by Jim Heath | Mar 30, 2019 | 2020, Analysis
Republican lawmakers in Florida are working on a bill to require former felons to pay fees and fines before having their voting rights restored, prompting criticism from those who say it would undermine a new amendment that allows more than a million former felons to...
by Jim Heath | Mar 30, 2019 | 2020, Trump
President Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign is now hawking T-shirts that mock the latest foil to the Republican Party: the notoriously soft-spoken House Intelligence Committee Chairman, Rep. Adam Schiff. The T-shirt, on sale for $28, features an illustration of...
by Jim Heath | Mar 28, 2019 | 2020, Headlines, Trump
President Trump, fresh off what he claims was vindication in the special counsel’s Russia investigation, told supporters tonight in Michigan that “after three years of lies and smears and slander, the Russia hoax is finally dead.” “The collusion delusion is over,” he...
by Jim Heath | Mar 28, 2019 | 2020, Debates, Headlines
Democrats are headed to battleground Florida for their first presidential debates of the 2020 election cycle, as Miami is set to host on June 26 and 27. The two-night event, to be broadcast on NBC News, MSNBC and Telemundo, will be the first chance for candidates to...
by Jim Heath | Mar 26, 2019 | 2020, Congress, Environment, Headlines
Political games continued in the senate today where Republicans held a vote to politicize a progressive environmental proposal, without any committees or hearings to hear from actual experts on the topic. The move was aimed at putting Democrats from more moderate...
by Jim Heath | Mar 25, 2019 | 2020, Battlegrounds, Headlines
Rep. Ruben Gallego handed a huge gift to Arizona’s Mark Kelly today, announcing he is not seeking the Democratic nomination for U.S. senate next year. Gallego is well-connected to the liberal base of the Democratic Party, and many activists hoped the Phoenix...
