Opinion · 116th Congress
How big and little lies, plus cash, prop up the ‘American dream’
Watch: Socialism through the Republican lens [jwp-video n=”1″]
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Opinion · 116th Congress
The capitalism vs. socialism debate: Bring it on
The latest survey by Winning the Issues (Feb. 28-March 1) asked people to choose which economic system — capitalism or socialism — was “better,” repeating a question asked last April as well.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Democrats get their very own tea party after all
Instead of doing a victory lap to celebrate last week’s passage of HR 1, Democrats’ signature anticorruption legislation, House leadership was feverishly writing and rewording a resolution against hate
Opinion · 116th Congress
With both parties awash with cash, maybe campaign reform isn’t so quixotic
That’s a problem that HR 1 tries to fix.
Opinion · 116th Congress
A half-century after Selma, the ‘black friend’ defense is going strong
ICYMI: Meadows and Tlaib clash over insinuations of racism [jwp-video n=”1″] If GOP Rep.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Unpacking the Democrats’ jam-packed primary
Flashback: Green New Deal sounds like a ‘high school term paper that got a low mark,’ Trump says [jwp-video n=”1″] What are presidential candidates, especially those in Congress, to do as
Opinion · 116th Congress
As the “X Date” looms, it’s time to defang the debt limit
This time around, prolonged negotiations seem all too likely, with the austere sequester caps on defense and domestic discretionary funding set to kick back in on Oct. 1, the start of the new fiscal year
Opinion · 116th Congress
GOP greets North Carolina election scandal with crickets, excuses and misdirection
Also watch: What race ratings really mean and how we create them [jwp-video n=”1″] A question of priorities So why do Republicans rush to pass laws to prevent ineligible voters showing up
Opinion · 116th Congress
After decades of taxing the rich, the ‘Big Blues’ face the music
New York came in at No. 1 with the highest tax burden in the country — 13.04 percent.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Michael Cohen proves that a bad person can be a good witness
Despite Trump’s many denials that he knew about the hush-money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels, Cohen brought with him an Aug. 1, 2017, $35,000 reimbursement check signed with the president’s characteristic
Opinion · 116th Congress
Senators running for president: This gun bill is your first major test
That lobby has poured over $1 million into the campaign coffers of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, ensuring that he will prevent the the world’s most deliberative body from even debating
Opinion · 116th Congress
The perils of investigating a complete buffoon
Watch Trump blast former fixer Michael Cohen [jwp-video n=”1″] The first test comes Wednesday, when former Trump fixer Michael Cohen will testify in front of the House Oversight and Reform
Opinion · 116th Congress
A shining example for today’s House investigators
Watch John Lewis’ full eulogy to John Dingell in 8 minutes [jwp-video n=”1″] The new members will shortly begin to perceive that there may be less than a third of their colleagues who actually
Opinion · 116th Congress
What did the president do and when did he do it?
Watch: 18 times Trump mentioned WikiLeaks [jwp-video n=”1″] Would such findings move the needle?
Opinion · 116th Congress
Why politicians, and everyone, need to think about legacy
Also watch: Trump announces national emergency on border, despite likely legal challenge [jwp-video n=”1″] Will senators who are supporting him, such as South Carolina Republican Lindsey
Opinion · 116th Congress
There was just one thing missing from this voter reform hearing — a Republican
Also watch: First 2020 Senate race ratings are here [jwp-video n=”1″] Cliff Albright, the co-founder of Black Voters Matter, recounted two high-profile incidents of voter suppression by Georgia
Opinion · 116th Congress
New York City’s progressive elites gambled and lost over Amazon
A deal that would have also produced nearly $1 billion a year in state and city tax revenues, not to mention the positive impact on local economic growth.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Sam Ervin took down Nixon. We’re still waiting for his heir
[jwp-video n=”1″] The hearings had everything, including the stunning revelation by Nixon aide Alexander Butterfield that the president had a taping system for recording conversations in the
Opinion · 116th Congress
How Ralph Northam is spending his Black History Month
Ilhan Omar to resign [jwp-video n=”1″] The personal and public kindnesses of Northam through high school and then college at Virginia Military Institute stood out for many who spoke with reporters
Opinion · 116th Congress
Note to Ocasio-Cortez and Green New Dealers: The economy is not the government
Also watch: Trump says Green New Deal sounds like a ‘high school term paper that got a low mark’ [jwp-video n=”1″] Learning from history Yes, the nation faces problems, some very serious.