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A lot of things about Donald Trump don’t make sense—his hair, his words, his presidency. His latest budget submitted today is no different.
With an increase in military spending of 10 percent and trillions of dollars in cuts to anti-poverty...
by msjustice
on Tue May 23, 2017 at 07:35 AM PDT
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Remember when Donald Trump's tax attorney showed up during the transition next to a table packed with files in a big show of faith that Trump was separating himself from his business entanglements? That was attorney Sheri Dillon and she's back in the...
by Kerry Eleveld
on Fri May 19, 2017 at 09:19 AM PDT
with 85 Recommends
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The Koch brothers have been largely sidelined in the news these days by, well, everything else, but that doesn't mean the pair of billionaire influence-buyers hasn't been busy. Donald Trump may have ...
by Hunter
on Sat May 20, 2017 at 01:01 PM PDT
with 99 Recommends
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The appointment of Robert Mueller as Special Counsel by Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein is not only a welcome development for the country but also takes enormous pressure off Republicans in Congress. The question is whether the various investigating...
by m2c4
on Thu May 18, 2017 at 08:17 AM PDT
with 1 Recommend
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From the moment Donald Trump won his surprising victory on Election Day, a new cottage industry sprung up to offer sympathetic profiles of the supposedly long-overlooked and long-suffering voters ...
by Jon Perr
on Sun May 21, 2017 at 12:40 PM PDT
with 80 Recommends
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Hey, guess what. Donald Trump's proposed tax plan, such as it is, is just the usual tax giveaway to ultra-rich bastards who already have all the money and don't need more money but whatever, maybe ...
by Hunter
on Sat May 20, 2017 at 09:00 AM PDT
with 62 Recommends
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Donald Trump’s former campaign chief Paul Manafort has owned a nice apartment in Trump Tower since 2007—one that’s conveniently located near money laundering Russian mobsters and a real estate scheme run by Russian oligarchs. But in 2016, hours after...
by Mark Sumner
on Tue May 16, 2017 at 07:49 AM PDT
with 225 Recommends
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The Associated Press just tweeted a real doozy of a quote from Trump’s lawyer:
With few exceptions?? So what you’re saying is that Trump has, indeed, received income from Russian sources over the last ten years. Thanks for clearing that up!
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by rigcath
on Fri May 12, 2017 at 07:26 AM PDT
with 230 Recommends
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An interview of President Donald Trump by The Economist was published today. The transcript reveals a painfully incoherent man who appears incapable of answering a question. His rambling, off-topic responses are typically excuses to demean his...
by News Corpse
on Thu May 11, 2017 at 06:22 PM PDT
with 11 Recommends
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In Russia, pump primes you!
Pump-priming used by a Republican has a different meaning than the one Trump invokes, but then again, since Trump has a thing for Andrew Jackson, perhaps a recessionary chaos like the Panic of 1837 is how he wants to...
by annieli
on Thu May 11, 2017 at 04:02 PM PDT
with 14 Recommends
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I would ally with the devil to fight Trump and the Republicans.
James Carville goes back to Bill Clinton’s first campaign for president and David Brock ran a super-PAC for Hillary Clinton last year. They did not support Bernie Sanders. In fact,...
by TomP
on Tue May 09, 2017 at 09:31 AM PDT
with 146 Recommends
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Originally posted on Rants Of Rob:
In an absurdly mendacious Facebook post, far-right ideologue and supposed Michigan Representative Justin Amash said, in effect, `y’all need to chill the fuck out!’:
The AHCA repeals fewer than 10 percent of...
by robfield
on Sat May 06, 2017 at 09:04 PM PDT
with 13 Recommends
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Much has been made about the actions of Congressional Republicans this week, but they are indicative of an overarching theme in modern Republican politics: a deep-seated contempt for working people.
This was on full display this week, not just on...
by CarterForVirginia
on Sat May 06, 2017 at 01:39 PM PDT
with 12 Recommends
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It turns out that Donald Trump and Paul Ryan really are capable of bridging divides and bringing the nation together.
It is a rare unifying moment. Hospitals, doctors, health insurers and some consumer groups, with few exceptions, are speaking...
by Mark Sumner
on Fri May 05, 2017 at 07:43 AM PDT
with 198 Recommends
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The title is not a rhetorical question. As the GOP seeks to expand religious (Christian) rights, at the expense of other citizens and religions, I believe it is time to call and treat religion what it really is; a business aimed at taking money from a...
by Michael Kal
on Fri May 05, 2017 at 01:19 PM PDT
with 17 Recommends
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According to the Kaiser Family Association, at least half of the babies born in the 50 states we call the United States of America are covered by our country’s Medicaid program. Twenty-four states have at least 50 percent or higher Medicaid covered...
by Walter Einenkel
on Thu May 04, 2017 at 10:11 AM PDT
with 28 Recommends
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This is the key. Don’t ever forget that this has nothing to do with making health care better for anyone. It’s always been about making the filthy rich more filthy and more rich.
by Joan McCarter
on Thu May 04, 2017 at 09:45 AM PDT
with 135 Recommends
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In Donald Trump’s most recent “Tax Proposal” a big component of it is the elimination and streamlining of individual tax brackets from 7 to three. Under Trump’s tax plan there would be three progressive tax rates of 10%, 25% & 35%. There would...
by jamesherbe
on Mon May 01, 2017 at 06:45 PM PDT
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Robert Mercer and his daughter Rebekkah are among the highest level right wing donors. They supported Ted Cruz in the Republican primaries and Trump ever since.
Yet before 2010, most of their donations were to non-political charities and medical...
by Bethesda 1971
on Mon May 01, 2017 at 04:23 PM PDT
with 31 Recommends
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Unlike climate change, trickle-down economics is not backed up by the facts, which is probably why Trump and all Republicans embrace it.
by BrianMcFadden
on Fri May 05, 2017 at 02:50 PM PDT
with 68 Recommends
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