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FiveThirtyEight documents how Democrats Warnock and Ossoff won both Georgia runoff elections — and control of the U.S. Senate. Democrat Raphael Warnock defeated Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler 50.8 percent to 49.2 percent in the special election, and Democrat Jon Ossoff defeated Republican David Perdue, whose term as senator expired on...
Article I is the first of seven articles of the Constitution, the lodestar of the KTB Prep American Government and Civics series which is designed to acquaint users with the origins, concepts, organizations, and policies of the United States government and political system. The goal is greater familiarization with the...
Separation of Powers is one of five limits on government in KTB Prep’s American Government and Civics series which is designed to acquaint users with the origins, concepts, organizations, and policies of the United States government and political system. The goal is greater familiarization with the rights and obligations of...
It’s time to get down to business. After over 50 rounds of Congressional blueballs, those rightwing bastards will finally get the chance to explode all over the country. That’s right, people. The final thrusts to repeal Obamacare have begun. And after Wednesday night’s marathon voting session we know what the GOP’s...
I’ve spent probably a few hundred hours in the last 8 months writing articles about Trump’s unfitness for president, about how damaging many of his policies and stances will be and how he will combine the disastrous age of Silvio Berlusconi with the alienating age of Duterte to generally fuck up...
A few weeks ago I wrote two articles about the Congressional seats up for grabs come November and who to vote for, stump for, Facederbate for, rant for, contribute to. Now we’re on to the Senate battleground rundown. There are 34 seats up for re-election. Of those, 24 are Republican and to...
To recap where we are in the fight against Obamacare, The law was passed on a procedural basis, thanks to Scott Brown, by procedure. It could not be stopped. Republicans elected a House Majority to stop it in 2010. They unsuccessfully tried to stop it. Republicans elected...
“Loretta Lynch, the first African-American woman nominated to be attorney general, is asked to sit in the back of the bus when it comes to the Senate calendar.” – Senator Dick Durbin (D., IL) This was his response to Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell who postponed the vote...
Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shores. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door. The Problem 11.7 million undocumented immigrants currently reside in the country. There is a current...