Politics

How to Think Like a Conservative About Mass Shootings and Gun Control

How to Think Like a Conservative About Mass Shootings and Gun Control How to Think Like a Conservative About Mass Shootings and Gun Control

When liberals experience the trauma of a mass shootings, they feel from the bottom of our hearts: we need more gun control. When conservatives do, they feel: we need less.

Sep 25, 2013 / Rick Perlstein

Sabotaging Obamacare Is a Lucrative Endeavor for Some

Sabotaging Obamacare Is a Lucrative Endeavor for Some Sabotaging Obamacare Is a Lucrative Endeavor for Some

Campaign consultants and health insurance agents stand to gain from sabatoging the rollout of health reform. 

Sep 25, 2013 / Lee Fang

Congress Renews Efforts to Curb NSA Surveillance

Congress Renews Efforts to Curb NSA Surveillance Congress Renews Efforts to Curb NSA Surveillance

At least a dozen bills are pending in Congress, with top lawmakers calling for reform.  

Sep 24, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter

Defunding Gambit Will Hurt Patients in Boehner’s District

Defunding Gambit Will Hurt Patients in Boehner’s District Defunding Gambit Will Hurt Patients in Boehner’s District

The only part of healthcare reform that could be defunded at this point helps constituents in Republican districts. 

Sep 24, 2013 / Lee Fang

The Case for Gun Liability Laws

The Case for Gun Liability Laws The Case for Gun Liability Laws

When the government is worried that you might abuse that second bottle of NyQuil, it’s not unreasonable to put limits on gun purchases.

Sep 24, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Fake-Bustering Ted Cruz Has a Plan to Get the America He Wants: Minority Rule

Fake-Bustering Ted Cruz Has a Plan to Get the America He Wants: Minority Rule Fake-Bustering Ted Cruz Has a Plan to Get the America He Wants: Minority Rule

The Texas senator wants to change Senate rules so his anti-Obamacare strategy can “win” even when it loses.

Sep 24, 2013 / John Nichols

Morning Joe’s Week-long Whine Over Obama ‘Optics’

Morning Joe’s Week-long Whine Over Obama ‘Optics’ Morning Joe’s Week-long Whine Over Obama ‘Optics’

Complaining that O’s timing stinks, they declare his presidency pretty much over.

 

Sep 20, 2013 / Leslie Savan

EPA Announces First-Ever Carbon Limits for New Power Plants

EPA Announces First-Ever Carbon Limits for New Power Plants EPA Announces First-Ever Carbon Limits for New Power Plants

The rules won’t affect current greenhouse gas emissions, but they set a framework for regulating carbon under the Clean Air Act.

Sep 20, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter

Republican Lawmakers Are Playing Politics With Human Lives, in Four Pictures

Republican Lawmakers Are Playing Politics With Human Lives, in Four Pictures Republican Lawmakers Are Playing Politics With Human Lives, in Four Pictures

Republicans have acknowledged that the health reform programs they intend to defund help save lives.

Sep 20, 2013 / Lee Fang

Anatomy of Outrage: On the Obamacare Resistance

Anatomy of Outrage: On the Obamacare Resistance Anatomy of Outrage: On the Obamacare Resistance

Friday’s House vote to fund the government and defund the Affordable Care Act won’t derail healthcare reform, but sabotage might. 

Sep 20, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter

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