by jpitney | Dec 14, 2022 | Congress, House of Representatives
Lauren Fox et al. at CNN: The House Republican Conference is still entrenched in an internal war over whether to reinstate an arcane rule that would empower any member to bring up a vote to oust a speaker at any time. The bitter divide is only heating up and has...
by jpitney | Dec 13, 2022 | Civility, Local Government
Braley Dodson at WTNH: Leaders across the state are vowing to show more respect to each other during public discussions. More than 90 leaders from about 60 municipalities signed the pledge, which calls for “respecting others and their viewpoints and finding solutions...
by jpitney | Dec 12, 2022 | Elections, Tim Scott
Marianne Levine at Politico: Joni Ernst is “very excited” about a potential Tim Scott presidential run. John Cornyn would “advise him to go for it.” And John Barrasso said it “doesn’t get any better than Tim Scott.” Even Sen. Lindsey Graham, who spent much of Donald...
by jpitney | Dec 11, 2022 | California Politics, civic virtue, Civility, Violence
Brittny Mejia, Liam Dillon, and Gregory Yee at LAT: On Friday evening, more than 100 children and their parents were gathered at Lincoln Park for a tree-lighting celebration. Parents took videos of their daughters performing in pink tutus inside the auditorium....
by jpitney | Dec 10, 2022 | Journalism, Journalists, Mexico, Ukraine
From the International Federation of Journalists: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today renewed its call on the international community for concrete action to protect the safety and freedoms of journalists as it recorded a spike in the numbers of...
