When the Minnesota governor debates Vance, a fellow vet, it will underscore faith that progressive veterans like Walz, Ruben Gallego, and Dan Osborn have a shot this year.
Jon Tester
Posted inPolitics
With the Senate on the Line, It’s Time for Democrats to Spend in Florida and Texas
With the Senate on the Line, It’s Time for Democrats to Spend in Florida and Texas. It’s not the time for Democrats to worry about “wasting” money in right-leaning states
Posted inHealth Care
Preventing Veteran Suicides Through Better Data
Veteran suicides are a national crisis, and although Congress has funded programs to prevent these tragedies, it needs to do more to make their findings readily accessible to researchers. Fortunately, there’s a simple fix.
Posted inHealth Care
Why Is the Biden Administration Continuing Trump’s Veterans Privatization Scheme?
Republican rules are encouraging worse and more expensive care through Trump-era regulations. The Department of Veterans Affairs needs to change course.
Posted inBooks
The Democrats’ Rural Problem
The party can’t prevail unless it gets its rural numbers up, but the problem is more complex than the authors of a new book allow.
Posted inHealth Care
A Veterans Health Commission Dies an Early Death
The panel was supposed to weigh in on the fate of VA hospitals, but threats to close facilities led senators to kill it.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Why Is Trump Turning to Dr. Ronny Jackson Again?
The president may want a doctor he can rely on to give him a good health assessment.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Democratic Senators in Red States See Obamacare as a Winning Issue
You know we’ve come a long way when Joe Manchin is aiming his shotgun at attempts to unravel its protections.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Examining Charlie Cook’s Prognostications
Cook is a knowledgable pundit, but some of his predictions don’t make sense.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Where Did All the Populism Go?
If voting to water down the regulation of banks is how Democrats win in red states, then the populism of 2016 is truly dead.
