Tag: Barack Obama

check this historical artifact:

An idea for a post about Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has been percolating in the back of my head for a few months. It was along the theme that he was the most dangerous man in Washington. That would be based on his stonewalling of initiatives supported by President…

During his State of the Union speech last night, the president was reportedly gloating about 100 consecutive months of improved employment numbers. But he has only been president for 24 months…he needs to give someone else credit for those previous 76: Just sayin’!

Early in 2016, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia passed away unexpectedly. As would be expected, President Barack Obama nominated a qualified jurist, Judge Merrick Garland, to replace Scalia on the court. But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wasn’t having any of that. Saying that the voters should have input on…

Another missive from our email this morning, this one from former President Barack Obama: Ed — You’ve been a part of this movement for a long time, so I wanted to tell you this exciting news myself: Next year, OFA is fully combining forces with the redistricting effort of my…

Today the White House announced that General Jim Mattis has resigned from his position as Secretary of Defense effective February 28, 2019. After the president’s treatment of the various generals who have served in his regime…and the manner in which he has handled the military conflict in Syria these past…

No no, they aren’t a match up in the World Cup…but I just want to talk about them in their relationship to US politics. Before he even gets to a summit meeting that he is ill prepared for, President Donald Trump is talking about bringing North Korean President Kim Jong…

In keeping with Ed’s earlier blog post I just had to share this…

Hey, see any treasonous individuals in this picture? Asking for a friend! [Somebody want to wake up Paul Ryan? Anybody?]