Pete Buttigieg’s High Hopes
In The Race To See Who Can Stop Biden, A New Challenger Emerges – And He Could Be Biden’s Easiest Foe To Beat
Luis A Mendez
/// December 2, 2019
In The Race To See Who Can Stop Biden, A New Challenger Emerges – And He Could Be Biden’s Easiest Foe To Beat
Andrew Donaldson
/// October 16, 2019
There were not any huge fireworks from this one, so the fair question to ask outside the breakdown is, “Is anything going to be different tomorrow?”
Vikram Bath
/// May 8, 2019
I hope the future of the Democratic party looks more like this than like a nicer, kinder rehash of Trump’s broken agenda.
Andrew Donaldson
/// April 26, 2019
Smells like 2020 presidential primary politics in here.
Andrew Donaldson
/// April 14, 2019
There has to be an underdog to the story, whether he wins or not, and Mayor Pete Buttigieg checks a lot of those boxes.
Andrew Donaldson
/// April 8, 2019
Your Ordinary World for 8Apr19 feature links to great writing and viewpoints to read, share & discuss.
Andrew Donaldson
/// March 29, 2019
Let’s check in on the (mostly) running candidates for the Democratic Nomination in 2020
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Comment →LONDON — Boris Johnson looked set Thursday to stay on as prime minister and win a huge majority in the British Parliament, according to an exit poll published as voting closed in what has been called the most important election in a generation.
A Conservative victory would mean that the United Kingdom is all but certain to finally leave the European Union on Jan. 31, more than three and a half years after the Brexit referendum in 2016. A divided and deadlocked Parliament had previously blocked Johnson’s withdrawal deal multiple times, prompting this election.
Time has announced Greta Thunberg as their 2019 Person of the Year.
.@GretaThunberg is TIME's 2019 Person of the Year #TIMEPOY https://t.co/YZ7U6Up76v pic.twitter.com/SWALBfeGl6
— TIME (@TIME) December 11, 2019
(Featured image is Time Magazines cover announcing Greta Thunberg)
Comment →[caption id="attachment_323385" align="aligncenter" width="748"] IG Michael Horowitz testifies before congress on Clinton email investigation[/caption]
Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s review of the FBI’s handling of its investigation of the Trump campaign in 2016 is out, and folks are pouring over the 476 pages.
A much-anticipated review of how the FBI came to investigate the Trump campaign's possible links to Russia has validated the agency’s decision to open its probe.
The report, compiled by the Justice Department’s inspector general, stresses that political bias did not influence the bureau’s actions, as President Donald Trump and his allies have frequently alleged.
But the document is also littered with criticisms of FBI officials and how they vetted some information, such as a dossier of salacious allegations compiled by an ex-British spy.
Key takeaways from the report
The FBI did not use the Steele dossier to open Russia probe
Lynch, Comey sat for IG interviews
No evidence political bias was a factor
The full redacted public report can be read here:
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You can watch the hearings live here, and discuss/debate with the Ordinary Times Commentareum throughout:
Comment →The House Judiciary Committee is hearing presentations from congressional investigators about the impeachment inquiry into President Trump's dealings with Ukraine, as Democrats prepare to draft articles of impeachment.
Monday's hearing includes testimony from Democratic and Republican attorneys from the House Intelligence and Judiciary Committees. The House Intelligence Committee submitted its report last week on its investigation into Mr. Trump's efforts to get Ukraine to open investigations into the 2016 election and a company linked to the Bidens.
Those events are at the center of the Democratic case against the president, which the attorneys are laying out on Monday. Last week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi directed the committee chairs to pursue articles of impeachment, with a vote expected before the Christmas holiday.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler said on Sunday that the committee will "presumably" introduce articles of impeachment this week.
From CNN:
Comment →In the end, four people were shot dead at the intersection in Miramar, authorities said, including two robbery suspects, a bystander, and hostage UPS driver Frank Ordonez -- a man who relatives say had been substituting for a colleague who had called out from work that day.
The slain robbers and hijackers were Lamar Alexander, 41, and Ronnie Jerome Hill, 41, both of Miami-Dade County, the FBI said. Authorities haven't released the name of the bystander who was killed.
Numerous questions about the chase and its finale remain, including who shot Ordonez and the bystander.
Everything I Ever Needed to Know I Learned on Sesame Street
December 10, 2019
Weekend Plans Post: The Last Potentially Normal Weekend
December 13, 2019
The Unbearable Whiteness Of Being Empirical
December 13, 2019
UK Elections: The Limits of Comparisons
December 13, 2019
December 13, 2019
Star Wars Episode VII: The Saga Awakens
December 12, 2019
Thursday Throughput: I Just Didn’t Want It To Be True Edition
December 12, 2019
December 12, 2019
Greta Thunberg named Time’s Person of the Year 2019.
December 11, 2019
Wednesday Writs: Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
December 11, 2019
Chik-Fil-A: Why Can’t a Chicken Sandwich Just Be a Chicken Sandwich?
November 20, 2019
Not the Bi-Partisan Impeachment They Were Looking For
December 6, 2019
December 10, 2019
December 2, 2019
November 18, 2019
November 26, 2019
Obligatory Impeachment Hearings Something or Other
December 4, 2019
I’m Dreaming of a Bike Christmas
December 5, 2019
I've heard of feeling like a million bucks, but a billion just sounds greedy.