Roundtable – 2020 Democratic Candidates, Pt. 1

The Roundtable is Torchlight staff’s discussion of news and events. The text has been lightly edited for clarity, and some links were added after the fact. This conversation happened on March 31, 2019. Josh Kyu Saiewitz, Senior Managing Editor Last weekend Attorney General Barr issued a four page letter reporting about the Mueller report, which

Roundtable – Virginia Democrats in Crisis

The Roundtable is Torchlight staff’s discussion of news and events. The text has been lightly edited for clarity. This conversation happened on February 9, 2019. Josh Kyu Saiewitz, Senior Managing Editor Hello and welcome to the Roundtable, Torchlight’s discussion of political events. I’m Josh Kyu Saiewitz, Sr. Managing Editor, and with me are senior contributor

Roundtable – Democrats After the Shutdown

The Roundtable is Torchlight staff’s discussion of news and events. The text has been lightly edited for clarity. This conversation happened on January 27, 2019. Josh Kyu Saiewitz, Senior Managing Editor Hello and welcome to the Roundtable, Torchlight’s discussion of news and events. I’m Sr. Managing Editor Josh Kyu Saiewitz, and with me are Jr.

Roundtable – Trump Cooperates with Democrats?!

Tom Rich, Editor-in-Chief Welcome to the Roundtable, Torchlight’s discussions of news and events. This week gave us all a little whiplash as President Trump reached an agreement with Congressional Democrats to extend the debt ceiling until December, rejecting an 18 month proposal by Congressional Republicans. The President also suggested that he was willing to work