Weekly Roundup: February 19th
Millions of Texans have been without power or potable water for days following unusually harsh winter weather. The Republican governor blamed the outages on renewable energy but that is only 10 percen...
19 Helmi 202130min
Biden Wants To Re-Open Schools, But How Much Can He Really Do About It?
President Biden has made reopening schools a benchmark for how his administration is handling the pandemic. It is a politically tricky goal, since those decisions will be made by local districts. We l...
18 Helmi 202115min
Trump Puts McConnell On Blast
In a statement former President Donald Trump called Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell a "dour, sullen, and unsmiling political hack" and said Republicans will lose if they stick with the senator....
17 Helmi 202112min
What Is In The Next Covid Relief Bill
House Democrats are putting the finishing touches on their Covid-19 relief package. It is expected to include everything from direct payments to a $15 federal minimum wage, and cost nearly $2 trillion...
16 Helmi 202113min
Seven Republicans Voted To Convict Trump. Where Does The GOP Go From Here?
Seven Republican senators voted to convict former President Donald Trump of inciting an insurrection, making this impeachment the most bipartisan in history. But some of those senators are already fac...
15 Helmi 202115min
Donald Trump Acquitted In Second Impeachment Trial
All fifty members of the Democratic caucus and seven Republicans said Donald Trump is guilty of inciting an insurrection at the Capitol — that's ten votes short of the two-thirds majority required for...
14 Helmi 202120min
Is Trump's Whataboutism Defense Enough Cover For GOP Acquittal?
In a combative but brief showing, former president Trump's defense team highlighted past uses of fight metaphors by Democratic politicians to suggest the president's rally speech didn't incite the ins...
13 Helmi 202116min
Democrats Tell Senators A Conviction Could Prevent Future Violence
The House impeachment managers concluded their case against Donald Trump by characterizing a Senate conviction as a way to prevent of future violence — a warning to future presidents who might be also...
12 Helmi 202116min
