The Senate has a procedure called a "filibuster". This is when a senator uses his time to talk to block a vote. It used to be that they actually had to talk continuously for the whole time … (View Post)

It depends on your definition of skyrocket. I expect Trump's Justice Department to gut the civil rights division. I doubt we'll see any action from them on voter suppression or police shootings and w… (View Post)

I'm not sure that was a factor. Usually, the Libertarian candidate draws votes from the Republican, while the Green draws from the Democrat. It's likely that without Johnson, FL and WI would have gon… (View Post)

The global markets should wait until something is actually decided. (View Post)

It's going to be interesting to see how that works out. In a lot of ways, he ran against the Republican party, too. When he's president, will he support the Republican agenda, or will he push his own… (View Post)