In a startling Axios summary list called “Bernie Sanders’ 2020 plan to restructure your life,” Axios publisher Jim Vanderhei (and Juliet Bartz) is sounding the alarm about the nightmare scenario of a potential Bernie Sanders presidency. The piece was featured in Mike Allen’s widely read Top 10 — at the top. It’s a piece that […]
Sanders Declares China Has Done More to Address Extreme Poverty While Not Mentioning China Stole America’s Jobs…
Sanders Tells Half the Story on China’s Success of Addressing Extreme Poverty…
Bernie’s ‘Green New Deal’ to Fight Climate Change Would ‘Nationalize’ 30% of U.S. Economy…
Vermont Senator and 2020 hopeful Bernie Sanders unveiled his $16 trillion plan to combat climate change earlier this month; a proposal that analysts say would nationalize nearly one third of the entire American economy. “Atop our existing government spending, comprising some 40% of GDP, the Vermont Senator wouldn’t just nationalize one-fifth of the economy with […]
China, Joe Biden and the 2020 Election…
On April 25, 2019, Joe Biden declared his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination. Seven days later, on May 3, 2019, the Chinese sent a diplomatic cable to the Trump Administration blowing up a 150-page draft agreement that had taken many months to negotiate. The cable was riddled with reversals by China that undermined core […]
OPINION: Liberals Don’t ‘Invest’; They Spend Other People’s Money by Terence P. Jeffrey…
Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, a self-avowed socialist, sometimes sounds like a multibillionaire entrepreneur when promoting his political agenda. He intends, you see, to “invest” a great deal of money. Of course, unlike a billionaire entrepreneur, Sanders won’t be investing his own money. He will be “investing” yours. Nor does Sanders intend to be a […]
Barack Obama Launches ‘Redistricting U’ Campaign for ‘Fair Maps’…
Former President Barack Obama on Monday unveiled a new initiative to influence redistricting efforts across the United States. The initiative, Redistricting U, will send activists to provide free training and tools to volunteers involved in redistricting efforts and guide groups on how to “be leaders in the movement for fair maps.” “Training is at the […]
OPINION ANALYSIS: No Role for Courts in Partisan Gerrymandering…
The Supreme Court issued a decision today that could have a significant and long-term effect on elections and legislatures across the country. By a vote of 5-4, the justices ruled that courts should stay out of disputes over partisan gerrymandering – that is, allegations that redistricting maps were drawn to favor one political party at […]
SCOTUS OPINION: RUCHO ET AL. v. COMMON CAUSE ET AL….
Dems Gain Governors but GOP Keeps Big States Ahead of Redistricting Battles…
Democrats flipped governorships in seven states Tuesday, installing governors poised to play key roles in the next redistricting process in 2021 and 2022 — but Republicans held onto several major states, giving no party a clear leg up two years ahead of the census. Haunted by their losses at the state level in 2010 and […]