“Better Voters” Is Not Just About Voting
Voting isn’t about preferences; it’s about accountability. But therein lies my disagreement that we should have “fewer but better” voters
Category: Government
Presidential Commission on SCOTUS: Read It For Yourself
President Biden has announced the makeup of his promised Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States that has been staffing since February, along with an Executive Order.
President Biden Executive Actions On Gun Control: Read It For Yourself
President Biden announced six executive actions on gun control to address what he called the “public health crisis” of gun violence.
NC SB514 Transgender Bill: Read It For Yourself
It is titled “Youth Health Protection Act” but NC SB514 will be debated as the latest legislation directed at transgender minors
SCOTUS To Consider Death Penalty For Boston Marathon Bomber
The United States Supreme Court will consider whether or not to reinstate the death penalty for the convicted Boston Marathon bomber.
Immigration: More Things Change, More They Stay the Same
Meanwhile, down south, things on the US-Mexico border are not noticeably different in the early days of the Biden Administration
Read It For Yourself: President Biden’s Increase in Weekly Vaccine Supply to States
President Biden Announces New Steps to Boost Vaccine Supply and Increase Transparency for States, Tribes, and Territories
Transgender Military Ban Lifted: Read President Biden’s Executive Order For Yourself
President Joe Biden has signed a promised executive order reversing Pentagon policy banning transgender individuals from military service.
Rebuilding from Ashes
The Trump Presidency was a catastrophe, and is a dire indictment of the Republican Party and the US’s constitutional system.
Ordinary Times’ Andrew Donaldson on Consumer Choice Radio
Ordinary Times’ own Managing Editor Andrew Donaldson appeared on Consumer Choice Radio to talk politics, culture, West Virginia & more
Inaugural Dread: What Happened January 6th, and Will it Happen Again January 17th or January 20th?
President Trump merely told them that “if you don’t fight like Hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore.” This is Trump’s history.
The Destructive High Water Mark of MAGA
It was all under control, you see, so carefully planned. The Show of Shows on this Day of Days for the Make America Great Again faithful.
Impeach Him, Tonight
A rule that allows presidents to do whatever they want as long as they don’t have very much time remaining in office is a bad one with many easily foreseeable downsides.
Trump Signs Covid Stimulus and Spending Bill
President Trump has signed the stimulus/Covid relief package into law after a week of declaring he would not.
President Trump Uses Veto on National Defense Authorization Act
Citing FCC “Section 230” repel & changing of Confederate-named facilities among other reasons, President Trump vetoed the NDAA:
President Trump Demands More Cowbell
Now, you didn’t think President Trump was just going to get all normal and sign the covid relief/omnibus spending package, did you?
Congress Agrees on Covid Relief Bill, Omnibus Spending
“Congressional leaders have hashed out a massive, year-end catchall bill that combines $900 billion in COVID-19 aid with a $1.4 trillion omnibus spending bill”
Desperate Times Call For Disparate Measures
In the case of the coronavirus, the government was buying businesses’ compliance with a quarantine, in order to save lives.
Up The Union
Rise against the unworthy schemers who, far from wanting law and order and freedom, only use such words to entice others into subjugation.
President Trump Pardons Michael Flynn
The president may have thrown his lawyer, Sidney Powell, under the bus but Michael Flynn himself has his long-rumored presidential pardon:
