Tag: Paul Ryan
No, Paul, it wasn’t because of “growing pains”
America and the rest of the world must hold our collective breath, hoping that the next elections – the midterms of 2018 and then the presidential election of 2020 – set things right.
The GOP crusade against health care is class warfare
The GOP's attempt to destroy Obamacare was a raid by the filthy rich on the slim resources of the poorer neighborhoods.
On the ground activism: Hundreds march in Chicago to protest against...
"This bill puts at risk health care for over a million people, billions of dollars for Illinois and tens of thousands of jobs."
Republicans, obsessed with gutting Obamacare, other social programs: That’s called committing...
It will be time for these politicians that have no vision to begin writing their political obituaries, because they will face political extinction in the elections of 1018 and 2020.
Electric utility executives pony up for the GOP roll back of...
Utilities that perceive the spread of rooftop solar as a threat to their business model just landed a key ally in the Department of Energy.
Paul Ryan fundraised with health insurance lobbying firm just before his...
Records show Ryan spent much of the year flying to resorts and huddling with lobbyists to raise huge amounts of cash to maintain his party’s control of the House of Representatives.
Nobody needs a lecture on morality from Paul Ryan
The Republican House speaker is out to steal away Americans’ hard-earned retirement benefits.
Ryan’s fundraising off health care and trying to kill It for...
He’s determined to raise as much money as possible to fuel his own rise, and his party’s, no matter how many people’s health may suffer in the process.
Why so many people loathe Congress
Speaker Ryan himself wallows in a mud pit of congressional entitlements that working stiffs couldn't imagine.
Bernie says Democrats will fight to protect Planned Parenthood from defunding
“Republicans in Congress have returned to their old obsession of trying to defund Planned Parenthood.”
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Trump quietly expands corporate tax breaks while threatening states over food aid
Treasury guidance weakens corporate minimum tax as the Agriculture Department warns states to “undo” full November SNAP payments amid shutdown confusion.
Bill Gates gave $3.5M to think tank run by climate crisis denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
Military moral injury, iolence, and the parable of the Guinea worm
An unexpected encounter with compassion.
Taxing the rich is key to challenging the far-right
There are many things that need to change in this world. But one thing is clear: anyone who claims to oppose the rise of the far right must, at the very least, support higher taxes on extreme wealth.
Utah’s 1,300-bed homelessness “accountability center” tests Trump-era crackdown
Planned for 16 acres on the edge of Salt Lake City, Utah’s new homelessness campus would combine mass shelter, court-ordered treatment, and “work-conditioned housing.” Supporters call it a model of reform, while advocates warn it mirrors forced labor and internment.