Author: BooMan

House Passes ‘Guns for Schizophrenics’ Law

Sometimes, I just don’t know what to say: The House voted 235-180 largely along party lines Thursday to repeal an Obama-era rule requiring the Social Security Administration to send records of some beneficiaries to the...

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Trump’s Goldman Sachs-Style Economic Populism

I know that we live in a post-factual political environment, but optics still matter. That’s why it didn’t make a ton of sense for the Trump administration to send out Gary Cohn, (until two weeks ago) the president...

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Will Trump Last?

One of these things is not like the others. It was completely consistent with Trump’s campaign rhetoric for him to berate the president of Mexico on the phone. It was consistent with his campaign rhetoric to focus all...

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Casual Observation

It used to be that I didn’t think about running for Congress because I’ve led an unconventional life that doesn’t fit the profile of an officeholder. I also thought I’d never be able to raise the money...

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