By Rick Manning They ordered flags. They ordered USA signs, and they trained attendees to chant USA when Bernie’s folks sought to disrupt. They even made the backdrop behind Hillary Clinton look like a flag, rather than the drab steel grey resembling some futuristic Orwellian political stage […]

By Robert Romano Thinking of staying home this November? Don’t think it will matter? Still sore over the primary? Consider these disquieting facts. Since 1952, U.S. presidents have nominated and had confirmed an average of 163 federal judges , including 1.6 Supreme Court Justices, every 4 years. Of the 853 currently seated federal judges according to data compiled by the Federal Judicial Center , the current partisan composition of the federal courts including district and […]

By Robert Romano The last thing the Hillary Clinton campaign can want to talk about in the middle of her convention is whether Russia has all of her deleted classified emails from her private server she was never supposed to have. The one she almost got indicted […]

By Marita Noon In his less-than-enthusiastic endorsement of Hillary Clinton as the Democrat’s choice for President, Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) decried “Greed, recklessness, and illegal behavior” and declared that we couldn’t let “billionaires buy elections.” Perhaps his opposition research team discovered what we have about […]

We’ve heard of pay equity, but… By ALG Staff It has been a decades long battle, but women finally earned bathroom equality in major arenas as more women’s restrooms have been installed, in many cases due to legislative edict.  But the Democratic National Convention in […]

By ALG Staff It has been a decades long battle, but women finally earned bathroom equality in major arenas as more women’s restrooms have been installed, in many cases due to legislative edict.  But the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia has revealed a stunning change […]

By Rick Manning Donald Trump has made it clear that he doesn’t believe that America has gotten the better end of trade deals over the past twenty years and has built much of his appeal to voters who have seen their wages stagnate and have witnessed or […]

By Robert Romano Statistician Nate Silver gave Donald Trump a 57.5 percent chance of winning the election if it had been held on Monday after a post-convention bounce in polls, according to fivethirtyeight.com. Yet, just a month ago , he had Hillary Clinton winning the election with an 80 percent probability. Then, Trump had only a 20 percent chance of winning. Well, apparently a lot can change in […]

By Robert Romano So, Ted Cruz showed up at the Republican National Convention, refused to endorse Donald Trump — and got summarily booed off the stage . Fast forward just a few days, and Bernie Sanders spoke to his supporters at the Democratic National Convention during afternoon proceedings on Monday, endorsed Hillary Clinton — […]

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