Government Shutdown

Will Reckless Republicans Run American Democracy Off A Cliff?

By Dr. Tom H. Hastings \PeaceVoice Photos: YouTube Screenshots Driving at 90 toward the cliff–that is such an irresponsible teen image.  That’s the current ...

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Fantasy Border Wall: How GOP Enables Failing President Trump’s Delusion

Trump and a failing presidency. Photo: Gage Skidmore–Flickr. Donald Trump is terrible at the job he was elected to do. Instead of growing into ...

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Trump And the Wall: He’s Gutless, Clueless, Inept, Incompetent, Race-baiting Captive of Rightwing Media

Donald Trump. President know-nothing. Photo: Gage Skidmore–Flickr. Recently, President Donald Trump brazenly boasted to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, and incoming House Speaker Nancy ...

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Trump and Republican Leaders Roundly Condemned on Government Shutdown

Activists and elected officials have roundly condemned President Trump and the Republican party for the current government shutdown that began on Saturday morning. “Congressional ...

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U.S. Budget Process: How Congress Abdicated Its Role

Former Rep. Lee Hamilton [Politics] Now that Congress has its immense, $1.1 trillion bipartisan funding bill in hand, Capitol Hill is breathing easier. They ...

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The US: Lurching From Doomsday To Doomsday

Republican leaders as blockers unwilling to negotiate [National] One of the more amazing spectacles in the days after the government shutdown ended was the ...

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BANZAI!: Republicans’ Kamikazi Politics End With Predictable Outcome — Defeat

Senator Ted “Banzai!” Cruz has become an expert in suicidal politics [National] The Congressional Republicans’ Kamikazi politics ended up in flames today when the ...

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SOLID: Why Obama IS Right To Stand Firm To Republicans’ Blackmail

Stand Resolute Mr. President [Comment] Back on Sept. 12, the Republican-led House of Representatives voted for the 42nd time to derail the Affordable Care ...

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U.S. Legislature Paralyzed: More Voter Turnout Can Bring Pragmatism Back

Who’s worried. Cantor, Boehner, McConnell: Our Way, or The Highway? [National: Comment] The American public has lost patience with Washington. The question is, now ...

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Why The Shutdown Is All The Republicans’ Fault

McConnell, Boehner, Cantor [Comment] Everyone pretty much agrees that what’s going on in Washington right now ranks up there with the dumbest, most destructive ...