If you would like to talk to the President…

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ digital team has figured out a way to let you connect to one of Donald J. Trump’s businesses around the world. This is very cool, because at present, people report that trying to call the White House reroutes them to a website or to Facebook. So go here, fill out the form. You’ll immediately …

Voter fraud and you

We can argue whether Donald J. Trump actually should be president (I can argue that until the cows come home…I’ll take the negative), but a constant theme in his Tweets and in his conversations is that there is massive voter fraud, including his repetition of a much-disproven claim that “unauthorized immigrants” (the New York Times’ phrase) voted …

Don’t mourn. Organize.

It starts with the House. If you’re unhappy with the way things have gone in the last few months — or pretty certain they’re about to go south in the coming ones — come sit by me. Here’s a website that allows you to find your nearest swing district. For example, my closest district is …

More in the good news/bad news realm of thinking

The new Congress is pretty much the same as the old Congress when it comes to religion, and when it comes to gender. According to that last link at Vox: The 115th Congress, which was officially sworn in on Tuesday, will be the most racially diverse Congress in history. Gender diversity, though, is another story. While 14 non-incumbent women …

Why did Obamacare enrollees vote for Trump?

See this article at Vox. From Sarah Kliff: Obamacare’s success in Whitley County and across Kentucky hasn’t translated into political support for the law. In fact, 82 percent of Whitley voters supported Donald Trump in the presidential election, even though he promised to repeal it.  

What happens if there’s a partial repeal on Obamacare?

From the Urban Institute: The number of uninsured people would rise from 28.9 million to 58.7 million in 2019, an increase of 29.8 million people (103 percent). The share of non-elderly people without insurance would increase from 11 percent to 21 percent, a higher rate of uninsurance than before the ACA because of the disruption …

Ben Carson is a bad choice for Sec. of HUD

I wrote this for The Hill. And this goes far deeper than my raging bipartisanship.

A boycott you can get next to

Here ya go, Leftover: A boycott you can maybe get next to. From Time.com: The approximately 65 million Democrats who voted for Hillary Clinton should pledge that in the future if a Republican wins the presidency with fewer votes than a Democrat for the third time in our era, we won’t pay taxes to the …

So the First-Daughter-to-Be met with Al Gore

It was in all the papers. So here’s my question and I’ve heard this discussed by people who just might get the phone call: If the President-elect were to call you for help or an appointment, would you answer? (You can read more here about this particular meeting.) As I am not reaching across the …

How does your state representative spend money?

ProPublica and The Sunlight Foundation can tell you here. I’d strongly suggest this explainer first, though.