Tag: Iowa caucus
Republican Candidates Call Raising Taxes On Millionaires ‘Class Warfare’
Republican presidential candidates all claimed they would not raise taxes on millionaires if elected.
The Media Win Iowa! Will They Carry New Hampshire?
Round one goes not to the candidates but the media, which reasserted its dominance over the political process — for now.
The Democratic Caucus in Iowa Is So Close That Precincts Are...
One of the many anti-democratic oddities of the Iowa caucuses.
What Iowa Did for Bernie Sanders
The “virtual tie” between Sanders and Clinton was the result of several coin tosses when 6 precincts came to a tie. So what's next for the Sanders campaign?
The Iowa Caucus Is Today: Here Are the Shocking Differences in...
Rally turnout for Bernie Sanders over the weekend knocked Clinton's out of the park.
Voter Asks Ben Carson: If You’re So Smart, Why Don’t You...
At his town hall meeting in Iowa City, Ben Carson was asked why he does not publicly accept climate change to which Carson replies climate science is “politicized.”
Bernie Sanders Rockets to First Place in Iowa
A new poll by CNN shows Bernie Sanders leading Hillary Clinton by 8 points in Iowa.
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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.
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.
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.
The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.
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.