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The Democrats’ Biggest Senate Recruits Have One Thing in Common

August 18, 2025 Democrats, Senate, thing, common, Biggest, recruits0 comment

When news broke this week that Sherrod Brown would run next year to reclaim a Senate seat in Ohio, Democrats cheered the reports as a huge coup. Before losing a reelection bid last year, Brown had been the last Democrat to win statewide office in a state that has veered sharply to the right over the past decade. His entry instantly transforms the Ohio race from a distant dream to a plausible pickup opportunity for the party. If most Democrats were ecstatic about Brown’s planned comeback bid, Amanda Litman was…

In Trump Immigration Cases, It’s One Thing in Public, Another in Court

May 30, 2025 Court, Public, another, thing, Immigration, It's, Trump, Cases0 comment

During his testimony on Capitol Hill earlier this month, Secretary of State Marco Rubio took a swipe at Senator Chris Van Hollen, falsely accusing him of having had “a margarita” with Kilmar Abrego Garcia—one of the Maryland Democrat’s constituents, who was mistakenly sent to an El Salvador megaprison more than two months ago and who remains there despite the Supreme Court ordering the Trump administration to facilitate his release. “That guy is a human trafficker, and that guy is a gangbanger … and the evidence is going to be clear,”…

‘It’s the Right Thing’: GOP Lawmakers React to Trump’s Pardon of Jan. 6 ‘Political Prisoners’

January 22, 2025 Jan., Political, react, Lawmakers, right, thing, It's, prisoners, pardon, trumps0 comment

President Donald Trump kicked off his second term this week by pardoning the more than 1,500 Americans charged with crimes in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol protest. Pardoning the Jan. 6 prisoners is “another promise made, promise kept from the president,” Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., told The Daily Signal. “It is shameful right now to see that there are still people that, four years later, have not had a fair trial, have not had a trial at all,” he said. All Americans have a constitutional right to…

Moderation Is Not the Same Thing as Surrender

November 27, 2024 surrender, thing, Same, moderation0 comment

Before this month’s elections, when Democratic candidates were being attacked for letting transgender athletes compete in girls’ sports, trans-rights activists and their allies had a confident answer: They had nothing to fear, because anti-trans themes were a consistent loser for Republicans. That position became impossible to maintain after the elections, when detailed research showed that the issue had done tremendous damage to Kamala Harris and other Democrats. In fact, the third-most-common reason swing voters and late deciders in one survey gave for opposing Harris was that she “is focused more…

Biden says decision to bow out of campaign was ‘right thing to do’

July 22, 2024 Campaign, Biden, says, right, thing, Decision0 comment

In his first public appearance since dropping out of the presidential race, President Biden said Monday his decision was the “right thing to do” and vowed to campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris. The Washington Times stories: White House

New cloud category sinks FITARA scores, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing

February 1, 2024 thing, scores, Cloud, Sinks, That's, necessarily, category, FITARA0 comment

Federal agency scores plummeted on the 17th Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) scorecard. The reason for the drop in grades: Continued struggles to implement best practices for moving workloads and services to the cloud. But oversight leaders say the decrease in grades is not only expected, but not indicative of the progress agencies have made over the last decade. The scorecard, released today by Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), co-author of FITARA, showed double the amount of “C” grades with 10 “Cs” and three “Ds” for the first time since…