Republicans Cripple the TSA to Hold Us Hostage
Republicans won’t let Democrats end long TSA lines. Full funding with no conditions? Republicans vote it down. TSA is their hostage, and they need us suffering.
Trump’s Mind is an Angry, Mangled Mess
Because he can’t understand metaphors, Trump revisits ‘the wall’ and makes it more destructive and less constrained by reality than ever.
Ranked Choice Voting is a Fast and Easy Fix
Much of American politics is broken in difficult, expensive, and slow-to-fix ways, but there’s one answer that’s easy, cheap, and fast: Ranked Choice Voting.
The First Constitution? An American Disaster
America’s first Constitution demonstrated that supermajorities don’t make for good governance. It was a recipe for obstruction and inaction. The filibuster is the same. We already know it doesn’t make better laws. We can fix it.
Governance and A Vicious Mob Walk into A Bar…
Biden faces many urgent crises, but don’t let the urgent stuff overwhelm what’s important. The Democratic Party needs to fix American governance. Trump almost crashed our democracy. We need to fix those holes. Except the insane clown posse is still running the GOP. They’re the problem. So, It’s up to the rest of us.
Democrats are better at governance Republicans
Democrats are simply better than Republicans at governing. Republicans are full of empty talk; Democrats keep the trains running. Democrats create new systems that we love; Republicans can’t pay the bills on time. And the economy and the stock market do better under Democrats. Why do the rich vote Republican?
Trump wants another government shutdown?
Trump may try another government shutdown to get his metaphorical Wall made real. Why? It hasn’t worked out well in the past for either party. I go through the past shutdowns for entertainment. Did you know there’s one where everyone just forgot?
“No quid pro quo” becomes another crime
Trump is being impeached because he asked a foreign power for a personal benefit. Republicans counter there was no quid pro quo, which is a separate offense, and a deliberate distraction. And a lie, it turns out. It’s hard not to take satisfaction at how the Republicans, dealers in bad faith, were so quickly caught out in this particular lie.