Americans Like What’s In The Build Back Better Act. They’re Lukewarm On The Bill Itself.

Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. It looks like Democrats’ legislative agenda will have to wait until 2022. It no longer appears that the Build Back Better Act, a $1.75 trillion social-services bill that passed the House last month, will pass the Senate by Christmas, the deadline that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer had…Continue Reading

What A Flurry Of Democratic Departures Means For The 2022 House Race

UPDATE (Dec. 16, 2021, 12:50 p.m.): Just a few hours after we published this article, Democratic Rep. Alan Lowenthal of California announced his retirement from the House. After serving the 47th District of California for almost 10 years in Washington, D.C., I have decided not to run for reelection to Congress in 2022. Read my…Continue Reading

Cephas Hour Provides the Antidote to the Common Mariah Carey Christmas Crisis

Despite the best efforts of Democrats and their patron saint of stupidity, Dr. Fauci, to emulate the Sheriff of Nottingham and call off Christmas, it is Christmas time. Which means it is Christmas music time again. This means, unless one goes complete hermit, you will hear “All I Want For Christmas Is You” by Mariah…Continue Reading

Meet the California ‘Mama Bears’ the Sacramento Bee Labeled ‘Extremist’ and ‘Radical’

I’ve said this since the beginning of the fight against California’s AB5, or anti-independent contracting law: What Sacramento’s power brokers are most afraid of is all of us regular folk figuring out that the battle is really us versus them, instead of liberal versus conservative. Because of laws like AB5, which affected Californians of all…Continue Reading

Anti-doping bill, which empowers NADA, introduced in Lok Sabha

The clause 19 of Bill provides NADA power of ‘entry, search and seizure by any person authorised by agency for purpose of determining if any anti-doping rule violation has been committed’ Topics Doping | sports | Nada A bill which seeks to provide statutory framework for the functioning of the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), empowering it to conduct raids…Continue Reading

PM Modi thanks Bhutan for the country’s highest civilian honour

Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked Bhutan for according the country’s highest civilian decoration on him, and said India will always cherish the country as one of its closest friends and neighbours Topics Narendra Modi | India-Bhutan Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday thanked Bhutan’s king for according the country’s highest civilian decoration on him, and said India…Continue Reading

UP Assembly passes Rs 8,479 cr supplementary budget for FY22

The Opposition parties raised an objection regarding the supplementary budget, terming it as irrelevant Topics Uttar Pradesh | States budget The Uttar Pradesh Assembly on Friday passed the second supplementary budget of Rs 8,479.53 crore for the ongoing fiscal by voice vote. The Opposition parties raised an objection regarding the supplementary budget, terming it as irrelevant. The…Continue Reading

PM Modi to visit Goa on Sunday, to attend liberation day events

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Goa on December 19 and attend an event marking Goa liberation day celebrations at the ‘Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium’, his office said on Friday Topics Narendra Modi Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Goa on December 19 and attend an event marking Goa liberation day celebrations at the…Continue Reading