The slow, messy rollout of the Affordable Care Act’s biggest ticket items is D.C.’s latest shiny thing. You can expect new stories about the state of health care-and the state of Healthcare.gov’s website-from now until at least the first few weeks of the new year, when enrollees start to get insurance. Some of the stories […]
Jaime Fuller
Jaime Fuller is a former associate editor at The American Prospect. Follow @j_fuller
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Between a Rock and a Polling Place
President Obama’s numbers are pretty unimpressive. Building an excellent website or leading better are unlikely to fix them.
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Daily Meme: This Week in Misbegotten Headlines about Millennials
Millennials spur flood of fancy fast-food breads 5 churchy phrases that are scaring off millennials Convincing Millennials to ‘Marry a Nice Jewish Boy’ 5 Reasons Millennials Are Going To Save The World (We Hope) Millennials: Beware of Financial Advice From Your Parents Why Millennials Won’t Become Corporate Serfs American Millennials‘ 7 Favorite Fast Food Brands […]
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Daily Meme: No Partying in the War Room
Have you heard the news? The Republican Party is at war! It’s everywhere too. There’s civil war in Pennsylvania. There’s civil war in Alabama. There’s civil war in the party’s pool of donors. There’s firing squads in Virginia. And, as CNN puts it, “the stakes could not be higher.” There’s an election less than 365 […]
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Daily Meme: So Much Meaning
“Election Day 2013: What happened, and what it all means” “What Tuesday’s Election Returns Mean for 2016” “What Christie’s victory means for the next presidential race” “What Christie, McAuliffe victories mean for America” “Chris Christie On 2016 Speculation ‘It Doesn’t Mean Anything To Me’” “The Republican governor’s immense success in dark blue New Jersey means […]
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If You Give a Mouse a Vote
This year’s elections were all a bit anti-climatic. Let’s look at some of the craziest write-in candidates instead.Â
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Daily Meme: Twelve Quotes about Double Down that Will Make You Wish 2016 Never Comes
1. “Game Change 2012 is finally upon us,” the behind-the-scenes tale of the 2012 presidential election. 2. “Double Down: Game Change 2012, by political journalists Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, is going to sell a shitload of copies.“ 3. “The digital blast radius for Double Down is infinite.” 4. “The entire story has the unintended […]
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Daily Meme: Congress Hits America’s Poorest While They’re Down
Starting today, millions of Americans who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)-better known as food stamps-will see their benefits drop now that the temporary increase instituted by the Obama administration’s stimulus package has not been renewed. That means the extra $45.2 billion appropriated by the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act have now […]
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Daily Meme: The Inside the Beltway Center for Presidents Who Can’t Lead Good
Obama’s approval ratings aren’t too hot right now. Neither are anyone else’s in federal government, but, let’s not stray from the obvious point at hand-the presidency is in shambles! And, of course, the only thing that can save him is listening to the media so willing to give him oodles of invaluable advice. Let’s take […]
