Let’s just pause for a minute and take time to revel in the fact that we got our House back. It’s back and better than before. It is finally looking more like the diverse America we are. More than 100 women have joined the House. 52 African Americans are Representatives. […]
Democrats
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Nancy Pelosi is facing a challenge to her power. She has created a power center for herself in the House in the many years of her tenure there. Some people think she has been very effective but others believe she is ineffective. There is currently a challenge to her potential […]
When the history books are written it will be said that in response to the clear and present danger of Donald Trump’s presidency, many women, scientists, and minorities dropped what they were doing in life and stepped up to run for the House to save our democracy. And they did […]
Which One Will Win on Election Day? This week we heard the closing arguments for Election Day from the Republicans, delivered by Trump, and the Democrats, delivered by Barack Obama and Oprah. The contrasting narratives could not be more different. Our nation is engaged in a fight between two […]
Here is a description of Robert Bowers, the man who entered a synagogue in Pittsburgh and deliberately shot and killed 11 people: – “Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre Suspect Was ‘Pretty Much a Ghost,'” by NYT’s Trip Gabriel, Jack Healy and Julie Turkewitz: “Robert Bowers, the man accused of gunning down 11 congregants […]
Here is the Answer. Hate is on the rise thanks to Trump and Trumpism. The MAGABomber and the Synagogue Shooter and the shooter in Jeffersontown, Kentucky outside of Louisville who shot two African-Americans in cold blood are just the most recent manifestations of a meteoric rise in hate speech and […]
We are two weeks from the most important election on our country in recent history. High stakes and a losing hand can create desperation when you are afraid and have been primed to be more afraid. A series of pipe bombs were sent to many of the targets of Trump’s […]
I am worried. Despite some good news about how Trump continues to have relatively lackluster approval ratings despite a modest climb in recent days, and the Republican Party has low approval ratings (55% unfavorable to 35% favorable), and many GOP women are planning to vote for Democrats, and more voters […]
The American people want their elected officials to work together for the good of the country. 77% of Americans think we can overcome our differences. Michelle Obama has famously said when they go low we go high. But will that idea work to get us back to a country where […]