‘Let me tell you a political secret’: Political Pressure Works, Call Your Senators

“Minnesota nice” has its limits. If you go to far, we’re going to smack you upside your head. Hard. Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar spoke truth to power on Monday at the sham Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Judge Amy Coney Barrett. Klobuchar Highlights How Rushed Supreme Court Nomination Will Jeopardize Health Care Coverage For Millions … Read more

Con Man Trump’s Long Promised Health Care Plan Does Nothing

For five years – five freakin’ years! – Donald Trump has been promising Americans a Republican health care plan that is bigger and better than the Affordable Care Act aka “Obamacare.” In October 2016, Trump told campaign supporters it is “going to be so easy” to get a new health care law. By July 2017, Trump … Read more

McSally ad claiming ‘I will always protect those with preexisting conditions’ rated ‘False’

It was true in 2018, and is still true today. The Huffington Post recently reported that Republican candidates around the country are doing precisely what Donald Trump has been doing: Lying about their records on preexisting conditions — again. Buried deep in this report, we finally come to Arizona’s appointed, not elected, Senator Martha McSally: In … Read more

Facing defeat, Trump and McConnell opt to burn it all down

Americans are just days away from going over the economic cliff, and the president and Senate Republicans are attempting to sabotage any coronavirus relief package. Let’s start with the most indefensible position first. The number of deaths from the novel coronavirus surpassed 140,000 in the U.S. on Sunday morning according to Johns Hopkins data. The U.S. confirmed on … Read more