Look, I Love Our Troops. A friend of mine sent an open letter to Senator Duckworth. This letter is below. Senator Duckworth, accountability is part of the work. Senator Duckworth, I respect your service and share your concern for families struggling to afford everyday life. But your September advice to colleagues, “don’t be impeaching anybody” and “let’s just get back to work,” troubles me. Holding officials accountable is part of that work. You later told the Chicago Tribune that you would support impeachment for Trump’s “illegal actions, unprecedented corruption and abuses of power.” You also said accountability and lowering costs are not a false choice. I agree. What I’m asking for is a clear commitment to act on that principle. The Constitution gives the House the power to impeach and the Senate the responsibility to try those charges. That process applies not only to the president but also to other civil officers, including Cabinet officials. Each must answer for...
The People Have Spoken But will the Trump administration listen? It is too soon to tell, and the early moves suggest they aren't, but we will see after December. Here's the question I keep coming back to: is the law the same for everybody, or does it just look that way from where most of us stand? Start with voting. The whole idea of this country is that voters pick their leaders. But lately it feels backward. Many of the rules about how we vote are written by the people on the ballot. When lawmakers draw their own districts, they get to pick their voters instead of the other way around. When they change voter ID rules, close polling places in certain neighborhoods, or purge voter rolls, it's usually the folks least likely to vote for them who have the hardest time. That should bother everyone, no matter for whom they vote. Making it easier to vote and taking the map-drawing out of politicians' hands shouldn't be a partisan fight. It's simply making su...