The sneaky radicalism of Joe Biden’s first few months in office Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large April 10, 2021 Joe Biden ran for president on a very simple idea: Government (and the country) works best when people from opposing parties work together. And he cast himself as someone who was uniquely suited to re-stoke […]
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FORMER LEGISLATIVE AIDE BLOWS WHISTLE ON OUTRAGEOUS PRISON INMATE PHONE CHARGES
A well-known, longtime legislative aide, Bruce Timmons, now retired, has just sent this plea to “reporters who cover the state capitol,” a far smaller group than it used to be: “Five weeks ago I alerted most of you to the (to me, nefarious) mis-use of restricted revenues in the State Budget, in particular the inmate […]
SLATE: BIDEN IS WAGING CLASS WARFARE WITHOUT THE WAR
Politics The President’s Passive-Aggressive Leftism. By Ben Mathis-Lilley SLATE April 7, 2021 Joe Biden at a rally for then–Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock in Atlanta on Jan. 4. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images On March 12, President Joe Biden held a press conference with Vice President Kamala Harris, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, […]
CAN DEMOCRATS KEEP THEIR U.S. SENATE MAJORITY IN 2022?
A Senate Majority, If You Can Keep It ANALYSIS By Sean Trende Real Clear Politics April 6, 2021 Scott Applewhite) The Democrats’ twin victories in the Georgia Senate runoffs gave them a tenuous majority. With the upper chamber balanced at 50-50, Democrats’ ability to exert control depends on their ability to hold all of […]
QUINONES TELLS FLINTSTONES TO “NEVER GIVE UP”
From migrant farm work to TV news, John Quiñones speaks at Mott Community College lecture series April 2, 2021 An entrance to Mott Community College in the early hours of the morning on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019 in Flint. (Jake May | MLive.com)Jake May | MLive.com By Sergio Montanez Flint Journal/MLive April 2, 2021 […]
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #148 — Apology Agony, Interviews with MIRS Publisher John Reurink, MSU Professor Bob Kolt, & Political Guru David Forsmark
IS THIS THE JOE BIDEN HE SAID HE’D BE?
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 […]
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #147 — Lisa McClain for Governor? Interviews with Political Consultant Scott Greenlee & Economics Guru Patrick Anderson
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 […]