Tag: GOP
How the NRA’s radical anti-gun-control ideology became GOP dogma & still...
“The NRA’s ideology is something that they’ve convinced the overwhelming majority of elected officials in the GOP, especially on the national level, to believe.”
‘Hijacking of democracy in plain sight’: Georgia GOP transforms 2-page bill...
“Surprising advocates, legislators, and voters with a nearly 100-page bill is undemocratic and unacceptable.”
‘Total hypocrisy!’ Sanders rips GOP for pushing estate tax repeal while...
“While Senate Republicans told us we cannot afford to provide $1,400 direct payments to the working class, they had no problem introducing a bill this week to repeal the estate tax.”
119 Democrats join with GOP to block restoration of voting rights...
Rep. Cori Bush, the amendment’s author, noted that “97 Democrats stood up for our community members who are incarcerated” and vowed to “keep up this fight.”
Why Trump’s takeover of the GOP is great for Biden and...
One of its two major parties is centered on a Big Lie that threatens to blow up the nation, figuratively if not literally.
Unrigging the GOP’s minority rule
The values of the Republican Party do not reflect the values of most Americans. It should not be allowed to silence the voices of the majority.
GOP free fall opens progressive doors—rethug acquittal confirms party bankruptcy
The Senate trial could not have turned out better for anti-Trump forces—and more damaging for defenders of the Misfit-in-chief.
Trumpled—a fable about the party that lost its principles
This is a story about a party—one of two major political parties in America—declining in popularity and desperately clinging to power.
‘So utterly disingenuous’: Republicans file slew of unrelated amendments as Dems...
“If the GOP actually wanted to provide Covid relief, they’d introduce amendments to do so. Instead they’re going to introduce what they believe are gotcha amendments to try to trip up Dems.”
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Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and Congress pushes back
Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.
Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.
Scale raises the ceiling, but fiscal foundations determine whether autocracy or democracy prevails
The implication is stark: democracy is not only a constitutional or ideological arrangement; it is fundamentally a fiscal one.
State Department purge left US exposed as Iran war sent energy prices soaring
Internal layoffs removed the very officials who would have modeled oil supply disruptions, coordinated with Gulf energy partners, and prepared for retaliatory strikes as war with Iran drove gas and crude prices sharply higher.
The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.