“Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday that the Uvalde school shooter had a ‘mental health challenge’ and the state needed to “do a better job with mental health” — yet in […]
Category: Political Wire
Police Chief Who Waited Had Active Shooter Training
“The police chief who officials said decided to wait to confront the gunman at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, completed an active shooter training course in December,” NBC News […]
Inside McConnell’s Long Effort to Block Gun Control
Washington Post: “The Standard Gravure massacre provided an early glimpse of how McConnell — now the Republican Senate minority leader — would handle mass shootings and their aftermath over the […]
What Are You Willing to Do?
London Review of Books: “If it is a real danger that civil war may threaten democracy, it is also a real danger that democracy may die because its defenders refuse […]
Trump’s Fundraising Wanes
New York Times: “Mr. Trump remains broadly popular among Republicans and has a political war chest well north of $100 million. But there has been a less visible sign of […]
Could Trump Tank Gun Reform Negotiations?
Playbook: “There’s no doubt that Trump’s endorsement power has waned, but could his words shaming anyone looking at gun restrictions chill fledgling bipartisan talks on Capitol Hill? We’ll soon find […]
Grand Jury Prepares to Hear Testimony in Trump Probe
Atlanta Journal Constitution: “The Fulton County District Attorney’s wide-ranging criminal investigation into efforts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 presidential election is heating up, weeks after the seating of a special purpose […]
Democrats See Progress With Manchin in Last-Ditch Talks
“Democrats are hoping quiet negotiations between Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Joe Manchin can quickly produce an agreement to advance key elements of President Biden’s economic agenda before […]
Flashback Exchange of the Day
The New York Times quotes from a conversation between then-President Donald Trump with his acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, after a far-right gunman killed 23 people at a Walmart […]
Quote of the Day
“We all know they want total gun confiscation, know that this would be a first step. Once they get the first step, they’ll take the second step, the third, the […]