The Post-Partisan Emporium

The 17th Amendment Scores a Tiny Little Point when virtue resides pretty much nowhere CHRIS BRAY John Adams  anticipated  the arrival of Gavin Newsom, and the laugh-out-loud horrible appointment he just made to the Senate. But let’s start at the beginning. The Constitution initially assigned the choice of senators to the state legislatures, on the reasoning that it would give the states a degree of direct influence in the national government, balancing the federal system. Senators were to be older than representatives, and to be citizens for at least nine years, because they needed the maturity and independence to serve in the body that gave advice and consent in foreign affairs. But Publius also hinted that senators appointed by state legislatures would come from state legislatures, where men would choose their wisest colleagues to represent their interests in the central government. The upper house would therefore be filled with  statesmen , well-trained in the purposes of republican

  Shiny Object a traditional decoy used by pickpockets CHRIS BRAY A challenge, and a tough one, but see if you can penetrate the nuance to maybe spot a pattern in the  recent   social   media   messaging  from Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath: She’ll be doing Pride today, but if you miss it, don’t worry, ‘cause she’ll be doing Pride tomorrow, and the day after, and the day after, and the day after, and the day after, and and and…. cOmE tO oNe Of OuR SiX tRiLLioN pRiDe eVEnTs tHiS wEEk!!!!!!!! Now, Los Angeles County has a population near ten million people, with a $43 billion  budget  and 114,000 employees. From a Powerpoint presentation you’ll find at that last link, the county has, let’s put this gently, certain  challenges  ahead of it: Let’s zoom in on the top right corner of that slide: The county expects, in the near future, to pay a few billion dollars to resolve “3,000+ legal claims alleging childhood sexual assault at County facilities.” Nothing major, just  thous