Paul Ryan, Liar
Paul Ryan will be remembered for little, but the central part of his legacy will be failing to do a single thing to…
Healthcare Companies Saved Billions From the GOP's Class Warfare Tax Bill
Chances are that someone reading this post just paid a large medical bill, either through having to meet the deductible…
Shocker: The Trump Tax Cuts Mostly Benefited Rich White People
The left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy and the nonprofit Prosperity Now have released a new report…
Trump Won't Rest Until He Slashes Even More Funding From Poor Kids' Healthcare
Right before the December holidays last year, the GOP passed a massive $1.5 trillion in tax cuts that largely…
Senator Marco Rubio Bravely Punches Down at a Politico Intern
Marco Rubio told The Economist in an interview last Monday that he was skeptical the GOP tax bill is benefiting…
Paul Ryan Reportedly Feuded With the House Chaplain Before He Was Ousted and It Sounds Petty as Hell
A House chaplain has suddenly resigned, drama on Capitol Hill is running high, and honestly, I am here for it.
The Big Banks Just Got an Obscene Reward for All the Lobbying They Do
The Associated Press reported this morning that the nation’s six biggest Wall Street banks got a honking great $3.6…
The Banks Need to Give Us Some of the Billions They Got From Trump's Tax Cuts
What’s that? Oh, just another group of Paul Ryan’s “everyday working Americans” winning big from the Republican tax bill
Steve Mnuchin Doesn't Want You to See These Videos of Protesters Heckling Him
On Monday, Steve Mnuchin, husband of totally regular and relatable girl Louise Linton and also secretary of the…
Georgia's Lt. Governor Loves the NRA So Much He's Threatening Companies for Being Mean to Them
Delta Airlines recently joined a number of companies that are publicly breaking ties with the NRA. In this case, Delta…
A Partial List of Companies That Definitely Could Have Afforded to Pay Their Employees a Good Wage at Any Point Before the GOP Tax Bill
Since the passage of the GOP’s wildly unpopular and regressive tax bill, American companies have been coming out of the…
The GOP's Failure to Reauthorize CHIP Has Nothing to Do With Money
Have you heard the good news? The cost of extending the Children’s Health Care Program for another five years has…
Homeownership Might Get More Expensive Thanks to the New Tax Bill
Turns out, the GOP tax bill signed into law last month by Donald Trump is going to have some unintended consequences on…
Pat Toomey Is the Quiet Face of Republican Radicalism
Pat Toomey is the Milford Man of the U.S. Senate. (He even hails, coincidentally, from Upper Milford Township.) Senator…
Don't Be Fooled by Corporate America's Bullshit Christmas Bonuses
You know what’s bullshit? Bonuses. More money for workers is always good, but it’s far less good when it comes in the…
GOP Tax Bill 'Sells Itself' Say Conservative Groups That Plan to Spend Millions to Sell It
On Thursday, Politico reported that conservative super PACs and groups within the Koch network are planning a…
Remember When Orrin Hatch Said CHIP Would Prove the GOP 'Does Not Hate Children'?
In 1997, Republican Senator Orrin Hatch joined Democrat Ted Kennedy as the chief sponsor of what would become known as…
What We Really Mean When We Talk About 'Entitlement Reform'
After passing their massive tax cuts for the wealthy—a major legislative priority for a Republican Party which will…
Democrats: Repeal and Replace the Tax Bill
Now that the GOP’s terrible tax bill is about to become law, it’s obvious what Democrats have to do: steal a page from…
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