It's a new week. Today, Joel Silberman returns from a week away to give us his take on the latest news from the campaign trail. And we'll check in with a political operative, David Keith, to see what he can tell us from the field.
Victoria Jones created and edits Quick Morning News. She is chief White House correspondent with Washington DC-based Talk Media News, where her insight and analysis are made available to over 400 news talk radio stations around the country and internationally. Quick NewsPope v TrumpPope flap: GOP 2016ers cautiousScalia funeral flapDems in Nevada: Jabs = boosGOP in South Carolina: Trump nailedObama to raise human rights in CubaCracks in Russia/Syria alliance? Pope v Trump (AP, NYT. BBC, CNN, me)• Answering a direct question from a reporter on the papal plane, Pope Francis on Thursday declared that Donald Trump is "not Christian" if he wants to [...]
Victoria Jones created and edits Quick Morning News. She is chief White House correspondent with Washington DC-based Talk Media News, where her insight and analysis are made available to over 400 news talk radio stations around the country and internationally. Quick NewsAfter Scalia's death, fierce battle linesWH: Obama working on successorQuestions around Scalia's death?Trump / Cruz feud goes "nuts"W stumps for Jeb!Democrats battle in NevadaSyria hospital strikes kill 50Obama's ASEAN summit After Scalia's Death, Fierce Battle Lines (NYT, Politico, me)• An epic Washington political battle has taken shape after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia as Senate Republicans dug in Monday and said [...]
Today's Quickie: Here are 54 words from a Los Angeles Times article about the Nevada GOP's (and Governor Brian Sandoval's) election wins that Democrats would be wise to read... and reread: He was so popular he scared off serious competition in November, giving Democrats little incentive to turn out. The result was a GOP wave of such magnitude it surprised even Republican strategists; no one expected the party to win control of the state Assembly, where Democrats held a near two-thirds majority, but they did. That was today's Quickie. Was it good for you?
Nicole is back for a new year with John Nichols and one last look at 2014 with The Nation's Progressive Honor Roll, plus remembering Mario Cuomo. And Digby weighs in on our police problems and other issues facing us with a Republican-controlled 114th Congress convening tomorrow