My first thoughts on the 2020 election, plus other news

By Robert A. Vella Centrism versus Populism A couple of years ago, I watched a televised town hall meeting with Continue reading →

War clouds, SCOTUS rejects precedent, Money trumps justice, Russian agent, NRA leak, and more

By Robert A. Vella War clouds The unholy trinity of U.S. president Donald Trump, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Continue reading →

Disaster fight, Mueller mystery, Flint can sue, AGs back ACA, SCOTUS feud, Rosenstein’s ally, Canada temps

By Robert A. Vella Today, we’ll take a look at the partisan fight over disaster aid which erupted because President Continue reading →

Monday Wakeup: Israel’s Trump, W.H. whistleblower, Dems up to their old tricks, and SCOTUS news

By Robert A. Vella Right-wing extremists are the same everywhere.  They are anti-democratic authoritarians who use every dirty trick in Continue reading →

Fight over Mueller report, Sater’s money laundering, Trump attacks ACA and abortion, and SCOTUS news

By Robert A. Vella Fight over Mueller report From:  Republicans block U.S. Senate Democrats’ move on making Mueller report public Continue reading →

Politics, not facts, shroud AG William Barr’s summary of the Mueller report

By Robert A. Vella The brief summary of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian collusion during the 2016 election Continue reading →

Taping Trump, Mueller targeted Cohen, Trump’s poor court record, Americans oppose pardons, Google news

By Robert A. Vella Today, we’ll take another look at how President Trump’s authoritarian obsession with gaining total control over Continue reading →

Trump’s mental state, Feds raided Trump fundraiser, Brits examine Cambridge Analytica, Deportation ruling

By Robert A. Vella Trump’s mental state Over the weekend, President Trump unleashed another wide-ranging Twitter storm in which he Continue reading →