Category: Feature

Feature

The NRA isn’t out of money, it’s using bankruptcy to escape accountability

The internet got a little jolt of joy when the news broke late Friday that the National Rifle Association is filing for bankruptcy. Liberals celebrated what appeared to be the downfall of a major political opponent. After all, the NRA has long dumped money into lawmakers’ arms in exchange for lax gun control and a restriction that keeps the government from even investigating whether gun … Continue reading The NRA isn’t out of money, it’s using bankruptcy to escape accountability

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Here are all the times previously that Congress has gotten involved in a presidential election

Congressional Republicans are trying to stop the body from certifying Joe Biden as the winner of the presidential election. Congress makes this certification on January 6 and by all accounts is expected to do so but with a bit of a delay while Republicans make their case that something about the November 2020 presidential election was suspect. A group of Republican senators is trying to … Continue reading Here are all the times previously that Congress has gotten involved in a presidential election

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The end-of-the-year COVID relief bill, explained

After months of kicking the ball aimlessly around the field, Congress finally scored a goal late Sunday when it reached a compromise $900 billion COVID-19 relief deal. That same day, around 1,500 people died from COVID-19, so this couldn’t have come at a better time unless that better time was literally any point in the past six months, Congress. Still, here we are. So what’s … Continue reading The end-of-the-year COVID relief bill, explained

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Joe Biden isn’t the person of the year – but ‘Time’ is trapped in a loop

Back on Thursday – if you can remember back that far – Time magazine named Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as its “Person of the Year.” This surprised no one, since the POTY has been the winner of the presidential election since 2000: Bush, Obama, and Trump all got the accolade in their election and (for Bush and Obama) re-election years. That’s as far back … Continue reading Joe Biden isn’t the person of the year – but ‘Time’ is trapped in a loop

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Let’s see how the new citizenship test looks

The Trump administration has made some slight changes to the citizenship test administered as part of the naturalization process. In the original test, there are 100 possible questions and you, hopeful immigrant friend, would be asked 10. Once you answer six correctly, you’re in. But in the new test, there are 128 possible questions and you will be asked twenty. You need to answer twelve … Continue reading Let’s see how the new citizenship test looks

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Feature, Politics

Trump doesn’t care about other Republicans. Why do they care about him?

There’s a possibility that Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff can change the balance of power in the U.S. Senate towards Democrats. The pair are popular, they’re running in the same Georgia that recently tilted ever-so-slightly for Joe Biden, and there’s a real national effort to support their bids. It would put the Senate in 50-50 control with the deciding vote cast by Vice President … Continue reading Trump doesn’t care about other Republicans. Why do they care about him?

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You Asked

You Asked: How hard is it to commit voter fraud?

On Patreon, we ask supporters to occasionally toss questions over to us that they want answered that are a little bit harder to get an answer to than something you might ask on Quora. For this, the second piece in our new series You Asked, we’re tackling what, according to the president, might be the most popular crime in America. If I was trying to win … Continue reading You Asked: How hard is it to commit voter fraud?

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Feature, Our Long National Nightmare

Busing, Biden, and the Looming Question of Age

On June 27, ten candidates debated in Miami, each hoping to become the Democratic Party’s nominee for president in July 2020. The night before, ten lesser-known candidates (with Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker the outliers, at least until Julian Castro’s breakout performance elevated him out of the doldrums) had a relatively civil debate that was heavy on policy on light on political jabs, even against … Continue reading Busing, Biden, and the Looming Question of Age

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We had a “taste” of hard cider and then we tried to play disc golf

I first visited Ricker Hill Orchards in Turner, Maine, back when I lived nearby in Lewiston. Ricker is a pretty unassuming place, a standard New England farm on a hill in rural Maine, but its only a few minutes outside the state’s second-largest city, and that made it a frequent spot to bring family and friends who came up to visit. That first visit involved … Continue reading We had a “taste” of hard cider and then we tried to play disc golf

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