by Graham Fitzgibbon | Mar 18, 2021 | Briefings
The Filibuster Wars and the Pros and Cons of Getting Rid of It We begin with the filibuster wars in the U.S. Senate following Senator McConnell’s threat of a scorched earth retaliation if the Democrats were to get rid of or modify the filibuster,...
by Graham Fitzgibbon | Mar 17, 2021 | Briefings
The National Intelligence Council’s “Foreign Threats to the 2020 U.S. Federal Elections” Report We begin with the declassified report from the National Intelligence Council “Foreign Threats to the 2020 U.S. Federal Elections” that...
by Graham Fitzgibbon | Mar 16, 2021 | Briefings
How the Television Version of Governor Cuomo Differs From What We Now Read in the Newspaper We begin with how much modern politics are driven by who is telegenic rather than who is competent and look into how New York’s Governor Cuomo was seen as a rising...
by Graham Fitzgibbon | Mar 15, 2021 | Briefings
As Two are Charged in the Death of a Capitol Police Officer, Will Trump be Held Responsible? We begin with the arrests of two men charged in the death of U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick who died during the assault on the Capitol by Trump supporters...
by Graham Fitzgibbon | Mar 14, 2021 | Briefings
The Inside Story of How Trump Bungled the Pandemic and How it Began We begin with Friday’s virtual meeting of the Quad in which the leaders of the U.S., India, Japan and Australia discussed getting a billion vaccinations to South East Asia but this...
