civility

Maxine Waters Cancels Events over ‘Lynching’ Threat

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), whose calls last weekend for supporters to “harass” Trump administration officials in their private lives earned her the disavowal of several leading Democrats, claimed Thursday she was forced to cancel two planned events in the South due to threats from political opponents.

Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., listens to comments by House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer of Md

Obama Votes ‘Present’ on Unity in Illinois

It was a beautiful, moving speech, stuffed with quotes from Abraham Lincoln, loaded with lessons of reconciliations past, and laden with ideas for bridging the divide. And yet it bore no resemblance whatsoever to Obama’s own presidency, which has been one of the most divisive since the Civil War.

Barack Obama Illinois Speech (Pablo Martinez Monsivais / Associated Press)