Monthly Archive: October 2019
The Most Politically Significant Event of Trump’s Presidency
“In a word, Kanye West is now a cultural reactionary by the standards of our society, and could be, in time, a cultural wrecking ball that dislodges so much of the assumed, comfortable, and...
The Head Of Joe Biden’s New Super PAC Is A Foreign Government Agent
The Head Of Joe Biden’s New Super PAC Is A Foreign Government Agent
There is No Outside Savior Coming to Rescue Dems on Iowa Caucus Night
The “donor class is panicking” about the “growing uncertainty” regarding the Democratic Presidential race or that Joe Biden may face a “humiliating loss.” Michelle Obama is the most likely to succeed out of the...
Rolling Stone: Baghdadi Story Reveals Divided — and Broken — News Media
If papers are going to go this far in an obituary to avoid even the implication of a favorable Trump narrative, how are audiences supposed to trust reporting on super-charged partisan stories like impeachment?
Attorney General Barr’s Investigation into Why the U.S. Counter-Intelligence Establishment was Used to Spy on the GOP Presidential Candidate, is Now Firing with Live Rounds
We can forgive the planet’s population if they believe the United States of America has become a banana republic where the state security apparatus is used to investigate, spy on and penetrate an opponent’s...
Impeachment Cha-ching: RNC Raised Four Times the Money the DNC Raised in December
In August, Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez acknowledged the threat after the RNC tripled the amount the DNC raised in July. In an email he sent supporters sounding the alarm, he wrote that...
RNC’s Investment in Grassroots Door Knockers Today, Shows GOP’s Attention to Strategic Imperatives, Contrasted with the Dem Sugar-high of Impeachment
From A.B. Stoddard, Associate Editor of RealClearPolitics: It is extremely interesting and encouraging that the GOP is building up their Get-Out-the-Vote (GOTV) capability, starting now, with a massive investment in people and a digital...
Video Highlight of HSA Bill Mark-Up in Ways and Means: Rep. Blumenauer and Rep. Nunes Discuss HSA DPC Bill
https://hsacoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/BlumenaueronDPCandHSAsNunesonHSACouncilltr.mov
Video Highlight of HSA Bill Mark-Up in Ways and Means: Barthold Describes OTC and Feminine Hygiene Products Bill
https://hsacoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Barthold_OTC_and_Feminine_Products_HSA_bill.mov
Video Highlight of Ways and Means Mark-Up of HSA Bills: JCT Staff Director Barthold Answers Rep. Doggett’s Questions About HSAs and the Wealthy
https://hsacoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Barthold_and_Doggett_on_HSAs_and_Wealth.mov
Video Highlight of HSA Bill Mark-Up in Ways and Means: Barthold Describes Inhaler Bill
https://hsacoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Barthold_Describes_HSA_Inhaler_bill.mov
Justice Department Opens Probe Into Possible Spying on Trump, Durham Given New Powers
https://news.yahoo.com/justice-department-opens-probe-possible-020057655.html
NYT: Anxious Democratic Establishment Wring Their Hands and Ask, ‘Is There Anybody Else?’
“There’s more anxiety than ever,” said Connie Schultz, a journalist who is married to Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio, another Democrat who some in the party would like to see join the race. “We’re...
Iowa Poll: Biden 18%, Warren 17%, and Buttigieg at 13%
In the survey, Democrats who hadn’t named Warren as their first or second choice were asked why they weren’t supporting her. In the open-ended question, the three most frequent responses were: that they didn’t...
NYT: Trump Campaign Floods Web With Ads, Raking In Cash as Democrats Struggle
The Trump campaign’s intense testing of ads is one example. It posts dozens of variations of almost every ad to figure which plays best. Do voters respond better to a blue button or a...
Penn: Democrats’ debate divisions open the race to new (or old) faces
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/466055-mark-penn-democrats-divisions-open-race-for-a-new-or-old-face
Biden’s Slow Ebbing Out is the Worst of All Worlds for Center of Dem Party, And Hillary or Michelle Will Not Get into the Race
The long-time Clintonite and used-to-be-pollster for the Clintons, Mark Penn, wrote Sunday that “there is no one so far who has shown they are likely to consolidate a majority of the party, and so...