by Jim Heath | Oct 1, 2018 | Democrats, Headlines
After years of outrageous and bogus conspiracy theories in right-wing media, the brother of Seth Rich — a Democratic National Committee staffer who was murdered in July 2016 — is getting a retraction and an apology from a DC-based conservative newspaper. The...
by Jim Heath | Sep 28, 2018 | Democrats, Headlines, Trump
A major setback for President Trump today as a federal district judge says a group of nearly 200 Democratic senators and representatives has legal standing to sue him to prove he violated the U.S. Constitution’s emoluments provision banning the acceptance of gifts...
by Jim Heath | Sep 24, 2018 | Democrats, Headlines
Every now and then there is a quote that sums up the current political environment better than anything else. “When they go low, we kick ’em in the nuts.” And there you go. A quote by Sean Clegg, a longtime Democratic strategist in California, about sums 2018 up....
by Jim Heath | Sep 21, 2018 | 2018, Battlegrounds, Democrats, Headlines
The blue wave may sweep Democrats into power in the House, but is it big enough for the Senate too? Political analyst Charlie Cook, described as one of the “best in the business” by both Republicans and Democrats, today changed his race rating for the...
by Jim Heath | Sep 7, 2018 | 2018, Democrats, Headlines, Republicans
Congressional Republicans are getting ready for hell. At least that’s what they say privately. Sixty days until the election and it is becoming clear that House Democrats intend to unleash an avalanche of hearings, subpoenas, and investigations on the Trump...
by Jim Heath | Sep 7, 2018 | 2018, Democrats, Headlines
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: I want to thank everybody at the U of I system for making it possible for me to be here today. I am deeply honored at the Paul Douglas award that is being given to me. He is somebody who set the path for so much outstanding public service here...
