Since sweeping to power in 2025, Republicans have waged an all-out war on clean energy. Congress gutted major clean energy and electric vehicle subsidies enacted under Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, killed state-level rules to spur electric vehicle adoption, and blocked legislation to ease permitting for wind power projects. The Trump administration has gone further, […]
Chip Roy
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The Freedom Caucus Are Cowards
The House faction of budget hawks yammers about cutting deficits, but this week, when it came to Trump’s Big, Beautiful budget bill, once again, they caved.
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The Big Beautiful Bill Is Sinking Because Speaker Johnson Can’t Keep His Promise to Fiscal Hawks
Either the Freedom Caucus accepts that the deficit won’t get cut, or the Republican budget package will collapse under its weight.
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Budget Reconciliation Could Be the Beginning of the End of the Republican Party
Prioritizing extreme deficit reduction is forcing Republicans to take positions that threaten the bonds of their coalition.
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How to End Republican Exploitation of Rural America
The authors of the upcoming book “White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy” explain how rural voters can build a national political movement and improve their local economies.
