Month: July 2017

Every citizen of Wisconsin is paying $519 so Trump could have this press conference

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The president is taking credit for a massive taxpayer giveaway to Foxconn.CREDIT: AP Photo/Alex Brandon

President Trump celebrated and took credit for Foxconn’s pledge to build a major LCD plant in Wisconsin during a White House ceremony on Wednesday.

With Gov. Scott Walker (R), House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), and Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) by his side, Trump said that “if I didn’t get elected, [Fo...

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Senate Republicans’ single-payer trolling

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Health advocates say they aren’t taking the bait.Protesters hold signs at a rally in Burlington, VT. Credit: AP Photo/Toby Talbot

Senate Republicans’ approach to repealing the Affordable Care Act has thus far been rushed, secretive and destructive. Amid widespread public confusion regarding the fate of the ACA, the health care debate process is becoming more tactically deceitful each passing day. Repu...

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Trump’s lawyer helped birth the GOP effort to politicize churches. Now his dream may come true.

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Jay Sekulow once represented a church that lost its tax-exempt status for running ads against Bill Clinton.Jay Sekulow CREDIT: AP/Steve Helber

Repealing the so-called Johnson Amendment — a tax code provision that bars churches and other nonprofits from endorsing political candidates — has become something of a banner issue for Republicans in 2017.

President Donald Trump attempted to weaken the p...

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