Democrats have everything to lose if they abolish the filibuster

August 8, 2024August 7, 2024 News, politics

As the 2024 elections approach, Democratic senators and Senate candidates from across the ideological spectrum have called for the abolition of the filibuster. They believe that many of the proposals they care about most have no chance of getting the 60 votes they would need to overcome a Republican filibuster.

When it comes to some issues, like creating a national right to abortion, they are probably right. But Democrats should not abolish the filibuster. It would harm their...

Kamala Harris makes the perfect choice with Tim Walz

August 7, 2024August 7, 2024 Donald Trump, News, Opinion

Choosing a running mate is the first and most important test of any presidential candidate. And Kamala Harris aced it.

In a sense, Harris could do no wrong, because she had such an outstanding bench to choose from, including several governors. Any one of them would bring more executive or legislative experience to the table than JD Vance (R-Ohio), who never ran for office before being elected to the Senate in 2022 and has nothing to show for his time spent there.&nb...

Walz goes on attack against Trump-Vance: ‘Weird as hell’

August 6, 2024August 7, 2024 Donald Trump, News

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, in his first appearance as Vice President Harris’s running mate, came out swinging against former President Trump and Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (Ohio).

“I just have to say it. You know it. You feel it. These guys are creepy and, yes, just weird as hell. That's what you see,” Walz said to raucous applause from the rally crowd in Philadelphia, using the viral new framing of the Trump campaign as "weird."

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Walz makes Harris ticket debut with pointed attack on Trump

August 6, 2024August 7, 2024 News

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) made his debut on Tuesday as Vice President Harris’s running mate during a raucous rally in Philadelphia, where he took on former President Trump and sought to sustain the enthusiasm Democrats have built over the past two weeks.

Harris and Walz spoke in front of a crowd of roughly 10,000 people, the largest audience this cycle for either Harris or President Biden when he was a candidate.

“That’s what this election is about. ...

Walz’s record on health care: Progressive with a dash of pragmatism

August 6, 2024August 6, 2024 health care, News

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), who was chosen Tuesday to be Vice President Harris’s running mate, brings a progressive approach to health care, with a focus on reducing costs.

Walz has said his health policy priorities have been shaped in part by his personal experience. His father died of cancer when Walz was 19, leaving his mother drowning in medical debt.

In June, Walz signed a law banning medical providers from withholding medically necessary care due to unpai...

Tim Walz gets Harris nod: 5 things to know

August 6, 2024August 6, 2024 News

Vice President Harris on Tuesday tapped Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) as her running mate for the 2024 election, capping off the governor’s rapid rise into the national spotlight.

Walz, who is 60, will join Harris on the campaign trail beginning Tuesday with a rally in Philadelphia.

Here are five things to know about Walz.
He worked as a teacher before getting into politics
Walz was born in rural Nebraska and enlisted in the Army Nationa...

[Correspondence] Continuing challenges to health equity in Ireland

August 3, 2024August 3, 2024 News

The Lancet Editorial on health equity in Ireland1 presented an unduly rosy perspective on proposed moves towards universal health care coverage, particularly in the hospital and outpatient sector. Public hospitals currently operate a practice of mixed private and public patient care. The new contract for hospital consultants is not, as stated in the Editorial, for public hospitals only: it limits practice in public hospitals to public patients only but permits unlimited off-site practice in t...

Harris rattles Trump’s once-disciplined campaign

August 3, 2024August 3, 2024 News

The seismic shift in the presidential race has rattled former President Trump’s once-disciplined campaign and put the GOP nominee on the defensive for the first time in months.

Trump coasted through the Republican primary, managed to turn even negative headlines about his legal troubles into campaign and fundraising fodder and had consistently led President Biden in the polls as Biden struggled to break through or excite even his own base.

But that has changed in the...

House Democrats home in on Tim Walz for Harris ticket

August 2, 2024August 2, 2024 News

As Vice President Harris weighs her choice for running mate, House Democrats are increasingly advocating for a former colleague: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.

First elected to Congress in 2006, Walz served in the House for 12 years and rose to become the top Democrat on the powerful Veterans Affairs Committee before heading home in 2019 to lead the North Star State.

The amiable Walz was not only popular on Capitol Hill, but he also had the distinction...

Trump responds to Harris’s call to compare records: Challenge accepted

August 1, 2024August 1, 2024 News

Former President Trump returned Wednesday to Pennsylvania for the first time since he was shot at a rally outside of Pittsburgh earlier in the month, where he sought to characterize Vice President Harris as a “phony” and welcomed a challenge to compare their records.

Trump repeatedly attacked Harris, who is the likely Democratic nominee after President Biden ended his candidacy, tying her to past positions she took during her own 2020 presidential bid but has since di...