring, and it feels like it’s about time, y’all. The Japanese cherry blossoms are blooming along the Tidal…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the Earth turns toward the first day of Spring on Sunday, March 20, climate scientists are forecasting the continuation of a trend from April to June of higher temperatures across most of the Unites States, from the Desert Southwest to the East Coast and north through the Midwest…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Biden Administration received a favorable ruling from an appeals court Wednesday that overruled a local Louisiana judge who had tried to ban the federal government from considering climate change due to global warming from the burning of fossil fuels when making policy decisions on such things as…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine delivered an emotional plea for help from the world and America in a live video address to Congress on Wednesday as the Russian army proceeded to pound much of the country to rubble, destroying a place Russian dictator president Vladimir Putin says he wants…
PPEI and President Kory Willis Plead Guilty and Agree to Pay $3.1 Million in Criminal Fines and Civil Penalties for the Manufacture and Sale of Illegal Delete Devices and Tunes for Diesel Trucks By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – People concerned about the environment often wonder why companies, presidents and owners are rarely held…
Thoughts On Life and Social Media During a Snow ‘Bomb Cyclone’ – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thick, wet white snow covers the ground again. The wind out of the northwest continues to howl outside, causing the RV to shake a little sometimes. The tall pine and hardwood trees…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Trump supporter from New York was arrested this week for assaulting police during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which disrupted the peaceful transfer of power and delated a joint session of Congress in the process of certifying the electoral votes that showed Joe…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — It’s been a busy couple of weeks in the news with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, dwindling Covid cases and the lifting of mask requirements, the trial of the first Trump supporter convicted for the Capitol insurrection, President Joe Biden’s first State of the Union speech and the appointment…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ladies and gentleman, it’s with mixed feelings of terrible sadness and great glee that we report to you today there was at least one clear case of voter fraud in the 2020 election. This is rich. Break out the popcorn. You will be shocked…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The radical domestic terrorists who got sucked into Donald Trump’s insurrectionist message against a legitimate election and followed the former president into the violent breach of the citadel of American Democracy on Jan. 6, 2021, are being taken out one by one and shown the inside of federal…
Biden’s job performance: 45% approve; 46% support his handling of Ukraine – Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden posted his best approval rating in months following his first State of the Union address and the war in Ukraine, according to a new Morning Consult/Politico poll. While 51 percent of voters disapprove of…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nearly all Americans are highly concerned about inflation and especially the rising price of gas, but about half of voters in the United States now support blocking further imports of oil from Russia due to its invasion of Ukraine even if that means higher gas prices at the pump,…
President Trump’s former campaign chairman and former lawyer worked with, between them, a deposed authoritarian president, a bevy of oligarchs, Russia-oriented politicians and alleged Russian spies. By Ilya Marritz ProPublica. Though Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is just days old, Russia has been working for years to influence and undermine the independence of its smaller…
Coronavirus Originated in Wuhan Market – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sometimes you might see news outlets playing catchup with each other on an important story by citing another news outfit. We all feel a responsibility to provide our unique collection of readers, our audience, with certain information. Even…
