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When a business trip took me to Birmingham, Ala., I knew I had to visit, to witness at the 16th Street Baptist Church, where cowards placed a bomb that injured many and murdered four little girls
“I don’t believe losing ever helps. It puts seeds of doubt in the minds of players. I’d rather be good than mad,” NFL Hall of Fame coach Jimmy Johnson once said.
As he said on the Senate floor, “In our campaigns, no matter how hard they may be, no matter how close the election, those who lose accept the verdict and support those who win.”
After the election, Biden said, “The refusal of Democrats and Republicans to cooperate with one another is not due to some mysterious force beyond our control. It’s a decision.
She said that when the clerk politely greeted her, it was so overwhelming and appreciated, she ordered everything on the menu, just to experience the balm of kind words covering her again and again.
He killed nine people who had welcomed him and did it without — not then nor in the years since — a shred of remorse.
Power play That’s not the view of Senate Republicans, led by Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who understands the ruthless power game without regard to the example it sets for the next generations
As many of you know, I rely on 24-hour home care to survive. Without it, I would need to be in a nursing home, away from my wife and our two young kids.
And to be without that refuge, no matter how modest, would be devastating. That’s something to consider as the country, slowly, tries to recover — and thrive.
To make matters worse, literally as I write this, Sanders has thrown a monkey wrench into Pelosi’s plan for Thursday, urging his House colleagues “to vote against the bipartisan infrastructure bill
The California recall election, without a cataclysmic event, was likely a fait accompli for Democrats from Day One and a fever dream for Republicans frustrated with the decline of what, sadly, was once
That’s why I am so excited not just about the CBC’s size, but the opportunity it stands ready to embrace.
“I was a young guy processing a broken heart, you know, kind of an …” — well, you get the idea.
This goes on and on,” she said. “We marched until the governor called martial law. That’s when you get their attention.
Ultimate snowflakes They could not do it without the cooperation of aggrieved parents fighting against something they haven’t even tried to understand.
“There ain’t going to be a bipartisan bill without a reconciliation bill,” she threatened.
Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., said on the House floor that “the people that breached the Capitol on Jan. 6 are being abused,” with the cognitive dissonance that has become her trademark.
You know, the real American citizens of every race, creed, color, orientation and national origin, who believe in the ideals of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence without reservation
I can’t feel too sorry for Coca-Cola, Delta and the rest, though, since they’ve been playing the political game forever while pretending to be above it all.
It’s important to remember that in 2017, Republicans controlled the White House, House and Senate by larger margins than the Democrats enjoy today and could have ended the filibuster for legislation without