During the very worst of the violence and destruction of January 6, 2021, President Donald Trump called then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy to rebuke him for not embracing the rampaging hordes who were ter…| DOMEocracy
Nothing will affect how millions of Democrats view the leadership of their party more than the endgame of the Continuing Resolution (CR), which must be negotiated, voted on and signed by September 30 to avoid a shutdown of large portions of the government. We have seen this movie before. Last March, all but one House … … Continue reading →| DOMEocracy
It is admittedly tough to both craft and successfully disseminate a cogent narrative when you are stuck in the political minority. Nancy Pelosi was especially successful in 2006 when she persuaded …| DOMEocracy
Donald Trump and much of the far Right currently running the United States have long attempted to slander opponents as “socialists” and “communists.” During the 2024 campaign, Trump castigate…| DOMEocracy
Nearly a quarter century ago, when President George W. Bush was laying plans for the invasion of Iraq, the House’s Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi was an implacable opponent of what she predicted wo…| DOMEocracy
[This article appeared in the Los Angeles Times, July 15, 2025] Few initiatives of the Trump administration more seriously undermine our understanding of the nation’s past than Executive Order 14023 from March 27, which promises “to restore Federal sites dedicated to history, including parks and museums, to solemn and uplifting public monuments.” The order directs the Interior […]| DOMEocracy
Now that enactment of the Reconciliation bill, with its unconscionable deficits and inequitable tax bonanzas and spending cuts, is unsurprisingly certain to become law, a few observations are in or…| DOMEocracy
Analysts, pundits and Democratic party activists – and just about everyone else, it seems – are sifting through the results of Tuesday’s mayoral primary election in New York City to determine the implications of the victory of Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani over former governor Andrew Cuomo, among other contenders. Even by the unique standards of Big […]| DOMEocracy
A quarter century ago, members of the House of Representatives filed onto the House floor for an unusual secret session. High-ranking members of the George W. Bush administration outlined the…| DOMEocracy
After nearly five months of presiding over orchestrated chaos and failed policy initiatives, Donald Trump has found what he has been searching for to justify his unprecedented assault on constituti…| DOMEocracy