Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Republicans: History Will Remember You Backed Trump
Tom Williams/Zuma Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) wants Congress to begin impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump so that the Republican lawmakers who support him will be on the record opposing impeachment and suffer a “stain on their careers.” “I want to see every Republican go on the record and knowingly vote against impeachment of this…
Michael Flynn’s Deep State Strategy Is Failing in Court. He May Not Care.
Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, leaves the federal court with his lawyer Sidney Powell on Tuesday.Manuel Balce Ceneta/Associated Press Michael Flynn’s combative new legal strategy appears to be failing in federal court. But it is increasingly clear that Flynn is aiming at a different audience. He’s apparently hoping that by claiming…
Trump’s National Security Team Is Now a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Defense Industry
President Donald Trump walks to Air Force One prior to departing from Langley Air Force Base in Virginia on March 2, 2017.Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty With John Bolton out as national security adviser, the defense industry is poised to receive even more representation in the highest levels of President Donald Trump’s foreign policy team. Bolton deputy Charlie…
The Tea Party Got What It Wanted
A May 29, 2010, rally organized by members of the Arizona Tea Party movement to show support for Arizona law SB1070, which made it a state crime to be in the US illegally and required immigrants to carry papers with them at all times. ZUMA Press/Jack Kurtz A couple weeks ago, the New York Times…
Guess Who Benefited From the Trump Tax Cut?
I’ve deleted this post. I didn’t notice that there was a technical change to the CPS data starting in 2017, and that accounts for the changes in income shares between 2017 and 2018. I thought it was probably due to the Republican tax act, but apparently it had nothing to do with that.
Report: More than 1600 Polling Places Have Closed Since the Supreme Court Gutted the Voting Rights Act
Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty In 2013, the Supreme Court gutted a core provision of the Voting Rights Act: The requirement for certain states with a history of voter discrimination to “preclear” changes in their election rules with the federal government. For decades, the 1965 law helped secure the right to vote for hundreds of thousands…