Politics

Will 2023 Be the Year Republicans Finally Abandon Trump?

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An Independent Run by Liz Cheney Could Hand President Joe Biden Another Term – By Glynn Wilson – Public Opinion Analyst – WASHINGTON, D.C. — After tiptoeing around the issue for two years, Republicans will be forced to reckon with a major question as they begin their 2024 presidential nominating process in 2023: What to…

Lame Duck Congress Plays Government Shutdown Funding Games Again

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ANALYSIS – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Funding the government of the United States used to be a fairly routine affair, and for most of its history, Congress went home in recess before Thanksgiving and members didn’t come back to Washington until the new year. Not anymore. For the past 40 years or…

Warnock Defeats Walker in Georgia Runoff – Democrats Take 51st Senate Seat

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Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock won re-election to the United States Senate Tuesday over Republican former star fullback Herschel Walker, handing Democrats a 51st seat and a clear majority in the upper chamber and insurance against a slim majority by Republicans in the House. With 95 percent of the votes…

Trump Real Estate Company Found Guilty in Tax Fraud Scheme

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Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Donald Trump’s real estate company was found guilty of tax fraud Tuesday for helping executives dodge taxes on lavish perks such as Manhattan apartments and luxury cars, in a significant repudiation of financial practices at the former president’s family business in what New York state prosecutors called a “culture…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer to Step Aside

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Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Greenbelt, Maryland will not seek a leadership role in the 118th Congress, according to an email message to colleagues and supporters. His announcement comes as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the face of House Democrats for two decades and the first woman to serve…

Democrats Hold Power in the Senate With Win in Nevada

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Late Vote Counting in Western States Favors Democrats, So Don’t Count Control of the House Out Yet – By Glynn Wilson – Political Analyst – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Defying the historical odds and the predictions of every famous, mainstream pollster and media pundit in the United States who said the Republicans were surging in the…

Tennessee Disenfranchised 21 Percent of Its Black Citizens

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By Bianca Fortis – ProPublica – Leola Scott recently decided to become a more active citizen. The 55-year-old resident of Dyersburg, Tennessee, was driven to action after her son was stabbed to death and nobody was charged. In August, Scott tried to register to vote. That’s when she learned she’s not allowed to cast a…

Critical Pennsylvania Senate Race Tightens as Election Day Nears

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By Glynn Wilson – GETTYSBURG, Pa. — The fate of American democracy could once again rest on the shoulders of the good people of Pennsylvania, where it all began in Philadelphia and may well have been saved on a battlefield in Gettysburg. In some very real ways we are fighting another civil war for the…

President Biden Goes on the Offensive Against Violent Extremism

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Staff Report – PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Speaking in prime time outside Independence Hall where American democracy was forged, President Joe Biden went on the offensive Thursday night by issuing an unprecedented warning of a “clear and present danger to democracy,” declaring that our democratic values are under assault by forces of extremism loyal to “pseudo-fascist”…

President Biden Signs Historic Climate Legislation

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By Glynn Wilson – President Joe Biden triumphantly signed the signature Inflation Reduction Act on Tuesday in the State Dining Room of the White House, praising the legislation as among the most significant legislative achievements in the history of the country. The ambitious package of bills takes direct aim at tackling global warming and climate…

Trump Fiddled While the United States Capitol was Overrun

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“We must remember that we cannot abandon the truth and remain a free nation.” – Liz Cheney “Every American must consider this. Can a president who is willing to make the choices Donald Trump made during the violence of Jan. 6 ever be trusted with any position of authority in our great nation again?” –…