Ratf**ked: The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America’s Democracy
by David Daley
Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner with Democrat Nancy Pelosi, the House minority leader, as he passed the speakership to fellow Republican Paul Ryan, Washington, D.C., October 2015
Political paralysis. Hyperpartisanship. Decline of political civility. Denial of voting rights to groups that support the opposition. Low voter turnout. There may be other valid grievances about what’s become of our democracy, but that’s a useful list to start with. To mention them raises the question of where to begin to resolve at least some of our political problems. I’m not alone in thinking that the single problem most worth attacking first, the solution to which could go a long way toward untangling our political morass, is the […]
Most of the people in Congress have been there a long time and have developed into a well-oiled corruption machine. When they retire things will change. A lot of the anti-Trump noise comes from this crowd because they see a threat to their cushy life.