Tag: Republicans
Why Lindsey Graham is trying to rescue Rahm Emanuel
Now, Graham is an important ally in Emanuel’s campaign for ambassador to Japan.
Whatever happened to the Republican Party that stood for limited government?
Today’s Republican Party, while still claiming to stand for limited government, is practicing just the opposite: government intrusion everywhere.
All bets are off as Republican democracy killers concoct ever-scarier nightmares
While Democrats work at marginal political solutions, the radical right heads for the rocks, crying “full steam ahead.”
White right fright jeopardizes the ‘endangered’ dominance it can’t abide losing
Trumpism is death to fair elections, legitimate challenges, and the legal/judicial system that identified every crude, illegal attempt to game the system.
Corporate liberalism is no match for Trumpism
Merely promising a kinder, gentler version of grim social realities just won’t be enough to counter the faux populism of a neofascist Republican Party.
The far right’s manufactured meaning of Critical Race Theory
They’ve deliberately manufactured a set of caricatures to make the public—mainly the white public—feel threatened.
The Right’s grotesque, negative learning curve is steadily demolishing its national...
For a white nationalist base obsessed with “losing its country” (and dominance) to outsiders and non-whites, won’t chronic, severe political whoppers achieve exactly its worst fear?
In gift to rich tax cheats, Republicans strip IRS funds from...
“Republicans can always be counted on to help billionaires not pay taxes.”
The verdict on Republicans? Guilty as charged, on all counts
It has sold its heart and soul to gain power and control.
Republicans won’t even debate “For the People Act” as they flood...
According to the Voting Rights Lab, 18 states have enacted more than 30 laws to restrict voting since the November election.
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Warren, Ocasio-Cortez introduce bill to ban corporate ownership of physician practices
The bill would let doctors sue corporate owners for treble damages and give the Federal Trade Commission a role in enforcing the ban.
Trump blames Minneapolis woman for her death as ICE shooting prompts federal intervention
As video analyses dispute official claims in the killing of Renee Nicole Good, the Trump administration assigns sole control of the investigation to federal authorities and blocks state involvement.
Hundreds of thousands of immigrants lose Medicaid starting October 1
The federal reconciliation law also narrows Medicare and marketplace coverage, and a separate immigration rule is pushing US citizen children off Medicaid alongside their noncitizen family members.
Minnesota doctors strike for four days in a first for US hospitals
About 150 physicians at two Allina Health hospitals walked out this week after three years of bargaining over sick days, pay and a role in patient care.
Why the Trade War with Canada Amounts to Self-Sabotage
The economies of both countries are so intertwined that everyone will suffer.