Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) called for a new constitutional convention in order to pass nine amendments to the Constitution. A constitutional convention is largely unprecedented and carries great risk. The Founding Fathers used a convention to amend the original Articles of the Confederation, but then decided to ditch the Articles […]
One of the main elements of Festivus, the winter holiday popularized by Seinfeld, is the Airing of Grievances where people say how they were wronged over the past year. Every year, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) airs his grievances on Twitter and this year he took aim at government spending and […]
The Washington Post is learning that children of politicians are still untouchable after editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes took aim at Senator Ted Cruz and his children. The cartoon was published in response to an ad from the Cruz campaign that featured the presidential candidate reading politically-themed Christmas stories. Seemingly expecting […]
Senate Intelligence Chair Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) and Vice Chair Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) have released a statement saying that the committee is not investigating any claims from Tuesday night’s Republican debate. Senator Burr had told reporters early Wednesday morning that his staff was looking into whether presidential candidate Senator […]
Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty stipulates that if an ally is attacked, the other signed parties must consider it an attack against itself. Article 5 has only been invoked once, after the September 11 attacks. Now many question whether France will invoke the article after a terrorist attack on […]
