During the confirmation hearings for Jeff Sessions as Attorney General, his Senate colleague and fellow Alabaman Richard Shelby said that Sessions' history of “treating all Americans equally under the law is clear and well-documented.” Did you just laugh? Desiree Fairooz did. Fairooz was in attendance as a member of the Code Pink activists group to protest... Continue Reading →
What Would Nixon Do?
What would Nixon do? Why he'd do something like what Trump did, which is fire the attorney general. The "acting" attorney general in this case. Sally Yates was a holdover from the Obama administration. She was asked by the Trump administration to serve as acting attorney general to bridge the gap between Loretta Lynch and Trump's... Continue Reading →
Rahm Matters
I grew up in several states. I was born in Texas but Louisiana was home. My mother also dragged me to Georgia, California and Illinois. My first memories are from living in Elgin which is about 50 miles from Chicago. I attended several games at Wrigley and was a Cubs fan before I even knew there... Continue Reading →