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All rubber-stamped by a Republican Congress. He’s already talked about firing all the generals, imagine what happens to the rest of government. our government will become entirely a support-Trump operation — not unlike how Putin runs Russia. ..

counterpunch.org

It was no mistake that, in January 2017, in a new age of plutocracy and degradation, a billionaire entered the White House — or that his first major domestic act (with a Republican Congress) would be a tax cut that only gave yet more to the already extraordinarily wealthy. ..

rope’s end – ridenbaugh press/publishing

To the disdain, anger, hatred and oral effluent flowing from Trump you can add the morally inactivity of nearly every Republican Congress. Consciously conspicuously ignoring their oaths to preserve, protect and defend Constitution, Republican Senators have cowered in fearful..

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new york, new jersey pursue another battle in salt deduction war

The cap would 'send message to states with generous welfare programs that their tax and spending policies would need to conform to those of the administration and Republican Congress... ..

the quiet coup

William Barr, the others, and much of the Republican Congress appear sycophantic not out of fear or lack of self-control; they behave that way because they and Trump are kindred spirits.  ..

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us executive power and the ‘state of exception’ – consortiumnews

In the case of Trump, the need for inflated unitary executive power arose with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, which restricted the president’s strategic maneuverability to operate with the Republican Congress in 2017-18 but permitted actions that required only executive..

charles n. steele

important thing to watch will be the extent to which Trump and Republican Congress promote market-based energy versus picking winners through subsidy programs... ..

media

If the Republican Congress blocks them, as seems likely, they can be driven forward in blue states and big cities, and by procurement reform at the national level. . ... We should challenge the Republican Congress that stands in the way. We should be pushing various parts..

why jews should vote democratic in 2018

President . almost all, if not all, Republican Congress members deny climate change, an existential threat to Israel, the U.S. and the world. ... Yet Republican legislators have generally uncritically supported his appointees, many of whom have proved to be corrupt and/or..

the ominous republican hold on congress

The Ominous Republican Hold on Congress . by Sheldon Richman . As we face the new year, the biggest concern for peace lovers is Republican control of the U.S. ... Moreover, Obama is at best ambiguous about whether all sanctions against Iran would ever be lifted, and the..

'tea party' protests mix fiscal policy, boiling anger

The rumblings of unrest reflect angst among fiscal conservatives who value responsibility, government spending find themselves completely out of Washington, said Harrisburg-based Republican Charlie Gerow.. They believed Republican Congress led us down path and that instead of..

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