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MO Senator Roy Blunt plays the odds on Muslim ban

January 31, 2017 Willy Kessler Immigration, Missouri region, Trump Leave a comment

So we’re two days into the fallout from The Donald’s Muslim ban (and, dear folks, all his denials aside, it is a Muslim ban).

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Stephen Miller: New Bannon/Trump apologist is scarier than Conway

January 31, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Government, Immigration, Media, Trump One comment

President Bannon/Trump has trotted out a new spokesperson—Stephen Miller—and he’s even scarier than KellyAnne Conway. I saw him interviewed the other evening, and his

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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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Toxic word spills are poisoning democracy

January 28, 2017 Renee Shur Democracy, Language/Words, Trump Leave a comment

Just one week into the Trump presidency, the newly inaugurated president and his circle of sycophants are working overtime to convince us that words

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Park rangers go rogue on Trump

January 28, 2017 Bill Kesler Government, Trump Leave a comment

Everybody loves park rangers. You know, those folks in the Smokey-the-Bear hats. Friendly, courteous, helpful. Now they are emerging as rogue force of resistance

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Trump’s wall could ding you at the supermarket

January 27, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Economy, Food, Foreign Policy, Trump Leave a comment

Trump’s wall could affect your weekly trip to the supermarket. Instead of getting Mexico to pay for his pet project, as he loudly promised

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Whose idea is it, anyway? The Trump whisperers

January 25, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Trump Leave a comment

Donald Trump does not have many policy ideas of his own. But he does have handlers, and behind-the-scenes influencers, and Trump whisperers who have

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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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poverty guidelines

Trump disappears poverty guidelines from Federal Register

January 25, 2017 Glenn Koenen Poverty Leave a comment

Late every January – as reliable as the buzzards returning to Hinckley, Ohio each March – the revised Poverty Guidelines are published in the

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Alternative facts and the need for footnotes

January 24, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Republican Brain, Trump Leave a comment

We have entered the era of “alternative facts.” Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Donald Trump, is the person Trump always wants speaking for him

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  • Rescuing Susan Collins – Make Judicial Nominees Speak the Truth
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A new book by Arthur Lieber. Political Introverts: How Empathetic Voters Can Help Save American Politics.  Buy it here.

Gloria Shur Bilchik’s new book, Election Insiders: Behind the scenes with the people who make your vote count. Kindle edition now available at Amazon.

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