Monday, August 31, 2026

The real reason Congress gets nothing done

So don’t believe the media narrative that Congress is trapped in hopeless gridlock and both sides are to blame.

After Bill To Drug Test Welfare Applicants Is Unveiled, Lawmaker Proposes Testing Legislators

“There’s no reason why state legislators should get a pass, simply because we wear suits.”

The Pipeline Strikes Back: The Audacity of TransCanada’s $15B Suit Against the U.S.

The political saga of the Keystone XL pipeline is like a real-life version of The Force Awakens. So why are we giving the Dark Side even more power?

How much have the 2020 presidential candidates received from the healthcare industry?

So far the healthcare industry has contributed more than $5 million to the election.

Looming Brexit Mayhem Will Expose Disruptive TrumpThink

So, brace for reams of critical Brexit analysis, implying the UK cut off its nose to spite its face. And let’s never forget Trump’s high-risk, gambling world is “winning take all.” That means “losers gets nothing.” Hardly a great model for parenting, let alone large-scale, global business planning or trade or health for complex, modern nation-states. Gambling for adults works when betting disposable dollars on transient sporting events when the results are instantly known. Will voters in November here not add false flummery about Brexit shortfalls as another crack-brain spoke in Trump’s broken-down political wheelhouse?

Security detail protecting Education Secretary cost nearly $8M over 8 months

Narrowly confirmed after Vice President Mike Pence broke a 50-50 tie in the Senate, DeVos is the first cabinet-level official to receive protection from the marshals service since 2009.

HEROES Act to give $350 million in coronavirus aid to 50 of the richest...

“Should American taxpayers from lower-income areas be subsidizing the lifestyles of the rich and famous?"

USDA warning to grocers deepens SNAP crisis as Trump defies court orders

As federal judges order the administration to pay out frozen food benefits, the USDA warns grocery stores not to offer discounts to millions of hungry Americans caught in the shutdown, citing the “Equal Treatment Rule.”

What about the USPS?

I think that many of the postal services provided would be handled better in other ways. And I would say the same thing about booksellers. And newspaper publishers.

Robert Reich Endorses Bernie Sanders for President

"I have the deepest respect and admiration for Hillary Clinton, and if she wins the Democratic primary I’ll work my heart out to help her become president. But I believe Bernie Sanders is the agent of change this nation so desperately needs."