Congressman Justin Amash of Michigan declared his independence from the Republican Party today. Amash’s father was a Palestinian refugee. His immigrant parents were both Republicans.…
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Don’t let private insurers fool you: electing a Democrat to replace Donald Trump next year will not lead to the end of private health insurance…
The Trump tariffs are also supporting his war on education, as recklessly taxing Americans for buying goods made in China is limiting students’ access to…
Article 1 Section 2 of the United States Constitution, as amended by Amendment XIV Section 2, requires that we count heads every ten years: Representatives…
My family had a health emergency recently. In the first 72 hours, we didn’t have a chance to check the price lists. Even if we…
Governor Kristi Noem and some veto-override-shy Republicans said last winter that South Dakota wasn’t ready for hemp. Yet even in the midst of May planting,…
John Tsitrian does a fine job of skewering Donald Trump’s claim to be somehow making America “the envy of the world” with some simple and…
A jury in Arizona has stopped Donald Trump’s persecution of Christian values at the U.S.-Mexico border: When Scott Daniel Warren was arrested last year after…
Civilization be darned, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has lifted an injunction against construction of the climate-wrecking Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, saying…
I’m not doing the Democratic primary yet. Really, I’m not. But Mayor Pete Buttigieg, whom I really like, said something at the California Democratic Party…