US Senate

Tuberville’s Hold on Military Promotions Undermines the Military and Promotes Racism

Thursday, July 13, 2023 at 6:07 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Tuberville’s hold on military promotions Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville is getting his 15 minutes of fame. He’s getting it for making Congress even more partisan and dysfunctional than usual. But that’s the point. Tuberville is holding up promotions for over 250 military officers. The Pentagon subsidizes out-of-state travel for reproductive healthcare, including abortion. He’s protesting that policy. And he… Read more.

John Fetterman Committed Political Malpractice. But Dr. Oz Is Unfit to Serve…

Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at 8:04 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

John Fetterman might be perfectly capable of functioning as a US senator. Especially when compared with the ‘lobotomized’ Herschel Walker, whom Republicans are pretending is eminently capable of functioning in that role That is, especially compared with the lobotomized – who Republicans are pretending is eminently capable of doing so. But Fetterman has not recovered from his stroke as… Read more.

Senate Confirms Jackson First Black Woman on Supreme Court

Thursday, April 7, 2022 at 7:51 PM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

“A picture is worth a thousand words” Never before in the history of American politics has that adage been more apropos than everything this picture says about this time in America’s fraught march toward a more perfect union. But I’d be remiss not to comment on the fact that Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina,… Read more.

With Senate Appointment, California Gov Signals Latinos Are Now the Most Influential Minority Group

Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at 2:07 PM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

No doubt you’ve seen Black pundits all over TV stating the categorical imperative for California Governor Gavin Newsom to appoint a Black woman. Black Lives Matter launched a petition Monday calling on California Gov. Gavin Newsom to appoint a Black woman to fill the U.S. Senate seat to be vacated by Kamala Harris once she officially… Read more.

Biden, Don’t Bank on Flipping Two Seats in Georgia. Barter with Sitting Republican Senators.

Friday, November 13, 2020 at 7:19 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

As election results for the US Senate stand, Republicans have 50 seats, Democrats 46, and Independents (who invariably vote with Democrats), 2. This is why Democrats are banking on winning the two runoff elections in Georgia. Control of the Senate is likely to come down to the Jan. 5 Georgia runoff, when voters could be… Read more.

Handmaid Amy Coney Barrett Is Unfit to Sit on Supreme Court

Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at 6:52 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

According to reliable reports, Amy Coney Barrett is a member of People of Praise. It is a fringe Catholic group that requires its female members to live by a code of conduct so strict… it makes the code Margaret Atwood’s handmaids are forced to live by seem promiscuous. Among other chauvinistic strictures, members of Barrett’s… Read more.

Nikki Haley Appoints Tim Scott to US Senate

Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 7:41 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

John Kerry left an open seat in the Senate when he became secretary of state. Yesterday, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick (D) appointed his former chief-of-staff to fill it. William “Mo” Cowan Cowan will serve until a special election in June. I have mixed feelings about this. I am glad Patrick ignored Rep. Barney Frank’s… Read more.

Caroline Kennedy: heir to a seat in the US Senate…?

Thursday, December 18, 2008 at 5:15 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Yesterday, Caroline Kennedy displayed about as much political gravitas in launching her campaign to become a US senator as Sarah Palin did in launching her campaign to become vice president. Which makes the prospect of Governor Patterson of New York coronating Caroline to the seat vacated by Hillary Clinton (just because of her “royal” heritage) almost as unseemly as Governor Rod Blagojevich of Illinois selling the… Read more.