#Congress

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VoteCommon

Did you know that today is Safe Harbor Day? If you had forgotten, a happy Safe Harbor Day from us at Vote Common Good!Not familiar with what Safe Harbor Day

Rich

RealRichWilkins

I’m seeing way too many “why can’t @POTUS do ____” posts. Let me take one shot at helping you with some of the big questions. “Why haven’t they passed Covid

Meraj Hasan

_merajhasan

Indian arguments when peddling “British were the driving force behind Pakistan” are worth examining. “When WW2 started, British realized Congress wouldn’t cooperate in the war. So they forced all Muslim

Martin “Black Lives Matter” Pfeiffer 🏳️‍🌈

NuclearAnthro

Resumption of explosive nuke testing by US (ceteris paribus): -one of the most singularly unwise & destabilizing acts that this Admin could do EVEN BY ITS OWN “STANDARDS”-surprisingly difficult &

Chad Pergram

ChadPergram

1) Opening day in Congress on Jan 3 will be challenging due to the pandemic. But not this time around. Opening day is usually a wildly festive affair with receptions

Pwn All The Things

pwnallthethings

So here's the problem. Most (but admittedly not all) of the R reps & sens are signing up for this charade *because they know it will fail*. Their calculus is

Adam Jentleson 🎈

AJentleson

The filibuster was not part of the original Senate because the Framers knew exactly how it'd be used- they saw McConnell coming. The filibuster represents Calhoun's vision, not Madison's. Calhoun

Michel Marizco

BorderReporter

Politics in Arizona in 2011 seem almost a precursor to modern times. That someone tried to assassinate a member of Congress then wasn’t beyond the scope of possibility. In fact,

Asim Ali

AsimAli6

Lalu's rule irrevocably broke the stranglehold of Brahmins, Bhumihars, Rajputs & Kayasths on Bihar politics. It provided a sense of dignity & equality to tens of millions of people, which

Comrade Natalie 🇰🇵🏳️‍⚧️

NatalieRevolts

At the fourth and fifth day sittings of the 8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea, delegates to the Congress continued their mission amid high enthusiasm following Leader Kim

Jerry 🍨

js_edit

A few thoughts on that piece in the NYT today about America's decline over the past decade-plus. In typical NYT fashion, it notes that the decline has come under "leadership

Mayor Ted Wheeler

tedwheeler

At the direction of the President of the United States, unidentified federal agents have been deployed to America’s cities, like Washington, D.C., Seattle, Washington, and Portland, Oregon, to interrupt local

Tu Kaun Main Khwamakhwa

nazmaaman

Too many people are confused about my political orientation, since I end up abusing everyone and have been given so many labels, it is difficult to keep a track. So

Joseph Nunn

josephanunn

(1/8) The @BrennanCenter has just published a new report on martial law, a concept that nobody really understands, including the Supreme Court. In it, I clear up some of the

Gavin Sheridan

gavinsblog

If you're mildly curious, I'd suggest reading about China's navy expansion just in the past 18 months. It's.. fascinating. The speed with which China has built a blue water navy

Dan McLaughlin

baseballcrank

Four impeachment votes in, no Democratic Senator in American history has ever crossed party lines. Proud of the seven Republican Senators who did the right thing, against partisan interest. This

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