Category Archives: Politics

Working-Class Trump Voters Open to Appeals

Posted on May 12, 2017 by David Posnett

  Working America: Front Porch Focus Group Report.  AFL-CIO 100 Days into the Trump Era, Working-Class ‘Searchers’ Who Voted for Him Are Having Doubts, Open to Appeals. Everyone who is canvassing this year (2017) should read this report!  Here is the … Continue reading →

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Scrapping ‘Essential Benefits’ May Be Biggest Health Care Change

Posted on May 9, 2017 by David Posnett

The Pew Charitable Trusts Research & Analysis Stateline May 09, 2017 By Michael Ollove A baby is born at AnMed Health Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Anderson, South Carolina. Under the Republican health care proposal the House passed last week, … Continue reading →

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Sally Yates Mops The Floor With GOP’s Ted Cruz While Schooling Him On Constitutional Law

Posted on May 9, 2017 by David Posnett

Posted on DailyKos.com By Leslie Salzillo Monday May 08, 2017 · 5:30 PM EDT During the Russian probe hearings on Monday, former acting DOJ Attorney General Sally Yates batted off Trump-supporting Republicans like flies during their attempts to discredit, shame … Continue reading →

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Despite their twisted fantasies, Republicans are nothing like Rocky or George Patton — they are political terrorists

Posted on May 9, 2017 by David Posnett

MONDAY, MAY 8, 2017 12:30 PM EDT Posted on Salon.com Drawing inspiration from real and fictional American heroes, Republicans went out and fought a war — against us CHAUNCEY DEVEGA President Trump congratulates House Republicans (Credit: Getty/Mark Wilson)   Last … Continue reading →

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Americans Now View Health Care as a Right. Republicans Can’t Change That.

Posted on May 9, 2017 by David Posnett

Posted on Slate.com By Mark Joseph Stern and Perry Grossman President Donald Trump congratulates House Republicans for passing the AHCA.Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images   One day after House Republicans passed the American Health Care Act, Louisiana Republican Sen. Bill … Continue reading →

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The Trump administration just dismissed a dozen of the EPA’s top science advisers

Posted on May 9, 2017 by David Posnett

The move may open the door for greater industry influence over science at the EPA. Posted on Vox.com Updated by Brian Resnick@B_resnickbrian@vox.com May 8, 2017, 12:51pm EDT Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt … Continue reading →

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The Trump tax agenda: A gift to the super-rich

Posted on May 6, 2017 by David Posnett

The Brookings Institute Vanessa Williamson  Thursday, May 4, 2017 Just shy of the 100-day mark, the Trump Administration released a 233-word memo proposing major changes to federal tax policy. Promoted as a “tax plan,” the document has been criticized as “devoid … Continue reading →

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HOW MUCH DOES A POLITICIAN COST? A GROUNDBREAKING STUDY REVEALS THE INFLUENCE OF MONEY IN POLITICS.

Posted on May 6, 2017 by David Posnett

Posted On The Intercept.com Jon Schwarz May 4 2017, 9:07 a.m. An ingenious new Roosevelt Institute study on the influence of money on politics begins with an incredible story about how the world actually works: In the spring of 1987, Paul … Continue reading →

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