ABC News Poll Shows Support for Abortion Rights Ticking Up
Hey, we have yet another abortion poll today. According to the latest ABC News poll, support for legal abortion is at an all-time high: Intellectual honesty forces me to invoke Kevin’s Law here, just as I did for the recent Gallup poll that was slightly favorable toward the anti-abortion view. In the long-term, nothing has…
Former Puerto Rico Education Secretary Arrested on Federal Corruption Charges
Julia Keleher.Xavier Araujo/El Nuevo Dia via ZUMA Press Julia Keleher, the former Puerto Rico Secretary of Education assailed for pushing austerity and privatization measures after Hurricane Maria devastated the island, was arrested Wednesday morning, accused of illicitly steering hundreds of thousands of dollars in contracts to close associates in 2017. Keleher was arrested in Washington,…
It Was Lunacy Time At the Fifth Circuit Today
It was nice while it lasted.Arne Dedert/DPA via ZUMA As you know, Obamacare is in court yet again. This time the argument is that when Congress reduced the individual mandate penalty to zero, they made the mandate unconstitutional. And if the mandate goes, then the whole law has to go. This is bedbug crazy, but…
British PM Candidate’s Strategy: Ride Hatred of Donald Trump to Victory
David Mirzoeff/PA Wire via ZUMA There’s a fascinating bit of political strategizing that’s emerging in the UK right now. Jeremy Hunt is running against Boris Johnson for leadership of the Conservative Party, and with it leadership of the country. Whoever wins will be the next prime minister. At the same time, diplomatic cables from the…
A Federal Court Appears Ready to Buy the GOP’s Argument to Kill Obamacare
Sachelle Babbar/Zuma The fate of the Affordable Care Act remains uncertain following a hearing about the law at a federal appeals court in New Orleans. The hearing concerned a lawsuit originally filed by Republican state attorneys general in a Texas district court in 2018, which alleges that the entirety of Obamacare should be invalidated because…
The Virginia Legislature Held a Special Session to Pass Gun Control. Then State Republicans Pulled a Mitch McConnell.
Gun control activists protest outside special session of the General Assembly to consider gun legislation in Virginia. Steve Helber/AP Tuesday was supposed to be a big day for Virginia legislators to have serious discussions about gun control in the state. Following the mass shooting at the Virginia Beach Municipal Center in May—which left 12 people…