The race for who will represent Mississippi in the United States Senate has gone to a runoff election, to be decided on November 27th. The remaining candidates are Mike Espy, an African-American Democrat who served as the Secretary of Agriculture…
On Wednesday, Melvin Carter, the Democratic Mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota signed a bill that had been passed via a unanimous vote by the all-Democratic city council to increase the minimum wage to $15/hour starting in 2022 for large businesses…
Donald Trump tried to defend himself against criticism he has been receiving for cancelling what was a planned trip to visit a World War I cemetery to honor Americans who fought and dies for their country. How did Donald Trump…
To welcome the new Democratic majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell penned an op-ed for Fox News to claim that he and the Republicans in the Senate are in favor of bipartisanship, while the…
After a gunman killed 12 people inside a bar in Thousand Oaks, California, Donald Trump did his duty as puppet of the NRA, and put the blame on something other than guns, this time choosing mental illness as the scapegoat:…
Exactly one day after Democrats won a majority of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, President Donald Trump forced the resignation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Donald Trump had made it quite well known that his displeasure with Jeff…
In 2014, Republican’s in the State legislature overrode the veto of the Democratic Governor and instituted tax cuts that have amounted to nearly an annual billion dollar loss in the State’s revenue: St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri House Joins Senate…
The race for who will represent Mississippi in the United States Senate has gone to a runoff election, to be decided on November 27th. The remaining candidates are Mike Espy, an African-American Democrat who served as the Secretary of Agriculture…
In 2010, President Barack Obama and the Democratic Congress passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare. A large part of that act was an expansion of Medicaid for people up to 133% of the poverty…
Donald Trump was supposed to visit a World War I cemetery in France today to pay respects to 1,800 U.S. soldiers who died fighting at the Battle of Belleau Wood. Independent: Trump cancels First World War memorial visit to US…
In 2010, Wisconsin elected Republican Scott Walker as Governor. Scott Walker quickly proved that rather than helping the people of Wisconsin, he was more interested in doing everything he could to push anti-government and pro-corporate ideologies that included attacking unions…
9 people have now died from extremely dangerous wildfires in California: CNN: At least 9 dead as fires spread on both ends of California A Northern California fire has become the most destructive in the state’s modern history, killing at…
Indiana voters might want to rethink how they are deciding on who to elect to represent their state. This Tuesday, the voters of Indiana’s 6th congressional district elected Republican Greg Pence to represent them in the United States Congress. Indy…
Exactly one day after Democrats won a majority of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, President Donald Trump forced the resignation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Donald Trump had made it quite well known that his displeasure with Jeff…
In 2010, Michigan elected a Republican Governor, Rick Snyder, who had no experience in government. Rick Snyder had been a corporate executive for Gateway Inc., a computer company, then founded a venture capital firm. He came into office preaching a…
Exactly one day after Democrats won a majority of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, President Donald Trump forced the resignation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Donald Trump had made it quite well known that his displeasure with Jeff…
As has become custom, Republican Senators took to twitter after yet another mass shooting to offer thoughts and prayers for the victims, without so much as a word about guns: My deepest sympathies and prayers are with the families and…
In a stunning new low for even the Trump White House, in order to bolster the White House’s case for revoking CNN’s Jim Acosta’s press pass, Press Secretary Sarah Sanders tweeted out a doctored video of an exchange between Jim…
In nature, waves are not solitary events. Another wave usually follows. The same is often true for politics. In 2014, the Republican party saw a wave of victories, spurred on by voter apathy and low turnout, resulting in broad based…
Do you know anyone who isn’t voting? If so, please share with them some reasons why they should vote. Vote because what makes America great is our Democratic system of government: of the people, by the people, for the people….
