Republicans have made a key miscalculation in their decades-long strategy of attacking social programs.
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By Blocking Medicaid, Brownback Shows There is No Limit to His Trickle-Down Folly
The Kansas governor—our Trickle Downer of the Week—vetoed Medicaid expansion legislation, capping his tenure with one more outburst of cruelty.
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How to Marginalize the Tea Party
A little bit of bipartisanship on the part of Trump and Ryan would do the trick.
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How States Turn K-12 Scholarships Into Money-Laundering Schemes
“School choice” happy talk obscures how privatizing education dollars allows wealthy taxpayers to scam the government.
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Milo and the Moral Corruption of the Conservative Movement
He may not be an ideological conservative, but the movement created him. Now it must own him and the hatred he spews.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Prisoner’s Dilemma: Why Democrats Should Block Gorsuch
In a rational political system, Democrats might keep their powder dry in the Supreme Court battle. But Republican extremism has made resistance Democrats’ only option.
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How to Build a Winning Progressive Infrastructure
The first step is to identify the real activists—not to create a leftist Breitbart, or to replicate the Koch network.
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Why Democrats Lose in Ohio
An ossified state party needs a long-overdue makeover if this key swing state is to swing back toward the Democrats.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Awaiting Trump’s Pick
Two of the three favorites for a Supreme Court appointment are merely very conservative. The third is way very conservative.
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Justice at Risk
Trump’s nominee to succeed Scalia will restore a right-wing majority. One additional Trump appointee could undo rights established 50 years ago and more.
