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To Anyone Who Donates To The American Diabetes Association

Chris Weigant

I saw a story over the weekend that made my skin crawl and sent a chill down my spine. The news first broke in what I assume is a technical journal, MedPage Today. From their report: Members of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) were escorted by police out of the convention center in New...

Senate Takes A Baby Step In The Right Direction

Chris Weigant

The U.S. Senate did some interesting things today, including voting on yet another motion to end the war in Iran -- which would have actually passed if John Fetterman had voted with his fellow Democrats, since there are now three Republicans backing the idea. But what caught my eye was a 99-0...

No Real Progress On Government Shutdown

Chris Weigant

The ongoing partial government shutdown is about to break the record for the longest government shutdown in history. It affects only the Department of Homeland Security, which has limited the shutdown's visibility to the average American (in comparison to previous wider-scale shutdowns), but that...

Friday Talking Points -- Promises Made, Promises Broken

Chris Weigant

Donald Trump seems to be determined to break as many campaign promises as he possibly can, in the shortest period of time possible. Conveniently (for Democrats), he is doing all of this right at the start of the midterm campaign season, as the first states conduct their primaries. This seems...