Is Nancy Pelosi Opposed to Medicare For All?
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Oh dear: Top Nancy Pelosi Aide Privately Tells Insurance Executives Not to Worry About Democrats Pushing “Medicare for All” That’s from Ryan Grim at the Intercept, and it’s kinda sorta accurate. It’s based on a PowerPoint deck used for a presentation to Blue Cross Blue…
How to Lie With Statistics, Manufacturing Edition
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Reader Ben S. emailed last night to point me to a recent piece in Forbes about manufacturing employment. I was intrigued because it’s authored by Chuck DeVore, who just happens to be my former assemblyman. He ran for the US Senate in the Republican primary…
I Explain the State of the Union Address For You
President Trump delivering last year’s State of the Union address. It was so pleasant and bipartisan that it put Paul Ryan to sleep.CNN Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. You have probably heard that President Trump plans to stress “unity” and “bipartisanship” in his State of the Union address tonight. I…
Neomi Rao Says She Regrets Controversial College Writing on Date Rape
Neomi Rao, currently the Trump administration’s “deregulatory czar,” faced a confirmation hearing for a seat on the DC Circuit court of appeals.Official photo/Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Tuesday, during her confirmation to replace Brett Kavanaugh on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, Trump…
Trump Has More Wall Issues Than He Thinks
K.C. Alfred/San Diego Union-Tribune via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Can President Trump override the will of Congress and declare an emergency on the southern border even though there isn’t one? Yes. Can he then use money from, say the Pentagon or disaster relief funds to build his wall?…
Trump’s Decision to Nuke a Key US-Russia Treaty Fuels a Simmering Global Arms Race
President Donald Trump speaks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin during their July summit in Helsinki.Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On December 8, 1987, President Ronald Reagan stood beside Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the East Room of the White House and signed one of the most consequential…