by jpitney | Aug 21, 2020 | Congress, Deliberation, Foreign Policy, House of Representatives, Military, Oversight, Senate
At R Street, Casey Burgat looks at congressional oversight capacity on national security and foreign affairs. Here he examines the House Committees on Intelligence, Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, and Armed Services. [D]espite regular increases from 2003 through...
by jpitney | Aug 20, 2020 | Civility
Blois Olson in The Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Why are our leaders so inert? They worry about their “base,” the most vocal and activist members of their parties, and about “losing them,” all for the sake of winning in November. You’re all guilty, every single one who...
by jpitney | Aug 19, 2020 | Congress
by jpitney | Aug 18, 2020 | Economic Policy
David Dreier at RealClearPolicy: During the 2016 campaign, Hillary Clinton proposed spending $275 billion over five years on infrastructure, and Donald Trump promised “at least double” that. Now, the President says he wants to spend “at least $1 trillion” on...
by jpitney | Aug 17, 2020 | Mass Media, Misinformation
From NewsGuard’s Misinformation Monitor: Hundreds of sites that claim to be new local news organizations are actually funded by political interests, aiming to reach voters under the false banner of local news. A new analysis from NewsGuard examining four of...
