Obama Acts on Immigration

…from the president a little while ago: Right now, I want to tell you why I’m taking action on immigration....

Obama EPA Releases New Climate Rules

Of course Republicans are attacking the new climate rules.  This GOP believes that if Obama says it, they are obliged...

Eight Million

The president held a press conference this afternoon to announce that the final number of health care exchange enrollees, as...

Jon Stewart on Paul Ryan’s Free Lunch

Here’s Jon Stewart on Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) misuse of the school lunch story at last weekend’s convention for “conservatives.” The...

Why This Week’s SOTU Was So Much About the Economy

Jonathan Chait wrote a piece yesterday on why Obama felt obliged to devote so much of Tuesday night’s State of...

Can We Get Help for the Unemployed Out Of the House?

In the course of a worthy rumination on how we might get some relief for Americans who still need unemployment...

Filibuster Reform At Long Last

Republicans have now transcended the usual political debate over who should occupy the seats on [the D.C Circuit Court] and moved into...

Obamacare Signup Numbers for October

I was interested to see the cool interactive map at TPM of Obamacare signups by state in October. One of...

Is the GOP House Majority Forever?

My new favorite blogger, Jonathan Chait, posted a sobering piece yesterday on the apparent imperviousness of the GOP’s House majority,...

Obamacare Subsidies Mean Big Savings for Americans

As we approach the next rollout milestone for Obamacare this fall, the GOP is becoming more and more desperate to...