The DCCC’s First Big Test of 2018 Blew Up in Its Face
Caleb Holder/Shutterstock Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee waded into the seven-way primary for Texas’ seventh congressional district last month with a specific goal in mind: delivering a knockout blow to Laura Moser, a freelance writer and Resistance activist with a large national following, who it…
A New Study Says Naloxone Might Cause More Opioid Deaths. I’m Skeptical.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Via Robert VerBruggen, I learn today of a new study about Naloxone, the anti-overdose drug being used to combat the opioid crisis. The authors look at overdose deaths in states before and after they adopted laws making Naloxone more easily available, and they conclude that…
Gary Cohn Flees the Foundering SS Trump
Gary and Donald in happier times. Eight weeks ago.Chris Kleponis/CNP via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Gary Cohn has resigned from the Trump administration, apparently because the idiocy of Trump’s steel tariffs was finally too much for him. Besides, he already got the big corporate tax cut he wanted,…
Here’s the Pennsylvania District Republicans Are Panicked About
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Perhaps you’ve heard that Republicans are in a panic over the special election in Pennsylvania’s 18th district. In a nutshell, here’s why: The 18th is a strong Republican district, one that Donald Trump won by 19 points. Even a centrist Democrat shouldn’t have much of…
Elizabeth Warren Blasts Fellow Democrats for Supporting a Massive Bank Deregulation Bill
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The US Senate on Tuesday cleared a key procedural hurdle needed to move forward with a major bank deregulation bill that could pass the chamber in the coming days. If it becomes law, the bill would significantly loosen Wall Street…
Gary Cohn Will Resign as Trump’s Chief Economic Adviser
Chris Kleponis/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Gary Cohn, President Donald Trump’s chief economic adviser, is leaving the White House. The New York Times reported on Tuesday that the former Goldman Sachs executive is planning to resign in the coming weeks, concluding months of speculation over how long Cohn would remain in the role.…