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Senate passes bipartisan gun bill

John Fea   |  June 24, 2022

Here is NBC News: The Senate on Thursday night passed the most sweeping gun bill designed to prevent gun violence in decades, a major victory for advocates and a rare defeat for the National Rifle Association. The vote was 65 to 33, with all...

Which U.S. Senate seats are most likely to flip in 2022?

John Fea   |  April 22, 2021

According to CNN’s Simone Pathe they are: Pennsylvania: Pat Toomey (R) currently holds the seat. He is retiring. Georgia: Raphael Warnock (D) currently holds the seat. Wisconsin: Ron Johnson (R) currently holds the seat. North Carolina: Richard Burr (R) currently...

A majority of Iowans do not want 87-year-old Sen. Chuck Grassley to run in 2022

John Fea   |  March 13, 2021

Here is the Des Moines Register: A majority of Iowans, including a third of Iowa Republicans, say they hope U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley decides not to seek reelection in 2022, a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows. The 87-year-old...

The seven GOP Senators who voted to convict Trump were unafraid of political retribution

John Fea   |  February 15, 2021

Here is Catie Edmundson at The New York Times: …the senators were united by a common thread: Each of them, for their own reasons, was unafraid of political retribution from Mr. Trump or his supporters. “Two are retiring, and three...

Is Lara Trump the future of the Republican Party?

John Fea   |  February 15, 2021

South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham seems to think so. And, sadly, he may be right. If Marjorie Taylor Greene can get elected to Congress, why not Lara Trump? Both her and Greene embody GOP values right now. Here is Ray...

What did Mitch McConnell just say?

John Fea   |  February 13, 2021

As I just posted, the U.S. Senate just acquitted Donald Trump by a vote of 57-43. Watch Mitch McConnell: A few things: McConnell believes that Donald Trump is guilty of inciting the riot on the United States Capitol. He believes...

Trump is acquitted by a vote of 57-43 in the United States Senate

John Fea   |  February 13, 2021

Fifty-seven U.S. Senators voted to convict Donald Trump in his impeachment trial. But it was not enough. Sixty-seven voters were needed to convict. Here are the GOP members who broke with their party and voted to convict Donald Trump in...

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Episode 51: “The Politics of Tinky Winky”

January 27, 2023 By John Fea

He was Florida’s professor of the year in 2006. Today his courses would be illegal.

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January 27, 2023 By John Fea

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