Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer admitted on July 22 that the blame and responsibility for the Democratic Party losing to Republicans lies with the party itself—not with the various scapegoats it has cited since Hillary Clinton’s loss. While his rhetoric is refreshing to hear from a Democratic leader, his diagnosis misses the point. “When you […]
The Democrats’ Russia-gate Obsession by Norman Solomon…
Some leading Democrats in Congress are eager to turn the summit meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin away from avenues for improvements in U.S.-Russian relations, even if that means deflecting it toward World War III. On Wednesday, the New York Times reported that “the White House announced that the meeting with Mr. Putin would […]
On Russia, a Senator’s Deception and a Timeline of Trump Frustration by Byron York…
Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley’s accusation that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer lied about President Trump and the Russia investigation — that Schumer said the president was under investigation after he, Schumer, had been specifically told by the FBI that Trump was not — is shedding new light on the events that led to the president’s […]
FLASHBACK: Schumer Warned Trump in January Over Deep-State Revenge…
Trump Wants September Shutdown to Kill Legislative Filibuster…
President Donald Trump on Tuesday endorsed ending filibusters of legislation in the Senate and allowing bills to pass via a simple majority — while calling for a government shutdown in September seemingly to force such a momentous change. Trump made the stunning call a day after his White House and congressional GOP leaders struggled to […]
Why Democrats Are Delighted With The Republican Spending Bill…
Why were Democrats unable to hide their enthusiasm for the latest Omnibus spending bill proposed by House Republicans? Simple: because, as the Washington Examiner’s Philip Klein writes, “Dems basically got everything. It’s like they control House, Senate, & WH rather than the other way around”…
How McConnell Thwarted Obama, Then Saved the Gorsuch Nomination…
It’s a testament to the turbulence in the global affairs and the head-spinning churn of the Trump-era news cycle that the confirmation of a Supreme Court Justice — featuring a massive fight in the Senate — was treated like a second-tier story last week. In case you missed it, Neil Gorsuch is joining the Court […]
Nuclear Option Restores Constitutional Balance…
On April 6, the U.S. Senate voted 52-48 to extend Senate Democrats’ own precedent to guarantee that Supreme Court nominees can be confirmed with a simple-majority vote of 51 out of 100 senators. As an immediate result, Gorsuch was confirmed as a Supreme Court justice Friday morning by a bipartisan vote of 54-45, but the […]
Up Next for the Newly Confirmed Justice Gorsuch? Contentious Hearings and Some Hazing…
Senate GOP Uses Reid Rule to Nuke Dems’ Unprecedented SCOTUS Filibuster…
Harry Reid’s legacy is thus cemented. Democrats’ unprecedented filibuster of Judge Neil Gorsuch has been broken under the nuclear option they pioneered in 2013. Every single Republican voted to invoke the Reid Rule, including some who had expressed a strong hesitancy to do so; that’s how indefensible Democrats’ conduct has been. The Senate will now […]