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What Happens To The GOP When White Is No Longer The Norm?
Republicans have painted themselves into a corner by appealing to racial fears and stoking the racial resentments of their base. Staying in that corner is a one-way ticket to political irrelevance. Getting out of it is going to be messy.
The Misery Trick: Republican Bait-And-Switch On The Budget
These are real people, families and businesses on the line. They will be badly hurt if Obamacare is killed, badly hurt by a shutdown or badly, badly hurt by these cuts. These are the choices offered to America by these extremist Republicans.
It's Time For Some Straight Talk About the GOP Budget
hen it comes to the economy, the White House is talking tough to the Republicans … about the debt ceiling. But that begs the larger question: Who’s going to give the American people some straight talk about their economic ideas?
Let's End The War On The War On Poverty
Conservatives have exchanged the "war on poverty" for a "war on the poor," using false assumptions about the failure of government programs. Three authors explain why they are wrong.
Cruz Isn't Surrendering On Obamacare. He Just Wants a Shutdown More.
House Republicans are furious at Sen. Ted Cruz that he isn't going all out to repeal Obamacare in the Senate. That presumes Cruz is actually interested in repealing Obamacare.
Worship The 1%. You Live At Their Pleasure.
Yes, the geniuses who brought us the financial crisis and mortgage fraud should be thanked for their service along with the "mental effort" of failing executives who get paid huge golden parachutes just to get rid of them.
House Republicans Take Aim At The Hungry.
House Republicans want to slash the food stamp program by nearly $40 billion dollars. While the drastic cuts proposed by the House would never be approved by Senate, they show just how little some lawmakers care about their fellow Americans.
Progressive Breakfast
GOP Squabbles Over Who Should Force Shutdown First... House Republicans slam Sen. Ted Cruz for suggesting he wouldn't fight in the Senate to pass the ObamaCare repeal he's demanded of the House. WSJ: "Rep. Sean Duffy (R., Wis.) tweeted that Messrs. Cruz and Lee...
The House’s Un-American Activities
The Constitution does an admirable job of describing the way our government is supposed to work, and nowhere does it say the House of Representatives has the power to shut it down in order to revoke a law that displeases it.
The President Has More Power Than Just A Bully Pulpit
Home health care workers are dramatically underpaid and overworked, and they care for some of our society's most vulnerable citizens. President Obama did something about it which was long overdue. Good for him.
