That you admit you are confused about politics is one of the reasons your newsletter is so valuable; anyone who claimed that it makes perfect sense would be suspect. Thank you for highlighting the suffering of people in Miami and Portland. You are so right to write that it puts everything else in perspective.
Wonderfully put. Barney Frank (we all call him Barney) was my representative for is entire congressional career. Not perfect, but pretty damn close. And his definition of politics is the most succinct, and just about the best one I've seen.
As for voting rights, the suit in Georgia faces a further obstacle if the trial-court judge tosses it and an appeal is necessary. As you know, but I suspect not many of your readers do, that would go to the Eleventh Circuit, most of the judges on which are Neanderthals (with apologies to our ancestors).
It’s early to describe Miami infastructure safety through a climate change lens, it’s coming as surely as flooding in florida and frying in Portland are further understood by us all. Maybe the bad news, like covid, will help us change.
Joe Biden's threat to veto the the infrastructure bill if a reconciliation bill did not pass was a gaffe -- that is telling the truth when it is inconvenient. Republicans knew that the two bills were in tandem. Joe Biden's gaffe was a rare example of what his presidency could have been without the discipline he and his staff have been exercising. What are Chuck and Nancy's roles? To ensure that passage of the reconciliation bill and the infrastructure bill -- maybe to get the reconciliation bill done first.
That you admit you are confused about politics is one of the reasons your newsletter is so valuable; anyone who claimed that it makes perfect sense would be suspect. Thank you for highlighting the suffering of people in Miami and Portland. You are so right to write that it puts everything else in perspective.
Wonderfully put. Barney Frank (we all call him Barney) was my representative for is entire congressional career. Not perfect, but pretty damn close. And his definition of politics is the most succinct, and just about the best one I've seen.
As for voting rights, the suit in Georgia faces a further obstacle if the trial-court judge tosses it and an appeal is necessary. As you know, but I suspect not many of your readers do, that would go to the Eleventh Circuit, most of the judges on which are Neanderthals (with apologies to our ancestors).
It’s early to describe Miami infastructure safety through a climate change lens, it’s coming as surely as flooding in florida and frying in Portland are further understood by us all. Maybe the bad news, like covid, will help us change.
Robert -- I REALLY liked your "Houston, We Have A Deal." Thought it was quite clever and fit the moment.
Joe Biden's threat to veto the the infrastructure bill if a reconciliation bill did not pass was a gaffe -- that is telling the truth when it is inconvenient. Republicans knew that the two bills were in tandem. Joe Biden's gaffe was a rare example of what his presidency could have been without the discipline he and his staff have been exercising. What are Chuck and Nancy's roles? To ensure that passage of the reconciliation bill and the infrastructure bill -- maybe to get the reconciliation bill done first.