UPDATE: Macron won the French election easily. I think we all dodged a bullet on that one. The difference here is that Macron was 20-30 percent ahead; Hillary’s lead was only 1-3 percent, which put her close enough for the Russian hack of the American election to be consequential. — This is well-timed, for a horrid piece of election hacking. The Russians have hacked the […]
Here’s my concern. My brother is 100 percent disabled. He’s not my responsibility — he’s his own man — but I worry for him. Financially, he’s barely making do. Don’t get me wrong: he’s nobody’s saint. He’s struggled his whole life to find a place that works for him. He’s seen success, jail, money, and addiction. Back when he was out of control, I hated […]
Straight up. That new AHCA that Congress voted through? Anyone notice it has a clause that keeps all the best parts of Obamacare for themselves? Really. According to The Hill, the bill the House just passed includes a special clause that guarantees Congress and their staff get to keep their original, full, uncut Obamacare benefits. Nobody else does, but they’re good to stay. Oddly, that […]
Remember: they’re doing this for you. Republicans struggle with a reputation for being heartless. Hard rep to avoid, what with their work on limiting unemployment, cutting aid to the poor, fast-tracking foreclosures, rewarding and protecting shady financiers, and especially, today’s vote throwing Kimmel’s kid out of the neonatal ICU. So I can see why people gravitate to that reputation, but I don’t think it’s deserved. […]
Ever listen to grade-school boys talk? They spend a lot of time talking about who can beat up who. It’s important to them. I was listening to Lawrence O’Donnell on MSNBC the other day. He was showing clips from Rush Limbaugh. Rush was complaining about how Republicans caved on the recent budget extension. His callers, unsurprisingly, agreed it was a bad deal, and they weren’t […]
Here I am, still struggling to know how to deal with a government that lies as casually as this one, and now I have to deal with the media as an adversary, too. i watched Chuck Todd on Meet the Press. So you don’t have to. I wanted to follow that with, “You can thank me later,” but honestly? Y’all still owe me for that […]
I’ve written too much about Republican liars. I just deleted three drafts because even I was bored. We already know all that. What our interest? Tell us how Democrats can change the system into something better.
Come on! Who here is surprised? I finally saw a copy of Trump’s tax pamphlet. There’s even less there than the news reports imply. Almost all of it is campaign fluff: “Grow the economy and create millions of jobs.” What, by sheer force of will? “Provide tax relief to American families, especially middle-class families.” Kinda hoped he’d be more specific. “Simplify our burdensome tax […]
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