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Yippee. I am so excited. The Queens/suburban district is seen as a bellwether for other swing districts that turned red in 2022. Because I lived in NY-3 for 16 years, i had been so disheartened to see Santos representing them. And hopefully a sign that Mike Johnson will go back into...

This article says studies show it is. According to multiple reports, research has shown that a secular upbringing may be healthier for children. According to a 2010 Duke University study, kids raised this way display less susceptibility to racism and peer pressure, and are “less vengeful, less...

My children have worked in restaurants when they were younger. In this Bible Belt state, no one wants to work on Sunday morning--because the churchgoers are legendary for tipping 10% or less, sometimes not tipping at all. One mean couple left her a fake dollar bill that said, "Disappointed? You...

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-7-2023 Today, at the initiative of the George W. Bush Institute, U.S. presidential foundations and centers for thirteen presidents since Herbert Hoover released a statement expressing concern about the health of American democracy. The...

https://share.newsbreak.com/4w2ywp2n He says if Trump loses in 2024 it will be the last election decided by ballots instead of bullets. Threatening revolution if Trump doesn't get his way is not a very persuasive platform. I guess we'll just have to declare martial law, activate the National...

I was invited to be a surrogate grandma at a friend's daughter's school yesterday. It's a religious school in a red, red, red state. I have been to lots of grandparents' days in my time, but this one was different. We were all herded into the large cafetorium, where we waited for the children...

If ANY books should be banned from public libraries, these ought to top the list. Just imagining what is inside each title makes me cringe, and while I hope that libraries wouldn't waste their money on them, I am not a book banner and would just hope parents would have the good sense not to take...

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/30/politics/chris-murphy-samuel-alito-supreme-court-ethics-cnntv/index.html Conservative justices' complaints that congressional oversight is unconstitutional will backfire in the long run, I think. We have heard some horrific stories of lavish gifts and benefits...

I am in my early 70's, and never heard this until about two years ago, I first heard it from a Presbyterian minister, who said that the later Pauline letters seemed to be more 'institutional' in that they wanted Christianity to be more in sync with the Roman Empire in order to spread the faith...

Heard this discussion on polling yesterday. When polled, most voters say Trump is "criminal," Biden is "old," and DeSantis is "fascist." Do you, too, feel like we need better choices? While I would choose the "old" candidate from those three, the other two terrify me. Where are the knights...

It has never been done before, and may not be able to be done. The Senate, which held two trials, obviously won't go along with it. But that doesn't stop Reps. Elise Stefanik (who is bright enough to know better) and MTG (who isn't) from trying. And really, since he is adding on more and more...

Historian Heather Cox Richardson weighs in on Substack, and it sounds as if the devil you don't know might be as bad as the devil you know. https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/june-23-2023-friday Russians have grown increasingly disenchanted with Putin as seven Russian soldiers die...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/hillary-clinton-responds-to-trump-indictment-with-but-her-emails-merch-pitch/ar-AA1ckOq0 She's making a pitch for her "But Her Emails!" merch! I'm glad that she is still able to laugh about the most disastrous election result in American history.

Arizona Limits Construction Around Phoenix as Its Water Supply Dwindles Is this karma for red-state climate action obstructionism? Maybe Arizona is getting "awakened," having elected a Democratic governor and reelected Sen. Mark Kelly. In the meantime they are paying for America's refusal to...

What a shame Texas hadn't gotten around to impeaching AG Paxton before 2020. https://www.newsweek.com/texas-ag-says-trump-wouldve-lost-state-if-it-hadnt-blocked-mail-ballots-applications-being-1597909 While his horrendous record certainly merits the Texas legislature impeaching him, his worst...

I always thought populism was a good thing, because it infers it is "for the people." I have never been able to wrap my mind around the idea that politicians who want to usurp power from the people (while seizing it themselves) are "populists," but I often hear them defined as such. This...

Illinois' assault weapon ban is headed to the Supreme Court, and the plaintiffs are asking Justice Barrett to grant an "emergency" block of the law while the case is being decided. When is an emergency not an emergency? The assault weapons ban is a tempered, sensible response to the very real...

So why is the party most responsible for the problem now threatening to shut down the government rather than taking responsibility for the debts primarily incurred under the administrations of their presidents?

Scholars are saying that the 14th Amendment requires the U.S. to pay its debts. This is really interesting...and yes, I'm sure it would go to the Supreme Court, but except for the two most extreme, would the Supreme Court really want to set off an economic cataclysm by ruling in favor of the...

https://www.businessinsider.com/jane-roberts-chief-justice-wife-10-million-commissions-2023-4 Jane Roberts became a recruiter for top law firms after her husband was appointed to the Supreme Court. One of her co-workers became a whistleblower because she earned more than almost any recruiter in...