Senator Doug Jones of Alabama Votes to Pass Strengthened Economic Relief Package – By Glynn Wilson – The largest fiscal stimulus bill ever passed by the United States Congress, containing $2.2 trillion intended to flood the country with cash in an effort to stem the debilitating impact on the economy of the coronavirus pandemic, is…
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As Coronavirus Pandemic Spreads, Help May Finally Be On the Way from Washington, D.C.
U.S. Senator Doug Jones of Alabama Urges Everyone To Remain At Home – By Glynn Wilson – PENSACOLA, Fla. — Disregard everything posted on social media prior to Monday, March 16. Ignore any postings about a vaccine becoming available in time to deal with the coronavirus COVID-19 global pandemic. Remain at home if at all…
Joe Biden Reemerges as Democratic Front Runner on Super Tuesday
Republican Tommy Tuberville Tops Jeff Sessions, Likely to Win Runoff and Face Senator Doug Jones in November – By Glynn Wilson – PENSACOLA, Fla. — Joe Biden came back from the political dead on Super Tuesday and reemerged as the front runner in the Democratic Party’s primary race to take on President Donald Trump in…
How Existential Anxiety Leads to Authoritarianism
Bernie Sanders and Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
“The necessaries of life for man in this climate may, accurately enough, be distributed under the several heads of Food, Shelter, Clothing, and Fuel; for not till we have secured these are we prepared to entertain the true problems of life with freedom and a prospect of success.” – Henry David Thoreau, Walden The Big…
President Trump’s Manipulation of Justice Seems Bigger, Badder Than Anything to Come Before
Senator Doug Jones of Alabama Says He’s Perplexed, Appalled By Trump and Attorney General William Barr – By Glynn Wilson – Donald J. Trump is far from the first American president to manipulate the justice system for partisan political purposes. But like everything else Trump does, his abuses of power are just far bigger and…
Senate Votes Along Party Lines to Acquit Trump in Impeachment Trial
By Glynn Wilson – The Republicans in the United States Senate showed just how partisan Washington has become on Wednesday by voting along strict party lines to acquit President Donald J. Trump of two articles of impeachment, abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, even though a number of Republicans had admitted publicly that Trump…
U.S. Senator Doug Jones, Democrat of Alabama, Announces He Will Vote For Trump’s Impeachment and Removal From Office
By Glynn Wilson – U.S. Senator Doug Jones, the Democrat from Alabama, will vote for the conviction of President Donald J. Trump in the Senate impeachment trial and in favor of his removal from office, even though most pundits still say the Republicans have the votes to acquit the president. It would take 67 votes…
Dershowitz Resoundingly Criticized for Defense Argument Claiming President Trump is Above the Law
U.S. Senator Doug Jones of Alabama Reacts to the Dershowitz Argument – By Glynn Wilson – In a press conference call with reporters on Thursday morning before the U.S. Senate was to go back into session to continue the impeachment trial of President Donald J. Trump, Senator Doug Jones of Alabama hinted that the odds…
Right and Truth Matter: Otherwise We Are Lost
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – House prosecutors made their closing arguments in the impeachment trial of Donald J. Trump on Friday, with lead House manager and Congressman Adam Schiff of California taking to the podium in the Senate at the end of the night to make an impassioned appeal for Senators to…
House Prosecutors Hit Their Stride in Impeachment Trial
Senator Doug Jones of Alabama Says House Managers Are Making A Compelling Case – By Glynn Wilson – The House legal team prosecuting President Donald J. Trump in the Senate impeachment trial seemed to hit its stride somewhere between the half way point of day two and into day three. They must have gotten the…
The Power of Fear and Twitter Loom Over Impeachment Trial of President Donald Trump
GAO Report Concludes Trump’s Move to Withhold Aid to Ukraine Broke the Law
U.S. Senator Doug Jones of Alabama Urges Senators to Take the ‘Impartial Justice’ Oath Seriously – By Glynn Wilson – As United States Senators are preparing to take a special oath to remain impartial and impart justice in the impeachment trial of President Donald J. Trump, more information is coming to light on almost an…
In Trump’s Upcoming Impeachment Trial, Senate Democrats Still Push for Witnesses and Documents
Senator Doug Jones of Alabama Calls for Deescalation on Iran and a ‘Fair and Complete’ Impeachment Trial Showing the American People the Full Picture – By Glynn Wilson – It’s time to take down those Christmas decorations and for Congress to get back to work in Washington, and there’s significant work to be done. It…
Full House Votes to Impeach President Trump for Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress
House Judiciary Committee Approves Articles of Impeachment Against President Trump, 23-17
By Glynn Wilson – In what could be a historic vote if not for the hyper partisan divide in American politics, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee voted 23-17 along party lines on Friday to approve articles of impeachment against President Donald J. Trump, setting up a vote in the full House next week and a…
House Judiciary Committee Announces Articles of Impeachment Against President Trump
By Glynn Wilson – In a historic move designed to take on the out of control White House and curb abuses that could lead to tainted elections in 2020 rife with foreign influence, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee formally announced two articles of impeachment against President Donald J. Trump on Wednesday for abuse of power…
House Intelligence Committee Impeachment Report Shows How Trump Abused the Power of the Presidency
By Glynn Wilson – There is little doubt that Donald Trump abused his power as president by pressuring officials in Ukraine to help him in the 2020 election by investigating a potential political rival in exchange for releasing military aid in direct violation of the U.S. Constitution and election law, according to a report released…
How Much Evidence is Enough?
Alabama’s Jeff Sessions Lights Up Political World With Announcement to Run for Senate
Reportedly He Will Not Have Trump’s Support – By Glynn Wilson – MOBILE, Ala. — Apparently it’s no longer a trial balloon, and Alabama is now back in the national spotlight. Word began to leak out Wednesday on Twitter, then on CNN and other news outlets on television and the web, that President Donald Trump’s…