Fading voice of an access advocate
When Minnesotans suspect their elected leaders or civil servants are hiding something, they can turn to a tiny state agency for help. The Information Policy Analysis Division sounds like a bureaucratic parody.
Category Archives: US Politics
President Trump should use an iPhone – here’s why
His favorite megaphone is Twitter, often sending tweets from an "old, unsecured Android phone," especially while watching TV at night, according to the New York Times' Maggie Haberman . Trump's aides have tried to take the phone from him, but they've been unsuccessful.
On foreign policy, Trump still speaking campaign language
In this Feb. 2, 2017, photo, President Donald Trump speaks during his meeting with House and Senate legislators in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. For all of the White House's early bravado,Trump has taken office with few concrete plans for how to make good on his pledge to unravel President Barack Obama's foreign policy and tackle some of the biggest national security challenges facing his administration.
Repeal and replace? All Americans could lose Obamacare protections
Under so-called deductible-credit plans, the deductible diminishes year by year for policyholders who don't spend a lot on health care. Supporters say these programs reward good health by helping customers reduce their costs.
S Carolina’s 1st openly gay lawmaker from deep-red district
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Green Party candidate Jill Stein says she’s not to blame …
Fiery Green nominee makes a coherent case about the many failures of American democracy. But she's not the answer Jill Stein really, really wants you to know that she's not responsible for President Donald Trump.
Senators Now On The Front Line
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski leaves after a vote in an elevator at the Capitol February 1, 2017 in Washington, DC. I am heartened by the opposition of Senators Murkowski and Collins to the appointment of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education.
Refugee resettlement agencies brace for funding loss
Refugee resettlement organizations are bracing for significant funding cuts and possible layoffs over the coming months during President Donald Trump's temporary refugee ban.
Lackawanna County Court Notes 2/4/2017
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Trump administration should label Muslim Brotherhood ‘terrorist organization’
Trump himself was often critical of President Obama's outreach to the Muslim Brotherhood, and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has proposed a bill to call for declaring the Brotherhood a terror organization. In the past, it has been accused of supporting terrorist groups around the world, and several countries, including Muslim nations, have banned them.
5 House GOP’s corporate tax scheme has its Republican skeptics
House Republicans face opposition to their plan to overhaul the way corporations pay federal taxes from a powerful group of lawmakers - other Republicans. "I'm not very enthused about it," said Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, the chairman of the Finance Committee and the Senate's top tax writer.
The tragedy of an alternative truth, Can ‘Brexit’ birth a global…
"The man from the BBC was laughing as he reported the White House's false claims about the size of the crowd at Donald Trump's inauguration," writes Gideon Rachman . "He should have been crying.... This spectacle of obvious lies being peddled by the White House is a tragedy for US democracy.
Charles Krauthammer: Thank God for Harry Reid’s shortsighted willfulness
There are many people to thank for the coming accession of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. Donald Trump for winning the election.
The Threat from Within
It has been two weeks since he took over, imposing his dark vision upon this country. It has been two weeks since he declared war on religious minorities, our environment, our democracy.
Will Liberals Learn to Love the 10th Amendment?
In the 1997 case Printz v. United States , the U.S. Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional for the federal government to direct state and local law enforcement officers to enforce certain provisions of the 1993 Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act.
Mnuchin’s denials don’t match record
Sen. Orrin Hatch says no, that the man nominated by President Donald Trump to be treasury secretary told the truth when he asserted that his former company, OneWest, had not engaged in the practice of “robo-signing” mortgage documents. That's despite dozens of court cases uncovered by The Dispatch that showed OneWest officials' robo-signatures, along with sworn testimony from one of his vice presidents describing how she did it.
Jim Jordan rejects calls to repair Obamacare
WASHINGTON In a growing rift among Republicans, Rep. Jim Jordan rejected calls by some GOP lawmakers to "repair" the 2010 health law, saying the law known as Obamacare was a "complete disaster" and needs to be swiftly and completely scrapped. During an interview Friday on Fox News, Jordan, R-Urbana said for Republicans "to say we're going to repair something implies you can actually fix something.
.com | ‘Battle of the toilets’ to get its day in Supreme Court
The US Supreme Court on Friday said it will consider which bathrooms transgender people are allowed to use at a hearing next month, amid raging debate on the politically charged issue. The case, set to be heard March 28, involves 17-year-old Gavin Grimm, who was born a female but identifies as a male.
Kasich backs DeVos without mention of $5.3M PAC debt to Ohio
Gov. John Kasich is urging confirmation of President Donald Trump's education secretary nominee without mentioning the significant unpaid fine owed to Ohio by a now-defunct political action committee she controlled. The Republican governor and 2016 presidential contender didn't support Trump, but he praised Betsy DeVos for her character, experience and philosophy of limited government in a Jan. 24 letter to Sen. Lamar Alexander, who chairs the committee that handled her confirmation.