Month: September 2017

When Populism Means Corporate Tax Cuts

Here’s is something worth pondering for a few minutes: On Tuesday, [Freedom] caucus chairman Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) said he would not vote for a final tax bill if the corporate rate rises above 20 percent. That is the...

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Are We Stuck in an Infinite Loop or Not?

Josh Marshall admits that he isn’t really writing anything new or original. It’s more of a recap of previous pieces that covered well-trodden ground. It’s worth reading though because Josh does a very nice job...

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Trump Looks to Dems on Infrastructure

The president may be simmering that Steve Bannon got the better of him in the Alabama special election, but let’s not forget that not too long ago Bannon was in a much more powerful position at the president’s right...

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Now Trump Knows How We Feel

Here’s a funny thing. Every day since Donald Trump won the presidency, I have gone to bed embarrassed and pissed. Returning from a high-dollar fundraiser in Manhattan on Tuesday evening, an infuriated President Donald...

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How Did McConnell Become the Whipping Boy?

Everyone is talking about the horrible day Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had yesterday. He had to announce that he was giving up on executing an Obamacare repeal through budget reconciliation; he learned that one of his...

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