Category Archives: Trump

Republicans are victims of a discredited economic ideology

Posted on July 10, 2017 by David Posnett

Posted on Brookings.edu Isabel V. Sawhill Friday, July 7, 2017 Editor’s Note:This article originally appeared in Real Clear Markets on July 7, 2017.   Sometimes people do inhumane things. The Senate health care bill is a case in point. It denies … Continue reading →

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Makeup Anxiety During The Trump Times Do our current leaders trust makeup artists?

Posted on July 10, 2017 by David Posnett

Posted on Medium.com Sarah Graalman Makeup Artist. Writer. Dip-maker. www.sarahgraalmanwrites.comwww.sarahgraalman.com There’s a siren going off my head, growing louder by the day since the new administration took power. It blares as certain faces flash across the screen. I could be … Continue reading →

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Obamacare Inspires Unlikely Political Action In California’s Red Region

Posted on July 6, 2017 by David Posnett

KAISER HEALTH NEWS/CALIFORNIA HEALTHLINE — REPEAL & REPLACE WATCH By April Dembosky, KQED   July 6, 2017 Greta Elliott talks to her staff at the Canby Family Practice Clinic in Modoc County. (April Dembosky/KQED) Modoc County, in the northeastern corner of … Continue reading →

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Noam Chomsky: On Trump and the State of the Union – SCARY!

Posted on July 6, 2017 by David Posnett

GREAT INTERVIEW! THE STONE JULY 5, 2017 Continue reading the main story Share This Page Email Save Over the past few months, as the disturbing prospect of a Trump administration became a disturbing reality, I decided to reach out to … Continue reading →

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Voter fraud commission may have violated law — TheHill.com  

Posted on July 6, 2017 by David Posnett

BY LYDIA WHEELER AND MIKE LILLIS – 07/05/17 06:07 PM President Trump’s voter fraud commission may have violated the law by ignoring federal requirements governing requests for information from states, several experts on the regulatory process told The Hill. Experts … Continue reading →

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Voter “Integrity” and Republican Hypocrisy

Posted on July 4, 2017 by David Posnett

You have to love the sheer effrontery of the Trump Administration’s new Presidential Advisory Commission on Voter Integrity, set up to validate Trump’s absurd claim that he only lost the popular vote because of the votes of millions of undocumented … Continue reading →

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Women working in Trump’s White House only make $0.80 to the man’s dollar  

Posted on July 3, 2017 by David Posnett

Published 9h ago on July 3, 2017 by Marie Solis SHARETWEETEMAIL President Donald Trump waves as he arrives on Air Force One Source: Carolyn Kaster/AP The country’s gender wage gap goes all the way to the White House, according to … Continue reading →

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If You Care About the Right to Vote, Here Are Six Things You Need to Know About Kris Kobach

Posted on July 3, 2017 by David Posnett

By Amrit Cheng, Communications Strategist, ACLU MAY 17, 2017 | 11:45 AM On May 11, President Trump formed a commission on “election integrity” to investigate voter fraud and voter suppression in the United States. The executive order follows repeated, unsubstantiated … Continue reading →

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The Populist Surge – Analysis from Across the Pond

Posted on July 1, 2017 by David Posnett

  On June 27th, Martin Wolf in the Financial Times writes: Why has the appeal of populist ideas grown in western countries? Is this a temporary phenomenon? In the wake of Brexit and the election of Donald Trump, the collapse … Continue reading →

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Zeldin’s Approval of Senate Healthcare Bill Reveals His Lack of Concern for Veterans

Posted on June 30, 2017 by David Posnett

Tester and Senate Veterans Affairs’ Committee Members Highlight Impact of Senate Health Care Plan on Veterans Approximately 7 Million Veterans’ Health Care at Risk Tuesday, June 27, 2017 (U.S. Senate) – Ranking Member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Jon … Continue reading →

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