Tag: GOP
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The GOP ‘Defund’ Moment
For decades, the GOP has presented itself as the “law and order” party. “Tough on crime” has been its calling card. At the same time, the GOP has worked to tie the hands of financial regulators and investigators who would hold the wealthy to account for their crimes. In the mind of the GOP, those…
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Delegitimizing Government is the GOP’s Only Consistent Play
There’s a game being played right before your eyes. That game is designed to stir up grievance, to cause people to distrust the government. Its a game the GOP has been playing since before the 1980’s. Its the same game they played when Ronald Reagan sold you the Cadillac Driving Welfare Momma, or when George…
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This isn’t healthcare reform, its a tax break for the wealthy that breaks healthcare
Speaker Ryan is selling healthcare reform in a Repeal/Replace bill. But its less about healthcare and more about a tax cut for the wealthy. America doesn’t need insurance access reform. America needs to reform the way it provides healthcare.
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Thanks Obama!
Next week, our country will inaugurate its 45th President. While that event is both sad and terrifying, hopefully the next four years will show us just how good we’ve had it the past eight, so some crazy shit like this doesn’t happen again for a really long time. I don’t know about you, but I’m…
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Grover Being Grover
I watched the interview on 60 Minutes last night. while the Grover to the left may not be the Grover that was the topic of this interview, I think its fair to say that the ideology espoused by Norquist is just as comically reduced as the archetype played by the Grover on Sesame Street…a character…
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Our Structural Deficiencies
So I know I’m a day late and a dollar short on the news of the credit downgrade by S&P. Quite honestly, I wanted to see the reaction before I tried to write anything about it. Initial reaction dealt mostly with the $2t error by S&P, something that should make the company blush a bit.…