Woodward book on Trump, Senate report on mail delays, DOJ intervenes in libel suit, plus new polling

By Robert A. Vella Legendary journalist Bob Woodward, of Watergate fame, has a new book coming out on the Trump Continue reading →

Tuesday Catch-up: A warning to racial injustice protesters

By Robert A. Vella Recurring back ailments are limiting my blogging activities, but here’s a news catch-up post for this Continue reading →

The gravesite of American Exceptionalism

By Robert A. Vella The idea of American Exceptionalism was always a myth.  The U.S. has never been an exceptional Continue reading →

GOP voter suppression plan fails, Governors blast & bypass Trump’s “authority,” plus pandemic updates

By Robert A. Vella A funny thing happened to Republicans’ nationwide effort to reelect a right-wing state supreme court judge Continue reading →

SCOTUS usurps Congress, Morales folds, McConnell under fire, violent protests, and God in public schools

By Robert A. Vella The five conservative justices on the U.S. Supreme Court halted an injunction against President Trump’s diversion Continue reading →

U.S. top court lets states force online retailers to collect sales tax

States have broad authority to force online retailers to collect potentially billions of dollars worth of sales taxes, the U.S. Continue reading →

4 winners and 2 losers from the first set of this week’s primary elections

June 5 was the biggest primary day of the year — but it may take some time before all of Continue reading →

Keystone pipeline spill in South Dakota bigger than originally thought

CALGARY, Alberta, April 8 (UPI) — Pipeline company TransCanada said about 400 barrels of oil leaked near the Keystone pipeline Continue reading →