Category: politics

Utah Voters Approved Medicaid Expansion At The Ballot Box. The GOP Is Trying To Undo It.

The Utah GOP is more concerned with what the funding class wants than what the voters voted for. “The Utah GOP clearly is prioritizing overturning the voters, considering the Legislature has been in session since just Monday and the bill made it out its Senate committee Tuesday and to the floor Wednesday. The fact that… Continue reading Utah Voters Approved Medicaid Expansion At The Ballot Box. The GOP Is Trying To Undo It.

Five Reasons Why MAGA Conservatism Has Never Made Any Sense

This is worth reading. “If we want to make America great, we need an updated understanding of the economy. The jobs of the future aren’t going to come from industries that belong to a fading past. Trump’s promises to revive coal and protect steel reflect an image of the economy and sources of employment that… Continue reading Five Reasons Why MAGA Conservatism Has Never Made Any Sense

Don’t Negotiate with Hostage Takers – Talking Points Memo

The shutdown bacillus that Newt Gingrich injected into our political system in 1995 must be eradicated. It was dormant for almost two decades until Republicans (neo-Gingrichites) returned to power in the House in 2011. It’s wrong. It’s destructive. And it’s the same principle we apply to all terrorists. You can’t negotiate with terrorists or hostage… Continue reading Don’t Negotiate with Hostage Takers – Talking Points Memo

Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown Moves Closer To Joining 2020 Campaign : NPR

Seeking to counter President Trump’s appeal to white, working-class voters that helped him flip Ohio and other key midwestern states, Brown is launching a “Dignity of Work” tour through Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina. “Too many Democrats, the national Democratic Party, sees this in kind of this false choice of Democrats speak to… Continue reading Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown Moves Closer To Joining 2020 Campaign : NPR

This is why you close the parks during a shutdown.

Vulnerable Joshua trees in Joshua Tree National Park in California have been cut down by visitors who illegally drove into areas where vehicles are banned during the partial government shutdown. As a result, the park is closed indefinitely, its superintendent said Thursday. From Axios

Opinion | Trump’s Big Libertarian Experiment – The New York Times

the philosophy of the party’s base is, in essence, big government for me but not for thee. Stick it to the bums on welfare, but don’t touch those farm subsidies. Tellingly, the centerpiece of the long G.O.P. jihad against Obamacare was the false claim that it would hurt Medicare. … if you have libertarian leanings… Continue reading Opinion | Trump’s Big Libertarian Experiment – The New York Times

Joshua trees cut down by vandals during government shutdown – Axios

In all previous government shutdowns that affected the Department of Interior, administrations closed the parks rather than allow access unsupervised. Joshua trees already face threats of extinction from climate change. Source: Joshua trees cut down by vandals during government shutdown – Axios This is awful and disappointing but also predictable.  

Student who refuses to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance expelled, Texas attorney general backs school

After a student was expelled for refusing to stand for her school’s Pledge of Allegiance, the Texas Attorney General is intervening. Student who refuses to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance expelled, Texas attorney general backs school This was settled by the supreme court in 1943 “West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette” Students… Continue reading Student who refuses to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance expelled, Texas attorney general backs school

Why Populists Reject Evidence

But Kuhn did see a means through which true change could come—both in science and politics, whose revolutions Kuhn saw as fundamentally similar. Even though revolutions—profound shifts in thought—are a response to inherent problems, mere arguments and empirical evidence pointing out the problem aren’t enough to start them, Kuhn argued. A compelling alternative theory also… Continue reading Why Populists Reject Evidence