Author: PPD EDITORIAL TEAM

EDITORIAL FROM PROGRESSIVE POST DAILY: Mitt Romney Shouldn’t Run For Senate, He Should Run For President There were several reports Thursday that Mitt Romney is considering a run for Senate in Utah in 2018. It seems Romney wants a way to serve his country – that is noble. And while the Senate can use more moderate Republicans, Romney shouldn’t do it. Mitt Romney should run for president in 2020. Let us be clear, we would far prefer a progressive president. In fact, if Romney was the Republican nominee our sincere hope would be for the progressive to win and...

EDITORIAL from Progressive Post Daily: Donald Trump And Bill O’Reilly Are Both Sexual Predators The reason Donald Trump defended Bill O’Reilly is clear – they are birds of a feather.  The President of the United States is a sexual predator. And his friend Bill O’Reilly is also a sexual predator. That’s why, during an interview with the New York Times today, Donald Trump defended Bill O’Reilly rather than condemn him. Donald Trump, you know THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, has a long history of sexually inappropriate behavior with women. He is a predator. And I don’t mean like ‘oh he’s...

Senator Bob Menendez Joins Democrats Filibuster Senator Menendez joins filibuster becomes the final Senate Democrat to announce their position on Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick. Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey announced on Monday that he will join the Democrat filibuster of Neil Gorsuch, Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick. Menendez was the last Senate Democrat to announce a position on Neil Gorsuch’s nomination. “Based on his record, judicial philosophy and indirect and evasive answers during the hearings, I cannot support either cloture or final passage on Judge Gorsuch’s nomination” Menendez said in a statement. Menendez joined 42 other Democrats who are all opposing Gorsuch...

Rachel Maddow Shows Why White House’s Mike Flynn Story Makes No Sense On Thursday news broke that Michael Flynn had asked the FBI for immunity in exchange for his testimony in the Russia scandal. And so Rachel Maddow opened her show with a full accounting of Michael Flynn’s very sorted history and Maddow again raises the notion that the White House’s story on Flynn just isn’t adding up. Maddow notes that Flynn’s attorneys informed the Trump transition that he would likely need to register as a foreign agent, but Vice President Mike Pence – who led the transition – claims...

Senator Bill Nelson Announces He Will Filibuster Gorsuch Nomination Florida Senator Bill Nelson, who is up for reelection in 2018, announced on Monday that he will vote no on Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court. “I have real concerns with his thinking on protecting the right to vote and allowing unlimited money in political campaigns,” Nelson said in a statement. “In addition, the judge has consistently sided with corporations over employees, as in the case of a freezing truck driver who, contrary to common sense, Judge Gorsuch would have allowed to be fired for abandoning his disabled rig...