Moderate Moment | Moderate Moms
The conversation around the Shutdown has moved to a more helpful position in the last 24 hours. Shutdowns are political stunt making and while they are an increasingly popular tactic for lawmakers, the idea that they only furlough non-essential workers isn’t true. At a time when fiscal issues are paramount, [...]
Today I listened as national news outlets compared Texans to Floridians, unfairly maligning them for caring less in the days following the recent school shooting in Santa Fe, TX than Floridians did in the weeks after the Parkland school massacre in Florida. I sat there stunned. Almost half of all [...]
If there is a single person who represents the way a modern Moderate Republican woman thinks, it is Barbara Bush. Our local CBS affiliate in Houston is now reporting that Mrs. Bush passed away after declining extraordinary intervention. For someone who loves words and wit, her blending of both has [...]
A President who has been maligned for striking the wrong tone at the wrong time got the tone exactly right this week when he offered new ideas to stem the tide of school shootings. What happened? His ideas were shot down within a matter of hours. I live in a [...]
Article reposted with permission from Miami Herald One hundred and sixty three people have died in school shootings since the government began counting in the early 1980s. Needless to say, “never again” is hardly a controversial idea — no one wants another school shooting. The controversy begins when politicians start [...]
Article reposted with permission from Bloomberg Politics For Democrats, the recriminations began even before the final votes were cast to end the three-day government shutdown -- hinting at divisions that could complicate their efforts in November’s congressional races. Most of the blame fell squarely on Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, [...]
What is a blogger supposed to do when everything they thought they knew changes in one fell swoop? Bloggers get clicks for being controversial, not advocating a middle of the road approach or compromise. Since November 2016, this blogger has alternated between wanting to pull the covers over her head [...]
Article reposted with permission from Stars and Stripes WASHINGTON — The families of two U.S. soldiers killed in a helicopter crash Saturday will get death benefits from an area nonprofit, despite the government shutdown. Fisher House Foundation in Rockville, Md., which helped Gold Star families who lost benefits during the [...]
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Article reposted with permission from The Texas Tribune BY EDGAR WALTERS, NEENA SATIJA AND MORGAN SMITH How the crusade against sex trafficking in Texas has left child victims behind. When it comes to punishing the sex traffickers who exploit Texas kids, state leaders are unforgiving: Their crimes are "vile," "heinous," [...]
