The Trump administration’s most troubling conflicts involve the president’s closest advisers, employees the White House argues operate entirely outside the ethics laws.
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Paul Ryan: Trickle Downer of the Week
The House Speaker’s ACA “replacement” is not a health care plan; it’s a Reverse-Robin-Hood scheme that takes from the poor and gives to the rich.
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Trump’s Race-Baiting Bromance with Andrew Jackson
The president lays a wreath at the grave of a predecessor who sought to make a white nation.
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Americans Must Liberate Themselves From the Oppression of Health Coverage, Say Republicans
For Paul Ryan, gutting Obamacare isn’t about the millions who will lose coverage. It’s about freedom.
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James Comey’s Very Sad Day Without a Woman
The FBI director did his darndest to see that that a woman would not celebrate International Women’s Day from the presidential podium. Now he’s on the outs with the man he helped elect.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Neil Gorsuch Must Answer the Questions Merrick Garland Was Denied
Democrats should require Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee to respond to basic questions about his judicial philosophy and views on past cases.
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The Republicans’ $370 Billion Cut to Medicaid
Ryan’s ACA replacement relies on a venerable GOP scam—shifting to block grants—to cut off health-care coverage for millions of Americans.
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The ACLU’s New Rallying Cry: “See You in Court, and See You in the Streets.”
The day after Donald Trump’s election, the American Civil Liberties Union posted the words “See you in court” on its homepage next to an image of the incoming president. Now, the ACLU has a slightly longer message for Trump: “See you in court, and see you in the streets.” That’s the rallying cry of a […]
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The Search for Trump’s Smoking Gun
We don’t know enough about the president’s ties to Russia to convict him of violating the Constitution—yet.
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Every Bizarre Trump Eruption Is a Rehearsal for When It Really Matters
His accusation that Obama tapped his phone is crazy. But look at it closely to see why we should really be worried.