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…ce either resisting his own obvious power or unable to seize it. “I do funerals and ribbon cuttings,” he told a former Republican Hill colleague. In this, he was seen as either feigning an old-fashioned, what-me-worry, standard-issue veep identity lest he upset his patron or, in...

… increased the number of agents patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border, but has also mocked the fence-building enthusiasm of Republicans, saying they won't be happy until there's a "moat with alligators." Israel/Palestine: Obama's engagement in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process h...

Financial Services Republicans’ retention of the House and Senate majorities means that President-elect Trump will have partners in both banking committees to help implement an agenda heavy on deregulation. The new Senate Banking Committee chairman will be Mike Crapo (R-ID), who...

…our issues and candidates. Twenty years later, this movement has evolved into the public political morality play of the Republican base of George W. Bush. Laying on of hands, dying in the Lord, speaking in tongues, dancing in the aisles and praying with up stretched arms were r...

…ng on an article for the Village Voice but it seems to be evolving into a relatively short book — 3 segments: TRUMP THE REPUBLICAN ELEPHANT A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Inauguration Lies, Jokes, Fake News, and Alternative Facts I Was a Dishonest Journalist Between Bre...

Energy Trump’s tax reform plans generally adhere to the precepts of the House Republican tax reform Blueprint, but he differs with that outline in some important respects. The House Blueprint proposes, among other things, to allow 100 %expensing of qualified business investments...

… for pregnancy, addiction and mental illness STAT Richard Frank (HMS) co-authored this opinion piece arguing that the Republican health care bill could drive up the cost of coverage for pregnancy care, newborn care, and mental illness and addictive disorders treatment. Deepak...

…esstax reform, and more specifically, international tax reform, but the devil is in the details. For example, the House Republican Blueprint ontax reform calls for a 8.75%tax rate on previously untaxed accumulated foreign earnings held in cash or cash equivalents, and a 3.5%tax r...

…e governor. Instead he will get a divorce in New York. But you know what that means. Dirty, dirty. Some deserving Young Republican girl will get the assignment. This is known as _ political patronage. The governor has a horny dilemma, though. Either he commits scandal or he comm...

…growing globalist corporate- financial-government policy and business networks. Then, after flirting with several other Republican presidential candidates, he bonded with Trump. Both Flynn and Trump were antiglobalists—or, anyway, they believed the United States was getting screw...

…ints in any race. Bannon had decided to test this thesis and to do it as dramatically as possible. All told, the Senate Republican leadership and others spent $32 million on Strange’s campaign, while Moore’s campaign spent $2 million. Trump, though aware of Strange’s deep pollin...

…be Corporation, a CIA front located in the Whittier Bank of America building. But now he wanted to know only if | was a Republican and if | was available. My responses were both affirmative. It was Perry who brought me out for an extremely brief meeting with Howard Hughes. Hugh...

…for additional development. We need to take strong action to protect consumers from this speculation. Unfortunately, Republicans have chosen to protect the interests of Wall Street speculators and oil companies instead of the interests of working Americans by obstructing the a...

…e for White House positions to weed out t wife beaters, but you couldn't be so choosy in the Trump White House,’ sz one Republican acquaintance of Porter's.) The furor that erupted arou Porter and his troubling gross-guy history not only annoyed Trump “He stinks of bad press”—it...

…Office of Professional Responsibility, was initiated in response to demands from a bipartisan group in Congress, led by Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska and Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida. In the meantime, a court hearing will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesda...