Political scientists rank Trump last, Lincoln first in presidential …
CNN–15 hours ago
The 2018 Presidents and Executive Politics Presidential Greatness Survey, released Monday, was based on 170 usable responses from current and former members of the American Political Science Association’s presidents and executive politicssection. The survey asked the presidential experts to use a …
Andrew Coyne: Divide and conquer? In Canadian politics, it seems …
National Post–12 hours ago
Whether it is the Ontario Progressive Conservative party’s election platform, which promises to retain virtually every one of the Wynne government’s worst initiatives, or the micro-politics trickling out of the federal leader’s shop, this is a party that long ago gave up trying to change things much. We’ve grown …
Fletcher eyeing return to federal politics
Winnipeg Free Press–13 hours ago
Since his expulsion from the Manitoba Progressive-Conservative caucus in 2017, Fletcher has served as an independent MLA for Assiniboia. Steven Fletcher wants his old job back. The Assiniboia MLA announced his intention to seek the nomination for the Conservative party in the federal riding of …
Parkland survivors rip politicians‘ ‘pathetic’ responses
CNN–Feb. 19, 2018
Of the politicians who receive financial contributions from the NRA, Gonzalez said, “We keep telling them that if they accept this blood money, they are against the children … You’re either funding the killers, or you’re standing with the children. The children who have no money. We don’t have jobs, so we …
Ottawa backs off proposal to change DUI threshold
CBC.ca–2 hours ago
The federal government is easing its foot off the gas pedal on a proposal to lower the legal blood-alcohol limit. Last spring Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould floated the idea of lowering the criminal limit to 50 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood from 80 milligrams and asked for input from …
Five reasons why Germany’s politics should worry you right now
CNBC–1 hour ago
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, leader of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), gives a press conference in Berlin on February 7, 2018. Despite an apparent “breakthrough” in Germany’s government coalition talks a few weeks ago, the euro zone’s largest economy and defacto leader is …
Power, and why sexual relationships in politics are so problematic
The Guardian–7 hours ago
MPs operate small offices, with three or four staff who are dependent on references (particularly if they have political aspirations themselves). Even if a sexual relationship is impeccably respectful and egalitarian, it’s hard to imagine it not generating preferential treatment or discriminating against those who …
Reevely: Patrick Brown’s quest for redemption starts with allies from …
Ottawa Citizen–15 hours ago
Storseth is now chairman of Reliq Health, a company that makes telemedicine technology for doctors to see and monitor patients in remote communities. He co-chaired Maxime Bernier’s second-place campaign to lead the federal Tories and he’s a vocal supporter of Brown’s career in provincial politics here …
Trudeau government moves to mend fences with India over Sikh …
CBC.ca–21 hours ago
It’s a similar dilemma to that faced by many Canadian politicians who’ve made the same trip, ever since Preston Manning visited the Golden Temple in 1998. Stephen Harper handled it when he came here by saying Khalistan “may be an issue that both the government of Canada and the government of …
These Florida lawmakers accepted money from the National Rifle …
CNN–10 hours ago
Here’s a list of members of Congress from Florida who received contributions during the 2016 election cycle from the group’s political action committee, The National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund. All of them are Republicans. The list is based on filings from the Federal Election Commission from …
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