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pocahontas

Pocahontas, again: Who will call out the name-calling?

February 11, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Activism, Republicans, Trump Leave a comment

  Donald Trump referred to Sen. Elizabeth Warren as Pocahontas [again] at a meeting with a group of Senators at the White House yesterday.

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Election protection

Republican wish list: Axe election-protection commission

February 9, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Republicans, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

A House committee has just recommended [2/7/2017] that Congress terminate the Election Assistance Commission [EAC], the organization created in 2002 to protect elections from

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When Republicans have their “oh shit” moment about Trump

January 31, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Politics, Republican Brain, Republicans, Trump Leave a comment

There’s a pretty good chance that it won’t be too long from now that Republicans will wake up and have an “oh shit” moment

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Would Trump nominees support the 25th Amendment?

January 30, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Democracy, Ethics, Justice, Republican Brain, Republicans, Trump Leave a comment

Some Republicans are seeing the light about Donald Trump in the White House. While he may have led a Republican tsunami in 2016, his

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The imperative to test Trump’s limits

January 25, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Democracy, Nuclear weapons, Republican Brain, Republicans One comment

How far will Trump go before it’s too late? We need to test the limits. President Donald Trump has already shown that he is

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Condoleezza Rice endorses Sessions for AG: How upside-down is that?

January 9, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, History, Republicans Leave a comment

It is shocking to learn that Condoleezza Rice has endorsed Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions for US Attorney General. The former Secretary of State’s decision

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Republicans play politics for fun, not progress

December 21, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Good government, Republicans, Trump Leave a comment

Gridlock, contentiousness, do-nothing …. these are all good descriptors of what the Republican Party has recently done to American politics. To progressives, this is

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Trump and the triumphant “free market” Republicans

December 8, 2016 Susan Cunningham 2016 Election, Republicans, Trump Leave a comment

As I watch the disastrous choices DT is making for important positions in the federal government, I am more and more convinced the tea

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Remember inflation? Let Trumponomics remind you

November 16, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Economy, Government, Infrastructure, Republican Brain, Republicans, Social Sec/Medicare, Taxes Leave a comment

It’s been perhaps a generation and a half since America experienced the pain of double-digit inflation. We don’t talk much about inflation these days,

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Photo ID: MO Amendment 6 weakens the right to vote

November 2, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Missouri region, Republicans, Voting/Elections One comment

Once again, Missouri’s Republican-dominated legislature is pushing for a photo ID requirement for voting in this state. This time, it’s on the Nov. 8 ballot

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