The National Rifle Association (NRA) has quietly deleted its records of lawmakers’ past ratings by the gun group. Washington Post reporter Philip Bump flagged the change on Tuesday. NRA members can still view current grades, but the drop-down menu no longer lists previous years. via Report: NRA Quietly Deletes Lawmakers’ Past Ratings From Site We may… Continue reading Report: NRA Quietly Deletes Lawmakers’ Past Ratings From Site
The US startup is disappearing
Historically, startups have been the engine of US economy. By creating new jobs and surfacing new ideas, startups play an outsized role in making the economy grow. It’s too bad they are a dying breed. via The US startup is disappearing It’s not taxes and regulation. It’s lack of investment in science and technology.
The pernicious myth of “open borders”
This idea, while fun to think about and, in my view, at least somewhat attractive as a kind of aspirational future vision of the world, obviously does not have any mainstream adherents in practical American politics. But the Trump administration suggests that the open borders lobby is, in fact, massive and powerful and that essentially… Continue reading The pernicious myth of “open borders”
That Time Newt Gingrich Tried To Take Kids Away From Welfare Recipients And Put Them in Orphanages
That Time Newt Gingrich Tried To Take Kids Away From Welfare Recipients And Put Them in Orphanages Bryce Covert Jul 20, 2016, 12:00 pm SHARE Facebook Twitter Email SMS WhatsApp Share Newt Gingrich at the Republican National Convention on Monday CREDIT: AP PHOTO/MATT ROURKE After widespread speculati… That Time Newt Gingrich Tried To Take Kids… Continue reading That Time Newt Gingrich Tried To Take Kids Away From Welfare Recipients And Put Them in Orphanages
As Critics Assail Trump, His Supporters Dig In Deeper
“He’s not a perfect guy; he does some stupid stuff,” said Tony Schrantz, 50, of Lino Lakes, Minn., the owner of a water systems leak detection business. “But when they’re hounding him all the time it just gets old. Give the guy a little.” via As Critics Assail Trump, His Supporters Dig In Deeper The… Continue reading As Critics Assail Trump, His Supporters Dig In Deeper
Against ‘Civility’
One might further note that it is simply too comical to be lectured about social decorum by a party whose members shouted “You lie” at a President during a State of the Union address and made Donald Trump their party leader. via Against ‘Civility’ The GOP demands it’s insults be accepted as politically incorrect free… Continue reading Against ‘Civility’
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Kansas officials told to keep enforcing voter ID law that was ruled unconstitutional Kansas officials are continuing to enforce a proof of citizenship law that a federal judge recently deemed unconstitutional. via Kansas officials told to keep enforcing voter ID law that was ruled unconstitutional
Trump is creating his American caliphate, and democracy has no defence
If there was a dictator’s playbook, the Donald Trump administration would now be on the “Instrumentalise Religion” chapter. via Trump is creating his American caliphate, and democracy has no defence This should have been a bigger story.
Return of the Blood Libel
if we look across America there is a correlation between violent crime and the prevalence of undocumented immigrants — a negative correlation. That is, places with a lot of immigrants, legal and undocumented, tend to have exceptionally low crime rates. The poster child for this tale of un-carnage is the biggest city of them all:… Continue reading Return of the Blood Libel
This Alternative To Detaining Immigrant Families Works. Trump Just Won’t Use It.
The Family Case Management Program, which President Donald Trump ended several months after taking office, was meant to keep track of immigrant parents and kids in removal proceedings without having to keep them locked up. It was relatively small ― about 950 families in five locations. But it was hugely successful: More than 99 percent… Continue reading This Alternative To Detaining Immigrant Families Works. Trump Just Won’t Use It.