Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Tag: GOP

‘Total hypocrisy!’ Sanders rips GOP for pushing estate tax repeal while...

“While Senate Republicans told us we cannot afford to provide $1,400 direct payments to the working class, they had no problem introducing a bill this week to repeal the estate tax.”

119 Democrats join with GOP to block restoration of voting rights...

Rep. Cori Bush, the amendment’s author, noted that “97 Democrats stood up for our community members who are incarcerated” and vowed to “keep up this fight.”

Why Trump’s takeover of the GOP is great for Biden and...

One of its two major parties is centered on a Big Lie that threatens to blow up the nation, figuratively if not literally.

Unrigging the GOP’s minority rule

The values of the Republican Party do not reflect the values of most Americans. It should not be allowed to silence the voices of the majority.

No compromising with the GOP cult

Today’s Republican Party is a cult.

GOP free fall opens progressive doors—rethug acquittal confirms party bankruptcy

The Senate trial could not have turned out better for anti-Trump forces—and more damaging for defenders of the Misfit-in-chief.

Trumpled—a fable about the party that lost its principles

This is a story about a party—one of two major political parties in America—declining in popularity and desperately clinging to power.

‘So utterly disingenuous’: Republicans file slew of unrelated amendments as Dems...

“If the GOP actually wanted to provide Covid relief, they’d introduce amendments to do so. Instead they’re going to introduce what they believe are gotcha amendments to try to trip up Dems.”

Trump has removed the heart and soul of the Republican Party....

Most of them feel that the party cannot be reformed but that a new party must be created with new ideas, a new agenda, and new directions.

After Trump: Can the GOP sell itself as the party of...

"The future of the [Republican] party is based on a multiethnic, multiracial working class coalition." and that, “...the free market exists to serve our people. Our people don’t exist to serve the free market.”

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GOP’s Medicaid cuts plan draws widespread backlash as experts warn of devastating consequences

Leaked GOP plan shows intent to strip millions of Americans of healthcare access.

The Santa Ana by Joan Didion

Written by Joan Didion, The Santa Ana ("Los Angeles Notebook"/Slouching Towards Bethlehem) was published in The Saturday Evening Post in 1965.

LA wildfire victims face exploitation as landlords hike rents in violation of emergency laws

As wildfires devastate Los Angeles, landlords face accusations of illegal rent hikes, with tenant advocates calling for urgent government intervention.

Supreme Court urged to hear youth climate case after 43 lawmakers back constitutional challenge

Lawmakers support youth-led lawsuit demanding government accountability on climate policies.

Why not buy Israel, engulf it as a colony/state, then sell Ukraine to cover...

No one takes arms to protect Panama’s billions in unfair trade from our Canal. What other southern sh-t-hole place roars against the mightiest lion on earth?