“Tuberville lives in Auburn, Alabama, with his wife Suzanne.” — website of Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — We’ve often reported that former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville is not a resident of Alabama. Republican voters elected him as a U.S. Senator anyway. Now the Washington Post Fact Checker has proved…
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Congress Leaves Town on Summer Recess: Divided House Raises Fear of Government Shutdown in Fall
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.…
Trump Indicted for Trying to Overturn the 2020 Election
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. â 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…
President Biden Reverses Trump’s Political Decision to Move Space Command from Colorado to Alabama
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…
Doug Jones Weighs in on Tuberville’s One Man Filibuster on Military Promotions
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Most people around the country have now found out about Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville’s one-man filibuster of military promotions. It’s been covered all over cable TV and shared all over social media. He’s made it clear — by not being clear — that he’s against women in the…
Right-Wing Websites Connected to Former Trump Lawyer Are Scamming Loyal Followers With Phony Celebrity Pitches
By Craig Silverman – ProPublica – Oprah Winfrey looked upset. The photo caught her midsentence, her left hand jabbing at the camera. “They are twisting everything,” the TV icon was quoted as saying, under a red “BREAKING NEWS” banner. The ad featuring the Winfrey image and quote ran on the conservative website DC Swamp Tales.…
Senate Report Details Law Enforcement and Intelligence Failures Leading Up to Jan. 6 Capitol Attack
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Senate committee released a scathing report on Tuesday with details of how the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies repeatedly ignored, downplayed or failed to share warnings of violence before the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol in 2021. The report from the…
Fear and Careerism Rule the U.S. Department of Justice? No Zeal for Justice for Trump?
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A detailed investigative report in Monday’s Washington Post just confirmed much of what I have been warning about for months, no years. Since being appointed by President Joe Biden, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Attorney General Merrick Garland was too afraid of appearing to be politically partisan…
Trump Indicted for Mishandling Classified Documents and Conspiracy to Obstruct Justice
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — In what could very well be the beginning of the end for Donald Trump and the unraveling of the Trump era in American politics unfolded over the past two days when a special prosecutor with the United States Department of Justice announced and then unveiled 37 federal charges…
Economic Crisis Averted: Congress Passes Bipartisan Debt Limit Bill
Analysis – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — After months of political gamesmanship on the part of MAGA Republicans that caused unnecessary economic anxiety across the land, the United States Senate followed up on a vote in the House and passed a clean, bipartisan bill on Thursday night in a vote of 63 to…
Democrats Rally at the Capitol to Make Sure the People Know the Debt Crisis is Politically Manufactured by the House MAGA Republicans
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — New Democratic Whip Katherine Clark of Massachusetts went on the offensive against the MAGA House Republicans on Tuesday and was joined by fellow House Democrats, veterans, families, local lawmakers and the non-profit activist group Courage for America in speaking out at a rally outside the U.S. Capitol against the…
Government Declares Covid National Emergency Over: But Is It?
How has your life been changed by this global pandemic? – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — It feels like a scary movie of a lifetime has passed in the past three years since March, 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic national emergency was declared in the United States. While the…
President Joe Biden Announces Candidacy, Officially Kicking Off the 2024 Race for President
Political Analysis – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. â While public opinion data shows the American people do not seem ready or excited to begin the official campaign season for president in 2024, especially if the campaign is going to be a rematch between President Joe Biden and loser Donald Trump, Biden announced his…
Biden Administration Scores With the Public as Americans Celebrate Earth Day 2023
Politics and the Environment – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — In sharp contrast to the previous administration in Washington, and in spite of some compromises on domestic oil and gas production in Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico that angered environmentalists, it is important to report on this Earth Day 2023 that the…
Everyone Stands Equal Under the Law: Trump Charged With 34 Felony Counts
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. â All over the country and the world, people who doubted that Donald Trump would ever be held accountable under the law for any of his crimes against humanity and the Constitution of the United States celebrated on social media. Meanwhile most of the press and media covering the…
New York Grand Jury Votes to Issue the first Indictment in History of a U.S. President, Donald Trump
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. â A Manhattan Grand Jury voted Thursday in New York to issue the first criminal indictment in American history against a former president. Donald Trump will be the first former president to face criminal charges in a case focused on a hush-money payment to a porn star Stormy Daniels…
President Biden Delivers 2023 State of the Union Address
Watch the Video – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Read the Full Text – Remarks of President Joe Biden â State of the Union Address as Prepared for Delivery – The United States Capitol – Mr. Speaker. Madam Vice President. Our First Lady and Second Gentleman. Members of Congress and the Cabinet. Leaders of our military. Mr.…
New March on Washington Announced Against Hate Crimes to Mark 60th Anniversary of First March on Washington with Martin Luther King
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Action Network is organizing a new march on Washington to mark the 60th anniversary of the first march on Washington in 1963 with Martin Luther King, the Rev. Al Sharpton announced Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” The focus will be on the rise in hate…
McCarthy Elected Speaker of the House on 15th Ballot, But Jan. 6 Will Continue to Haunt Republicans
Public Opinion Analysis – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — After a spectacle of arm-twisting on the House floor that nearly erupted into fisticuffs, California Republican Kevin McCarthy finally won over just enough of the right-wing rebels he needed Friday night to become Speaker of the House. After a five-day, 15-ballot debacle of a…
The Elon Musk Files: Concern Grows at NASA, Space X About the Outspoken Billionaire
By Glynn Wilson -Â WASHINGTON, D.C. — It’s hard to imagine that no one in the Biden administration and America’s space agency NASA is concerned about the behavior of Elon Musk at Twitter, considering he is also the CEO of Space X, which NASA has become dependent on for servicing the International Space Station and…