CANONSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA — It was a sweet afternoon in Western, Pennsylvania, where Donald Trump Jr. visited Sarris Candies with Republican House candidate Rick Saccone in tow.
Like Friday night’s rally that was also purportedly for Saccone, the afternoon was really all about Trump, who toured the store and factory, snapping selfies with workers and tasting chocolates while Saccone occasionally politely encouraged shoppers to cast a vote for him in Tuesday’s special election.<...
Month: March 2018
The Health 202: Hey Republicans, Medicaid is a key way to tackle opioid abuse
But it's unclear whether the GOP will listen.
Meet Missouri’s far-right frontrunner for the GOP Senate nomination
A few weeks back, the Kansas City Star published excerpts from a December speech, made by Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley (R), in which he blamed human trafficking on the sexual revolution of the 1960s. His dubious take on history, made at a Missouri Renewal Project event featuring a who’s who of theocrats, Islamophobes, and anti-LGBTQ extremists, became national news because Hawley is currently the frontrunner for the GOP nomination to take on Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill this N...
Meet Missouri’s far-right frontrunner for the GOP Senate nomination
A few weeks back, the Kansas City Star published excerpts from a December speech, made by Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley (R), in which he blamed human trafficking on the sexual revolution of the 1960s. His dubious take on history, made at a Missouri Renewal Project event featuring a who’s who of theocrats, Islamophobes, and anti-LGBTQ extremists, became national news because Hawley is currently the frontrunner for the GOP nomination to take on Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill this N...
Grassroots women, guns, and organized labor: How Conor Lamb plans to win in Trump country
MOON TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA — If you’re wondering who Conor Lamb is, United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts offers this summary: a “God-fearing, union-supporting, gun-owning, job-protecting, pension-defending, social-security-believing, healthcare-greeting, sending-drug-dealers-to-jail Democrat.”
At a Sunday afternoon rally at the Greene County Fairgrounds, Roberts was on hand to generate enthusiasm for Lamb, who’s running in the special elec...
Grassroots women, guns, and organized labor: How Conor Lamb plans to win in Trump country
MOON TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA — If you’re wondering who Conor Lamb is, United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts offers this summary: a “God-fearing, union-supporting, gun-owning, job-protecting, pension-defending, social-security-believing, healthcare-greeting, sending-drug-dealers-to-jail Democrat.”
At a Sunday afternoon rally at the Greene County Fairgrounds, Roberts was on hand to generate enthusiasm for Lamb, who’s running in the special elec...
Trump’s hastily passed tax law is error-riddled
After years of dishonestly whining that the Affordable Care Act was written in secret and rushed through Congress with insufficient debate, Congressional Republicans and the Trump administration cobbled together their tax legislation in December and rushed it through Congress. Now, it appears, America is paying the price for their shoddy work.
Desperate to pass the bill — which contained massive tax cuts for President Trump and the very rich, and tax increases for many poor an...
Keith Ellison calls for Dems to support medicare for all
Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison (D) called on Democrats to support single-payer healthcare, an issue Ellison believes can heal rifts in the party ahead of the 2020 presidential election.In an interview with ...
No Go For Idaho: State Will Have To Rethink Its ‘Freedom’ Health Policies
The Trump administration has advised Idaho that its plan to allow insurance policies that fall short of Obamacare standards could result in penalties for insurers. But another strategy might yet fly.
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Utah moves forward with controversial Medicaid proposal
The state wants the Trump administration to approve something that's never been done before.