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Sequestering the Friendly Skies

Here's one for the "We Told You So, Republicans" file. As it turns out, when you cut government spending arbitrarily and across-the-board it can affect things that your care about and rely on. If you do a lot of flying say between Washington, DC and home, that means...

Sequestered In West, Texas

Do you want to know what sequestration looks like on the ground, and where the real casualties will be found? Look to West, Texas, where an explosion at a fertilizer plant has claimed as many as 40 lives, injured more than 200, leveled entire neighborhoods, and driven...

FreedomWorks' Same Old, Stale Deal

The "rebranding" of the Republican party crashed headlong into reality again yesterday. The setting was Upper Senate Park on Capitol Hill.  The occasion was a FreedomWorks' rally for the purpose of introducing what FreedomWorks is calling its "New Fair Deal." I was...

FreedomWorks' Same Old, Stale Deal

The "rebranding" of the Republican party crashed headlong into reality again yesterday. The setting was Upper Senate Park on Capitol Hill.  The occasion was a FreedomWorks' rally for the purpose of introducing what FreedomWorks is calling its "New Fair Deal." I was...
Republican Rebranding Versus Reality

Republican Rebranding Versus Reality

In 2012, the GOP's version of "reality" ran headlong into actual reality -- both electoral and otherwise. The collision shattered may Republicans' perception of reality, and lead to current efforts to "rebrand" the party to appeal to the emerging electorate. That's...

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