Posts by SteveKier

GOP Tries to Secure Trumpcare Passage by Making the Bill More Cruel

Finding that his original AHCA was too destructive not only for all House Democrats but also for many House Republicans,...

CBO Issues “Score” On Trumpcare – Surely We Are a Better Country Than This

Every time Trump and the GOP do something unthinkable and my friends from another part of the political spectrum answer...

The Values Being Put On Display in the Health Care Debate

I found this piece by Paul Waldman enlightening.  I’ve actually had some of these debates with friends from the other part...

Obamacare Replacement: GOP Set to Leap Before it Looks

…just a few notes (from this valuable survey from the WaPo) on the GOP’s rush to act on their ACA...

The New Travel Ban “will do nothing to keep Americans any safer than we already are”

DJT has signed his new travel ban.  I’m with Paul Waldman, who writes today that “[i]t will do nothing to...

About Tuesday Night’s Speech

Some folks may be swooning over DJT’s Tuesday performance, but theater aside, it was simply what Eugene Robinson describes as “a...

Today in TrumpLand: Voter Suppression, Environmental Degradation, Social Insecurity

I made this mistake of glancing at the paper (Washington Post) this morning and was greeted by the following discouraging...

Taking Credit for Obama’s Good Stewardship

It’s not impossible that Josh Marshall is right here, and that our man-child president’s ego allows him to believe he...

Thanks, Comey!

As we endure the seemingly endless stream of assaults on democracy, facts and basic human decency that is the Trump Administration (almost...

Trump family’s elaborate lifestyle is a ‘logistical nightmare’ — at taxpayer expense

  DJT is spending his third straight weekend at Mar-a-Lago – at taxpayer expense, of course.  Here’s an eye-opening look...