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Why he quit: Scientist resigns from Trump’s State Dept. with a biting message

August 27, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Activism, Politics, Protest/Resistance, Resignations, Widgets: Letters of protest One comment

Daniel Kammen couldn’t take it any more, so he quit. An expert in renewable energy, he was appointed by President Obama in 2016 as

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Trump stalking Hillary

Saying that Trump is unhinged is the polite way to put it

August 25, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Campaigns, Health, Mental Health, Politics, Trump Leave a comment

As if on cue, following Donald Trump’s speech about Afghanistan last Monday (8/21/17), he removed the subtlety of his mental and emotional challenges the

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Five Candidates

2020 Potential Democratic Contenders: A Closer Look

August 7, 2017 Reece Ellis 2016 Election, 2018 Election, 2020 Election, Bernie Sanders, Democrats, Politics, Voting/Elections 3 comments

The race for the 2020 Democratic nomination began at 11:30 PM, November 8th, 2016 when the networks projected that Donald Trump would carry the

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Problem Solver Caucus

Dems – Beware of sleepwalking into compromise

August 1, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2018 Election, ACA/Obamacare, Democrats, Economy, Health care, Politics, Republican Brain, Social Sec/Medicare Leave a comment

We can see it now, the smiling faces of more than forty Democrats and Republicans in the House of Representatives who are working on

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McCain votes no

McCain is most of all — confusing

July 28, 2017 Arthur Lieber Health care, Politics, Republican Brain Leave a comment

In the last week, John McCain has made millions of Americans proud, sad, angry and elated. Perhaps more than anything, he has made us

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Bolduan-Cassidy-Graham

Media falls into Republican meme on health care

July 13, 2017 Arthur Lieber ACA/Obamacare, Federalism, Health care, Media, Politics, Republican Brain Leave a comment

Kate Bolduan, a very respected journalist on CNN, seemed to fall into a Republican trap on how to frame health care policy. She was

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Jason Chaffetz

Do the unthinkable: double, triple Congressional Salaries

July 3, 2017 Arthur Lieber Congress, Corruption, Democracy, Ethics, Good government, Health care, Politics, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

Of all people, conservative retired Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) tossed out the idea that Members of Congress should be given a monthly housing stipend

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horse-trading

Healthcare horse-trading: Who’s getting what for a Trumpcare vote?

June 20, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik ACA/Obamacare, Congress, Politics, Trump Leave a comment

How much horse-trading is going on in the secret negotiations to kill Obamacare? The U.S. Senate is racing toward an artificial deadline for a

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Comey Testimony

5 Major Takeaways from Comey’s Testimony on Capitol Hill

June 8, 2017 Reece Ellis 2016 Election, Campaigns, Justice, Politics, Republicans, Trump Leave a comment

The Republican Party is now Trump’s Party – When given the opportunity to question fired FBI Director James Comey, Republicans finally had the chance

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Rural America

It Wasn’t Just Russia: Democrats Have Larger Problems

June 6, 2017 Reece Ellis 2018 Election, Campaigns, Democrats, Demographics/Polls, Hillary Clinton, Missouri region, Politics, Republican Brain, Republicans, Voting/Elections 2 comments

There are several theories that attempt to explain why Hillary Clinton was defeated in November, and most of them are at least somewhat credible.

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