Biden’s Bait-and-Switch Presidency COMMENTARY By Charles Lipson RealClearPolitics Contributor April 1, 2021 Joe Biden was elected as a moderate-left Democrat, but he is not governing as one. He pledged repeatedly to work across party lines, but he is ramming through the biggest, most expensive progressive agenda in American history without any Republican votes. He is […]
IS THIS THE JOE BIDEN HE SAID HE’D BE?
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BEHIND THE SCENES: DEMOCRATS TRYING TO STEAL AN IOWA U.S. HOUSE SEAT
Editorial The Iowa steal: To Democrats, ‘democracy’ means unbridled majority power by Washington Examiner, EDITORIAL March 24, 2021 Democratic candidate Rita Hart is trying to steal a U.S. House seat in Iowa. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is helping her do it. Pelosi wants to overturn Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks’s very narrow win in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional […]
ANSWERS TO BURNING POLITICAL QUESTIONS IN MICHIGAN
Question: Will Michigan’s share of the national COVID-19 relief money make it easier or harder for the Michigan Legislature and the administration of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to reach agreements? Answer: Hey, those people in the state capital couldn’t blow this one, could they? Could it be possible that continued wrangling between Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and […]
RON DeSANTIS ON THE PANDEMIC YEAR: DON’T TRUST THE ELITES
The Wall Street Journal Influential people in public health, government and the media failed to rise to the moment Spring-break crowds on the beach in Ft. Lauderdale last Sunday. Photo: MediaPunch/Associated Press By Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis The Wall Street Journal March 18, 2021 The Covid-19 pandemic represented a test of elites in the […]
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JAMES MADISON’S FIVE LESSONS FOR OVERCOMING POLARIZATION
The 1776 Series By Lynn Uzzell Issue: American Civics This essay is part of RealClearPublicAffairs’s 1776 Series, which explains the major themes that define the American mind. There has never been a time when our nation wasn’t divided by partisanship. Yet some eras are more divisive than others, and few of us would deny that we’re […]
DETROIT NEWS: Cuomo-type COVID-19 Nursing Home Scandal in Michigan? Hard to Know
Nessel says she consulted New York AG before declining nursing home investigation Beth LeBlanc The Detroit News March 17, 2021 Attorney General Dana Nessel told lawmakers she consulted the New York attorney general — who is investigating New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s nursing home and data policies — before declining a similar review of nursing home policies […]
THINK TANK RATES MICHIGAN’S GARY PETERS MOST EFFECTIVE U.S. SENATOR
Peters Rated The #1 Most Effective Senator in U.S. Senate The Non-Partisan Center for Effective Lawmaking Recognizes Peters for His #1 Ranking in the 116th Congress (2019-2020), Cites Senator’s “Rare Distinction Despite Being in Minority Party” and the “Secret to His Success was in Coalition-Building.” Peters’s office announced March 15 that Peters Got More Standalone […]