by Jonathan | Oct 25, 2023 | Short Takes
Axios: Legal abortions. Half the US outlaws abortions and the total number goes up. I have so many thoughts but not nearly enough time to write them up now. The most concise summary is: (1) the Evangelical movement conflated itself with conservatism, (2) abortion...
by Jonathan | Oct 14, 2023 | Politics
A common Republican refrain is to say that “the government that governs best is the government that governs least.” By that standard, House Republicans are doing a fantastic job. Jim Jordan “beat” Austin Scott in a vote for the speakership,...
by Jonathan | Oct 13, 2023 | Short Takes
Politico. Re Menendez. “It appears to be the first time a sitting member of Congress has ever been criminally charged with working as an agent of a foreign power.” And yes, it’s illegal.
by Jonathan | Oct 4, 2023 | Short Takes
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2023/10/03/congress/mccarthy-out-speaker-conservatives-oust-boot-00119732 I feel for him, a little bit, although I shouldn’t at all. If you want to keep this job, you have to not want it. Long term this might help him: give...
by Jonathan | Oct 1, 2023 | Politics
Edit: Sep 30 2023 Update McCarthy made a shocking decision today, governing over keeping the gavel: But McCarthy shocked his party — and most on the Hill — by deciding to put a “clean” bill on the floor that could be enough to doom his speakership. The...