Richard Burr is cashing out
Richard Burr is in his final term as a US Senator and he’s cashing out. Weeks after getting slammed for selling off stocks just before the Wall Street crash, Richard Burr is back in the spotlight for profiting from being a Senator. This time, Pro-publica announces...
Another bad day for Republicans
Yesterday was another bad one for Republicans. Bernie Sanders went on a video chat with Joe Biden and urged his supporters to back the former vice president. Last night, the Wisconsin votes were counted and Democrats unseated a Republican member of the state’s Supreme...
Prop up people and let them decide how to spend our money
When the pandemic is over in a year or so, we’re going to be a different society. Long-held traditions may change and the way we do business could be altered. More people will be comfortable with technology than they are right now. Zoom or some other video...
Flattening the curve
We got the first good news about the pandemic that we’ve had in weeks. The number of new cases seems to be leveling off and the number of deaths projected has been reduced significantly. We’re still on schedule to lose more than 60,000 Americans between now and...
Sanders is out
Bernie Sanders dropped out of the race for president making Joe Biden the presumptive nominee. Sanders announced that he trailed by more than 300 delegates and could not see a path to victory. He might not serve as president but his two campaigns have shaped the...
Just dying to vote
Yesterday, Republicans in Wisconsin insisted that voters go to the polls in person in the middle of a global pandemic. The Democratic governor tried to delay the election but the Republican-controlled legislature would not agree. The US Supreme Court split along...
Progress, questions and testing
Social distancing and shutting down most of the state seems to be working. A study out yesterday reduced the expected number of new cases and deaths from COVID-19. The researchers who did the study warn that opening the state too early could reverse the progress and...
A slice of hell
For those of you wondering whether you’re going to heaven or hell, you’re in hell. In the midst of the worst pandemic in a century, we’re being led by a family of incompetent grifters. While tens of thousands of Americans are about to die, they’re trying to figure out...
Like a vindictive Herbert Hoover
Blame the states. That’s Trump’s new excuse for the failure of his administration to provide the support and resources necessary to address the coronavirus pandemic. As governors call on Washington to help them get needed supplies like ventilators, masks and gowns,...
The state to watch–again
The last two weeks have highlighted exactly how competitive North Carolina will be in November. For those of us who have lived and breathed politics, it’s no surprise. Still, we’re in for unprecedented attention in the fall. Last week, Cook Political Report...
