48 Hours: With layoffs increasing and federal help run out, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi yesterday said the Republicans have 48 hours to offer an acceptable economic stimulus bill if they want to get it passed by election day. She gives them …

  In the past 24 hours the US crossed the 8 million mark for the number of infections; 8,050,385 to be exact. Another 885 Americans died in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 218,602.   Cases are up 29 percent …

A Tale of Two Towns: President Trump and his opponent Joe Biden provided a stark contrast in style and content yesterday in dueling town hall meetings starting at the same hour on different television networks.   Joe Biden on ABC demonstrated a masterful knowledge …

Family Ties: Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett wants you to know she has seven children and little else.    As has become the custom with court nominees in their Senate hearings, Barrett declined repeatedly yesterday to talk about what she thinks …

The Originalist: Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett says in a statement she plans to deliver today at the opening of her confirmation hearings that she is a follower of the late Justice Antonin Scalia. “His judicial philosophy was straightforward: A …

The Campaign: With President Trump refusing to take part in a virtual event, the presidential debate commission cancelled next week’s debate and President Trump plans to campaign today at the White House.   Still recovering from the coronavirus, Trump has invited thousands …

Knucklehead Nation: Thirteen men have been arrested by the FBI and accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and submit her to a “treason trial” for the way she placed restrictions on the state to fight the coronavirus.  Six …

Plexiglas Politics: As always in political debates, what was as important as what was said in last night’s Vice Presidential encounter was what was not said.   Vice President Mike Pence avoided promising a peaceful transition, and Harris dodged the accusation that …

Trump to US: Drop Dead: As the pandemic spreads within the White House and Pentagon, workers in hazmat suits decontaminate the offices, millions of Americans face hunger and homelessness, andPresident Trump yesterday said he’s ending negotiations with Democrats on a second economic …

Bleak House: President Trump checked out of Walter Reed Hospital and returned to the White House last night still under treatment for the coronavirus, making a dramatic show on the balcony of taking off his mask before stepping inside.   This was …