Tag: John Lewis

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Well so far anyway: John Lewis Is the First Black Lawmaker to Lie in State in the Capitol Rotunda President Trump is not scheduled to attend.

Just a quick thought…time to rename the Edmund Pettus Bridge (named for a former Confederate general and dragon of the KKK) for the late Rep. John Lewis.

And now we have a prime candidate for a statue that resonates in America…and maybe a name for a military installation to replace the name of a Confederate general. I was a little suspicious this morning about the news of his death…even though I was hearing it on NPR. A…

In the past two week, Joe Biden has stepped up his email contacts and I am now getting more emails from his campaign each day than from President Trump. And the messaging is on target. So far today, three Trump…five Biden Now, I don’t know why Representative John Lewis finds…

Instead of wasting your time on the president’s press conference, a better way to spend your Sunday afternoon would be listening to On Being’s host, Krista Tippet, interview Congressman John Lewis: We take in the extraordinary wisdom of Congressman John Lewis on what happened in Selma on Bloody Sunday and…

Paul Ryan (R-Wall St.) was recently one of the main speakers at "conservative" bigoted, racist, hatefest also known as CPAC. While he wowed the crowd of angry selfish millionaires, one reporter was actually paying attention. Charles Pierce from Esquire Magazine gave Paul Ryan one of the most scathing reviews I…

I was recently given the opportunity to sit down with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. Mr. Trumka was very cordial and positive and had plenty to say about the state of the union and what started in Madison and has blossomed throughout the country and the world. Mr. Trumka gladly took…