The latest changes to the Senate’s tax bill will dramatically increase the debt. The reason is very simple: all of the benefits promised taxpayers expire at the end of 2025.
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GOP Senators Should Promise to Expel Moore
The response of nearly every Republican senator to Roy Moore’s pedophilia and sexual assault of a minor has included the words “if true.” Anyone who read the account of the victims and the dozens of witnesses who report being told of the incidents around the time they occurred would not be engaging in the kind… Continue reading GOP Senators Should Promise to Expel Moore
Expelling a Senator
Article I, Section 5 of the Constitution gives each branch of Congress the right to expel members.
Has the Last Year Affected your View of Human Nature?
The last year has been more difficult for me than I typically am willing to acknowledge. Even though I know it shouldn’t watching our country regress is affecting my view of people.
Access Journalism
Watching some coverage of the disgraceful Roy Moore situation, I was bothered by the lack of difficult questioning of GOP senators. Then it hit me: journalists are generally unwilling to ask the powerful difficult questions and fail to challenge lies because their jobs depend on access.
Jefferson, Washington, and the Second Amendment
Oversized letters on the façade of the NRA’s headquarters depict an edited version of the Second Amendment. The letters on the NRA’s building read as follows: “. . . the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”
Tax Changes for Families and Individuals
House Republicans are out with the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
Summarizing Manafort’s Indictment
Paul Manafort (Manafort), former chair of the Trump campaign, and Richard Gates (Gates), his longtime assistant have been indicted on 12 counts.
John Kelly is Disgracing the Uniform
Last night, John Kelly was interviewed on Fox News. Whatever credibility he maintained after the pathetic press conference where he lied about Congresswoman Frederica Wilson is now gone. In the interview, Kelly demonstrated that his worldview is as sexist and racist as is the worldview of Donald Trump.
Summarizing George Papadopoulos’s Guilty Plea
George Papadopoulos, a national security adviser to the Trump campaign, has pled guilty to making false statements to the FBI under 18 U.S. Code Section 1001. The below details come from the statement of the offense (a statement of the facts that Papadopoulos has confirmed. The things reported in the statement of the offense aren’t… Continue reading Summarizing George Papadopoulos’s Guilty Plea