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Frances “Sissy” Farenthold, a reform-minded liberal Democrat in the Texas House who was pushed for the party’s 1972 vice-presidential nomination, has died at age 94, her family said Monday. Farenthold died Sunday at her Houston apartment after a long struggle with Parkinson’s disease, her son, George Farenthold, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. […]

Like the Kennedy dynasty before it, the Cuomo dynasty ends in tragedy and personal failure.

Fri 28 Mar 2008 20.14 EDT Hillary Clinton likes to tell her senior aides at times of crisis, "Somebody has to win, and somebody has to lose." She is implicitly referring to Barack Obama, but there is a group of people scattered across America for whom the words carry a deeply personal resonance. These are the members of an elite group: the failed would-be presidents club. Only 13 people alive have run for the US presidency in a general election (discounting those who polled less than 2%). Of t...

Roy Blunt Joins 4 GOP Senators Not Seeking Reelection, but Could Democrats Flip Seat? On 3/8/21 at 11:39 AM EST After more than a decade in office, GOP Senator Roy Blunt will not return to Washington, D.C., after his term is up in 2022, giving Democrats a better chance of flipping the seat, although it will likely be a hard-fought battle. Blunt joins a growing number of Republicans who have announced that they wont seek reelection. The fourth Senate Republican to make the decision, hes the rank...

Courtesy of Robin Chapman Robin Chapman prepares for a live report for WJLA-TV on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol in the 1980s. All America has been stunned by the scenes of the Jan. 6 attack on our Capitol. Like many of you, I’m still in shock. I was a reporter there some years ago: a small fry in a big place. As I gain in years and know more about the world, I understand how lucky I was to bear witness there to open debate in a free society – a rare thing on a planet where secret police a...

So far the 2020-21 rainfall season (July 2020 to June 2021) is starting to look worrisome. Not counting the .75 inch of rain received in January, the seasonal total has been 4.65 inches. Adding those two figures together brings the season total to 5.4 inches. The 146-year average for January should

The soul of America December 26, 2020 “One major difference between GOP and Dems is that [Republicans] leverage their right flank to gain policy concessions and generate enthusiasm, while Dems lock their left flank in the basement [because] they think that will make Republicans be nicer to them.’” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez nailed it once again, tweeting her frustration and despair a few days ago when the Democrats yielded to the Republican Party as the pandemic relief package was being n...

Partly because of ongoing epidemics of untreated depression. how do we as a society have these conversations while also including mental health without stigma? >> what we have to do, and i have one other thing i want to say, so im not going to let you go quite yet. >> youre not going to let me go? im hosting this show. >> youre in charge? or as my grandson says, youre in charged? >> you could do depression and the extra topic you have in mind. >> thank you so much. what we have to do is simply a...

I think it will drip all weekend. >> were joined by nbc news andrea mitchell. andrea, i want to get your reaction to everything we have seen so far tonight. you have witnessed historic turns in campaigns. none of us have ever witnesses something like this in a presidential campaign. >> certainly not. we have seen in a few days in 1972 thomas eagleton, removed from the ticket as vice president. a month before the election, the presidential nominee caught in such exposure. the vulgarity and cruden...