OPINION: KNOWLES: With Republicans Like Liz Cheney And Mitt Romney, Who Needs Democrats?

President Biden’s Department of Justice is actively defending two Trump-era immigration policies in court. Read More….

The American press corps has been on a tear over the past year about the death of democracy. They share the talking point with Democrats. In the runup to and aftermath of Jan. 6, 2021, pretty much every news outlet has lamented Republican lies, disinformation, misinformation and assaults on democracy. Read More…

This week, Joe Biden’s attempts to hijack our democracy went down in flames. He could not get enough Democrats to kill the Senate filibuster, so two radical “voting rights” bills could get passed with a flimsy 51-vote majority. But this major loss is carrying more consequences than just two dead bills. The 2020 Election exposed

Not surprisingly, the same citizenship lessons detailed in this 73-year-old scout manual could help us out of our collective funk today. Even amidst global lockdowns and a roiling political and cultural debate, the United States remains a land of opportunity and plenty. This is made possible largely because we are citizens of a free country.

Republicans cannot afford to do what they have largely always done with a Senate majority: set it on a shelf, polish it, and admire it from afar. The 2022 agenda for House Republicans may be out of touch with the current political moment, but at least they can say they’re trying. Over on the other side

Senate majority leader blocked sanctions on the Kremlin-backed project. Affiliates of two European companies that fund Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline contributed to the campaign of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.), who Republicans say has blocked sanctions on the Kremlin-backed project. Read More…