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John L. Micek
Happy Labor Day: 5 things to know about the holiday
By: John L. Micek - September 5, 2022
Today is Labor Day. It’s a time to gather with family and friends to mark the end of summer, to honor and celebrate the contributions of the America worker and labor movement, and … because ‘Murica … a time for markdowns and sales. But who created the holiday? And when did we first start celebrating it? Excellent […]
Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards reminds us what heroism looks like
By: John L. Micek - June 12, 2022
Every Republican who’s ever denied, or tried to minimize, the hideously destructive reality of the violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, should be required to sit and listen to the testimony of Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards. And if it takes strapping them into a chair, and propping their eyelids open, “A […]
3 poll numbers that should scare Democrats, and 3 that should give some hope
By: John L. Micek - February 21, 2022
If the central argument for President Joe Biden’s election in 2020 was his competence and decades of experience in Washington, three numbers in a new nationwide Quinnipiac University poll are a warning shot for the White House and Democrats
In Year Two, no more Mr. Nice Biden, please
By: John L. Micek - January 25, 2022
The president has less than 10 months to push through Build Back Better and to finally get voting rights over the goal line. No more Mr. Nice Biden. It’s time to get it done.