Trump isn’t taking questions. He’s shredding them. Sure, you can call it a press briefing if you want, but nobody’s walking out with real answers. Reporters show up with facts. Trump shows up with an agenda. What follows isn’t a presser. It’s a performance—equal parts grievance, gaslight, and self-congratulation. The press is just the punch line. And … Read more
House Republicans, despite members of their own caucus that want a crueler product, are moving forward with their plans to pass a big ugly budget and tax bill that, among other disgusting features, starves children, robs health benefits from the working and middle class, guts Head Start, and makes polluting great again. The Arizona Democratic … Read more
UPDATE 5/15: Reuters reports: The first batch of 100 test cases of criminal tresspass against undocumented immigrants crossing the US/Mexico border into newly designated National Defense Areas (discussed below), alleged by the Administration to be part of military bases, have been dismissed for lacking probable cause for the arrests. The court ruled that the arrestees … Read more
Welcome to America’s hottest new reality game: Tank the Economy: Medicaid Edition. The rules are simple: Step 1: Propose massive cuts to Medicaid. Step 2: Funnel the savings into tax breaks for billionaires. Step 3: Watch hospitals collapse, ERs overflow, and working families get crushed. Step 4: Don’t even bother to hide the greed. This … Read more
Center-left organizations Center for American Progress and Third Way have both released statements and reports critiquing the MAGA Republican budget and tax reconciliation bill making its way through House Committees the last two days as a cruel attack on working and middle class families, especially the nation’s most vulnerable. In the conclusion of their report … Read more