We Found the Woman Whose Vote Tipped Control of Virginia’s Legislature
Virginia House of Delegates Democratic candidate Shelly Simonds celebrates her fleeting win with Latoya Breckenridge at Simonds’ victory celebration on Tuesday night.Latoya Breckenridge Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Latoya Breckenridge, a 34-year-old accountant from Newport News, Virginia, was on her way to a nail appointment on Tuesday when a friend…
Quote of the Day: Nothing in Writing, Please
Greg Lovett/The Palm Beach Post via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. From a Palm Beach Post story by Christine Stapleton and Lawrence Mower about Donald Trump’s purchase of Mar-a-Lago in the early 90s: Trump’s promise couldn’t be in writing, Trump attorney Rampell told the council, according to meeting minutes…
Donald Trump’s Tax Cuts Will Save Him Millions of Dollars
Donald Trump at his Trump Tower office in New York in 2013Dan Hallman/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Many of the arguments that Republicans have used to sell their tax bill are completely implausible. There is overwhelming reason to believe, for example, that the tax cut won’t pay for itself. Then there’s President Donald…
Is Illegal Immigration Responsible for the Decline in Labor Force Participation?
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Why are prime-age men dropping out of the labor force? And what can we do about it? A few days ago the Two Jasons tackled this question and came up with very different answers. Here is Jason Richwine criticizing Jason Furman: How about restricting low-skill…
Is “Medicare for All” a Winner for Democrats in 2018?
Bill Clark/Congressional Quarterly/Newscom via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Atrios says: Gotta Give People Something to Vote For The issue has never been annoying bernie bros who piss you off on the internet. It’s the vast number of people who don’t bother voting because why should they…. “Trump sucks”…
There’s No Reform in the Republican Tax Reform Bill
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Matt Yglesias writes today that, to the extent tax cuts have any effect at all, it’s only if people think they’re permanent. But with political polarization so strong, there’s no way that anyone can believe a tax change passed on a party-line vote is likely…