The Honeymooners." "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet." "Leave It to Beaver." In campaign ads and rhetorical flourishes, Democrats are prone to conjuring fuzzy images of married couples sitting at their kitchen table struggling to cover their monthly bills. "Kitchen table" issues remain, at least in my party's mind, shorthand for middle-class economic struggles. In real life, however, tight family budgets aren't the only challenges folks discuss in the kitchen. Democrats too often refuse to address anything beyond what they're comfortable discussing " and our obvious discomfort talking about those other worries makes voters very uncomfortable. read more
On May 7, 1945, Germany signed an unconditional surrender at Allied headquarters in Reims, France, to take effect the following day, ending the European conflict of World War II. read more
With the vote split at 50-50 in the Senate, Vice President JD Vance will need to vote to break it and confirm Pete Hegseth, President Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon.
At least 10 people are dead and dozens injured after a driver plowed a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year's revelers in New Orleans on Wednesday, days after the vehicle was spotted crossing the U.S.-Mexico border into Texas.
The Constitution provides that an oath-breaking insurrectionist is ineligible to be president. This is the plain wording of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. "No person shall ... hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath ... to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof." This disability can be removed by a two-thirds vote in each House. Disqualification is based on insurrection against the Constitution and not the government. The evidence of Donald Trump's engaging in such insurrection is overwhelming. The matter has been decided in three separate forums, two of which were fully contested with the active participation of Trump's counsel. read more
Hickory, my Grandfather fought in WW2 in the South Pacific and he would have loved Trump. But nice attempt at grandstanding.