When drugmaker Bayer set out to acquire seedmaker Monsanto, it said the merger would create jobs. Now, less than six months after sealing the deal,…
Month: November 2018
In a letter sent yesterday, Senators John Thune and M. Michael Rounds “respectfully request” that Donald Trump “make restoring U.S. soybean market access in China…
I didn’t get around to watching Saturday Night Live‘s pre-election show until last night (ah, the asynchronicity of Internet living!). But Michael Che’s observation from…
I don’t follow Jesus, so the capture of Christianity by Trumpism is a mild annoyance but not a personal crisis. But evangelical churches’ embrace of…
“This isn’t politics as usual; this isn’t the status quo,” insists Kristi Noem as she announces she is keeping eight current agency heads and promoting…
A growing economy doesn’t mean jack if it’s not helping people. NPR reports that Trumpistan’s “growing” economy left more children without health insurance in 2017…
Where’s Paul Erickson? Somewhere near Washington D.C., visiting his Russian shotgun-paramour Maria Butina in jail and lawyering up, say two quiet sources to The Daily Beast:…
Short-sighted Republicans resisted Governor Dennis Daugaard’s plan to expand Medicaid, but part of Daugaard’s crafty plan has been saved and is saving South Dakota money.…
South Dakota Senators continue to stand with the craven Donald Trump and against holding Saudi Arabia’s crown prince accountable for the murder of journalist Jamal…
A thought occurs to me. The Senate Republican caucus has yet to elect its leadership. When the caucus gathers next week in Pierre (Tuesday, December…