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Category: 2016 Election

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A must-see video: What ACA repeal will mean for women’s health

December 3, 2016 Renee Shur 2016 Election, ACA/Obamacare, Women Leave a comment

Ok, ladies. Listen up. Maybe you voted in the 2016 election. Maybe you didn’t bother. Maybe you voted Hillary. Or maybe you wrote in

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There is still time to write to your electors

December 2, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Democracy, Justice, Missouri region, Politics, Trump One comment

I used to think that Donald Trump might be the lesser of multiple “evils” among Republican choices for president. At best, he might be

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Contact your MO Electoral College members now: Here’s how

December 2, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Activism, Missouri region 2 comments

One way to stop Donald Trump from taking office is to block him in the Electoral College. Sure, it’s a long shot, but we

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toast

Obamacare is probably toast: Trump voters will get hurt

November 30, 2016 Steve Sorkin 2016 Election, ACA/Obamacare Leave a comment

I know people who have blasted Obamacare from the beginning, and refused to even acknowledge that there is anything good about it. When I

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Call Jason Chaffetz now: (202) 225-7751 or (801) 851-2500

November 30, 2016 Renee Shur 2016 Election, Activism, Congress Leave a comment

For all of us who are still stunned and numbed by the results of the 2016 presidential election, it’s time to pull our heads

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The impact of critical mass on a Trump Administration

November 30, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Democracy, Politics, Republican Brain Leave a comment

The term “critical mass” came into vogue near the end of World War II when it was identified as “the amount of fissile material

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kettle logic

Trump’s Freudian kettle logic

November 29, 2016 Bill Kesler 2016 Election, Trump Leave a comment

Donald Trump recently posted a series of tweets slamming Jill Stein’s call for a recount. The contradictory nature of those tweets was a perfect

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excerpts

More excerpts from Trump’s NYT interview: Incoherence & narcissism

November 28, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Trump, Widget: Transcripts 11 comments

If you don’t have the time or patience [or stomach] to read the entire, word-for-word transcript of Donald Trump’s interview with the New York

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kingsolver

Kingsolver: It’s too late to play nice

November 27, 2016 Susan Cunningham 2016 Election, Media Leave a comment

Barbara Kingsolver is one of my favorite writers, and she has to tour with a bodyguard because she dares to speak out about environmental

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Transcript

Trump’s NYT transcript: Read it, and weep for our country

November 27, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Media, Transcripts, Trump, Widget: Transcripts 253 comments

I urge everyone to take the time to read the entire transcript of Donald Trump’s Nov. 23, 2016 on-the-record interview with the New York

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A new book by Arthur Lieber. Political Introverts: How Empathetic Voters Can Help Save American Politics.  Buy it here.

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