Oil and Presidential Politics
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Joseph Biden made a statement to the website Politico Monday with regard to the Keystone XL pipeline, a statement that shows that oil...
The President’s Tax Returns and the Supreme Court
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On Tuesday, May 12, the US Supreme Court held arguments on two controversies over the release of President Donald Trump's tax returns. One...
MA Senate Primary: Kennedy Leads Markey in Latest Poll
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Senator Ed Markey (D - MA) has fallen behind Joe Kennedy III is the latest poll of opinion heading into a primary for...
Garcia (R) Wins in 25th District, California
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The people of the 25th Congressional district in California voted for a Republican Tuesday in a special election to fill a seat left...
Former A-G Sessions: “I Stood Up for the Truth”
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Jefferson Sessions, who was President Donald Trump's first Attorney General (and who was fired in the wake of the November 2018 elections) is...
Likely Michigan Match-Up: James v. Peters
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Senator Gary Peters (D - MI) is finishing up his first term as that state's Senator: he took the seat as an old...
States’ Pensions, Pandemic, and Bankruptcy
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Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader in the US Senate, has expressed skepticism about the idea that the US Treasury should subsidize state...
The Gubernatorial Race in Indiana
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Since Indiana is the home state of (Republican) Vice President Mike Pence, the pick-up of its Governor's seat for the Democratic Party would...
Biden and a Sexual Assault Claim
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A one-time Senate aide to Joe Biden, Tara Reade, claims that Biden sexually assaulted her in the spring of 1993, at a time...
Hydroxychloroquine and the Presidential election
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For much of the period during which the prevalence and danger of the Covid-19 virus was rising to be the dominant public issue...
