Equal marriage

Things seemed to be better between the two as Kardashian showed support for her husband at one of his Sunday Service events in August and was also seen laughing with West in a family video that same month. … [Read more...] about Kim Kardashian, Kanye West have ‘completely’ stopped marriage counseling amid divorce rumors: report

The plan would reimburse people who earn up to $73,000 a year for their full paycheck. The money would be available during the entirety of their leave time, which could be 14 weeks or more, depending on the situation. The plan calls for expanding access to emergency paid leave for millions of Americans and paid sick and family and medical leave for parents juggling childcare responsibilities. … [Read more...] about Get ready: More women are coming to power

“I think [Obama] believes, and I certainly believe, that while we can always do better, this is a case where structural forces are the large actor here,” he told me. Pfeiffer cited three of them. The first is rising polarization—“the great sorting,” as he called it—which, over a period of decades, has driven white conservatives out of the Democratic Party and moderates out of the Republican Party, creating two ideologically homogeneous political organizations. The second is the disintegration of restrictions on campaign finance, which “gives people even more incentive to play to the far right or to a set of special-interests donors, so that one individual can basically, especially in these House races, do a $1 million expenditure and completely tip the balance.” And, finally, the news media has changed so that people select only sources that will confirm their preexisting beliefs. … [Read more...] about Dan Pfeiffer’s Exit Interview: How the White House Learned to Be Liberal

“Biden faces a troubling combination of 1861 and 1933 — an economic crisis worsened by deep political and demographic divisions,” said Bill Galston, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. “Biden's challenge is to pursue policies equal in scope to the problems they address while cooling the temperature and narrowing partisan antipathy. This balancing act will test the political skills and experience he has gained in nearly half a century of public life in Washington.” … [Read more...] about Biden’s inauguration unprecedented in US history

How quickly these confirmations happen, however, will be up to Schumer and McConnell. They've yet to announce an agreement on how the Senate will split its time between impeachment and other business, if it will at all. During the previous Trump impeachment trial, the Senate met every day but Sundays for the trial (as it is required to) and handled no other business.  … [Read more...] about Senate considering Biden nominees Tuesday, with no announcement yet on handling impeachment, other business