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Kelli Dunaway challenging Ann Wagner: First impressions
Kelli Dunaway introduced herself to a small, informal group of progressive-minded Democrats last week and, as she told her jaw-dropping origin story, made a
Republicans try to punish CBO for telling the truth
The CBO [Congressional Budget Office] earned the ire of Republicans when it estimated that the GOP’s bill to repeal and/or replace Obamacare would take
23 million people with no health insurance: Here’s what that looks like
Republicans in the US Senate are going ahead with “debate” [July 25, 2017] on repealing [and possibly replacing] the Affordable Care Act—a decision that
Healthcare horse-trading: Who’s getting what for a Trumpcare vote?
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
Holman rule: Purging federal employees
Republicans in Congress are binge-ing and purging–but their disorder isn’t of the eating variety. They are binge-ing on power and setting the stage–via passage
Iran Nuclear Deal too complicated for TV commercials
A new CNN / ORC poll just revealed that the majority of Americans want Congress to reject the nuclear deal with Iran that the
Washington’s Putin-did-it conspiracy theory and its escalation of the crisis in Ukraine
I am frightened, saddened and angered by the war propaganda published in the US media, particularly the New York Times, the so-called “paper of
Funerals can break gridlock
If I hadn’t been watching Jon Stewart to catch up on some outlier news, I would not have known that Republican John McCain and
Elizabeth Warren: Citibank owns Obama administration
In one of the most astonishing speeches ever given from the senate floor, progressive Democrat, Senator Elizabeth Warren, called out the Obama administration for being a wholly owned subsidiary of Citibank.