While Donald Trump uses the cost of health care for transgender soldiers (less than a hundredth of the cost of kicking them out, and less…
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Democratic candidate for U.S. House Tim Bjorkman continues to speak like a budding Bernie Sanders. The judge-turned-campaigner says corporate money controls Congress, and he’s calling…
Congressional leaders moved yesterday to work bipartisanly and protect the “cost sharing reduction” (CSR) payments that help lower-income policyholders (between 100% and 250% of the…
Hey, Tim Bjorkman! And hey, Kristi Noem! Health care could have big electoral implications in 2018. 53% of voters said they were less likely to…
I maintain in this week’s podcast that Democrats can run and win their 2018 campaigns entirely on the Republican health care bill. Cautiously backing up my claim is Sabato’s…
Neal Tapio for Congress? Ha ha! The rookie Senator from District 5 told WNAX Tuesday that he is “testing the waters” for a run for U.S.…
Pat Powers notices that his RSS feed shows that Democrat Chris Martian of Rapid City has filed a statement of organization with the Federal Election Commission to…
Shantel vs. Dusty? This House primary should be fun! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3nWRWT46uA What, no mention of shooting rattlesnakes? Team Krebs must be saving that Bad River imagery for after…
In good news, House Republicans’ retreat from their sneaky effort to weaken the Office of Congressional Ethics shows that Congress will still listen to public pressure. In bad…
Boy, if there’s one thing Republicans who control the Legislative and Executive Branches hate, it appears to be independent ethics commissions. South Dakota Republican legislators sued to stop…