Reading is Power - 411

12/29/2025

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11/08/2023

Other than women’s reproductive rights, it’s still the economy, stupid.

02/16/2023

I couldn't love and agree with this quote more!

01/27/2020

Amy Klobuchar has a good chance of beating Mr. Trump but she's a long shot to get the nomination.

05/10/2019

The administration governs by the law of the jungle. Anti-democratic principles, such as Cheney and Barr's unitary executive theory , fulfill a reactionary vision of American life.

05/07/2019

Donald Trump got his wish: a shrewd, unprincipled loyalist to protect him from himself.

09/29/2018

Jeff Flake's conscience pushed him to break from his caucas, powered by three courageous women. It only takes one to force change even in the stultified Senate.

09/17/2018

The Mueller investigation is peaking with Cohen and Manafort surrendering . The Trumps are at risk of losing their fortune.

09/16/2018

Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.― Mark Twain

07/29/2018

06/28/2018

“The business side of the publisher keeps its jobs. The editorial staff is replaced. In exchange for releases to the individuals, they are allowed to keep their money, less a few million dollars pledged to one of the President’s re-election Super-PACs ."

  The President with no love of the media directs Congress to pass a law, stripping libel of its first amendment protections and presuming it to be character assassination. The law punishes publishers who have  published not only false facts, but also false opinions.  The law drops the requirem...

06/08/2018

Last Wednesday, a federal judge hinted that he might have to toss out a case against future ex-President over the Constitution’s emolument clause. The clause prevents him from accepting money or property from a foreign government. Two Democratic politic action groups, which brought the case, would...