They think they need to pass this tax bill to stave off defeat. But it may do just the opposite.
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Domestic Violence and Mass Shootings: Why Existing Laws Fail
State and federal lawmakers should take a closer look at the links between abuse and murder and work on new laws to stop batterers from acquiring guns.Â
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GOP Tax Plan Pulls the Plug on Renewable Energy
Both versions of the GOP tax plan could deal a devastating blow to solar and wind production.Â
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Internet Ad Rules Bring Together Strange Bedfellows
Conservative activists are trotting out all their same old arguments to block new Facebook rules, but not all Republicans are listening.
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Simplifying the Tax Code, or Simply Trickle-Down Economics?
The Senate’s tax bill drives up the deficit, which could enable the same tax-cutting Republicans to inflict drastic cuts to the social safety net.
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Guys Like Matt Lauer Are Why We Have President Trump
You didn’t have to think he was a sexual harasser to know he was a sexist. Just look at his treatment of Hillary Clinton.
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Beyond the Planet of the Pharma Bros
A growing insulin crisis adds urgency to efforts to radically reform the prescription drug pipeline.
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Trump vs. Warren
The president aims to discredit the Bay State Democrat as a possible 2020 rival.
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The 2018 Election and the Margin of Theft
Democrats need a landslide in order to overcome GOP gerrymanders.
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TV Protests and King’s Wedge Strategy
Professional athletes protesting police violence toward blacks need Martin Luther King’s wedge strategy.
