When it comes to health insurance, the One Big Beautiful Bill is one big bait-and-switch.
Jake Tapper
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Joe Biden Has Nothing to Do With the 2028 Election
Democratic presidential aspirants should not feel obligated to self-flagellate to win back the public trust.
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The Monthly’s Presidential Accomplishment Index on CNN
Also in the April 11, 2024 Washington Monthly newsletter, ‘As GOP Splinters on Section 702, Dems Should Unite’ and ‘The White Rural Rage Controversy.’
Posted inPolitical Animal
Jake Tapper Fails to Tell the Truth About Disinformation Campaigns
It was an example of how ingrained bothsiderism has become for almost everyone in the mainstream media.
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Kelly’s Zeroes: Conway Can’t Even Lie Right
Did you ever see the the 2003 movie A Mighty Wind, a folk-music mockumentary made by the same folks who brought you This is Spinal Tap? There’s a scene in the film chronicling the psychological decline of Mitch Cohen (played by Eugene Levy) following the breakup of his personal and professional relationship with Mickey Crabbe […]
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Operation Bury Bernie: The Political Motive of the Jane Sanders Investigation
Imagine a sports team celebrating a championship victory even before the playoffs have started, and you have a good idea of what the mood must have been like among Donald Trump’s top political advisors after the New York Times ran this story: A federal investigation into a long-ago land deal by Senator Bernie Sanders’s wife […]
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Despite McConnell’s Delay, Trumpcare Could Still Make It Through the Senate
Like the proverbial horror-movie character whose hand rises up from the grave, let’s not assume that the monster known as Trumpcare is dead and buried yet. Yes, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has, ironically enough, delayed the effort to kill the Affordable Care Act until after Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) recovers from surgery to remove […]
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Healthy Criticism from–and Unhealthy Criticism of–Bernie Sanders
For all the lingering controversies surrounding his 2016 presidential campaign, one cannot deny the fact that Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders generated so much momentum during that effort because of his clear moral vision concerning such issues as universal health coverage. That clear moral vision was on display this morning, during his appearance on CNN’s State […]
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What Can Brown Do for the Democratic Party?
Assuming, improbably as it may seem now, that Donald Trump survives and runs for a second term (hey, stranger things have happened), who will Democrats embrace as their post-Barack Obama, post-Hillary Clinton champion? It’s not too early to speculate: the 2020 Democratic presidential primary will be here before you know it, and we could once […]
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Those Who Voted for Trump Threatened Our Institutions
Trump supporters bear full responsibility for the havoc he has inflicted upon this country.
