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<\/a><\/p>\nEJ Dionne on the Character of Today\u2019s Republican Party<\/a><\/h2>\nOn 19 Aug, 2014 By SteveKier<\/a><\/div>\nI\u2019m catching up on EJ Dionne\u2019s recent columns \u2013 a task that\u2019s always worth whatever time it takes. \u00a0If you\u2019ve ever read any of his books or heard him on the radio\u00a0or seen him on TV, you know how level-headed\u2026<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/article>\n![\"Health](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/146005_600-230x180.jpg?resize=230%2C180\")
<\/a><\/p>\nHealth Insurance for Millions Threatened; Republicans Celebrate<\/a><\/h2>\nOn 22 Jul, 2014 By SteveKier<\/a><\/div>\nThanks to Paul Waldman for this: Health Insurance for Millions Threatened; Republicans Celebrate If they\u2019re wondering why Americans think their party is cruel and unfeeling, well here you go. And will the news media tell these people\u2019s stories? When news\u2026<\/p>\n<\/article>\n![\"Fewer](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/071014krugman1-blog480-230x180.png?resize=230%2C180\")
<\/a><\/p>\nFewer Americans Lack Health Insurance, Thanks to Obamacare<\/a><\/h2>\nOn 13 Jul, 2014 By SteveKier<\/a><\/div>\nOne of Obamacare\u2019s main goals was to reduce the number of Americans without health insurance. \u00a0Proof continues to accumulate that it\u2019s succeeding in that. I\u2019m seeing the above\u00a0graph everywhere lately; this copy comes from Professor Krugman, who also takes pleasure\u2026<\/p>\n<\/article>\n![\"Obama](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/EPA_Chief-01c0d-6114-230x180.jpg?resize=230%2C180\")
<\/a><\/p>\nObama EPA Releases New Climate Rules<\/a><\/h2>\nOn 2 Jun, 2014 By SteveKier<\/a><\/div>\nOf course Republicans are attacking the new climate rules. \u00a0This GOP believes that if Obama says it, they are obliged to be against it. \u00a0Remember, these are the same people who have spent the last 5 years insisting that\u00a0health care\u2026<\/p>\n<\/article>\n![\"ObamaCare](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/2013-09-28T155057Z_1_CBRE98R182R00_RTROPTP_4_USA-HEALTHCARE-OUTREACH-230x180.jpg?resize=230%2C180\")
<\/a><\/p>\nObamaCare Leaves Millions Uninsured \u2013 Conservatives Pretend to Care<\/a><\/h2>\nOn 14 Apr, 2014 By SteveKier<\/a><\/div>\n\u2026from Brian Beutler\u2019s latest post, \u201cThe Right\u2019s New Scam: Feigning Anger on Behalf of People They Encouraged to Skip Obamacare\u201c: In a more sane country, everyone would be pulling in the same direction, so that the end of open-enrollment didn\u2019t\u2026<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n![\"GOP\u2019s](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/sfl-florida-legislature-and-medicaid-expansion-001-230x180.gif?resize=230%2C180\")
<\/a><\/p>\nGOP\u2019s Health Care Opposition Costs Real Lives<\/a><\/h2>\nOn 14 Apr, 2014 By SteveKier<\/a><\/div>\nHere\u2019s a story from last week in Florida about the real cost \u2013 in lives \u2013 of the GOP\u2019s insane opposition to Americans\u2019 obtaining health care. \u00a0Some five million Americans \u2013 almost one million in Florida alone \u2013 who would\u2026<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nMore GOP Blackmail to Try To Prevent Americans from Getting Health Care<\/a><\/h2>\nOn 10 Mar, 2014 By SteveKier<\/a><\/div>\nSahil Kapur reports at TPM today: GOP\u2019s New Plan: Pay Cuts For Doctors If Obamacare Isn\u2019t Chopped House Republicans have a bold new strategy to attack Obamacare, which involves huge pay cuts for physicians unless Democrats agree to delay the\u2026<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nAffordable Care Act Gives Workers Freedom; Republicans Enraged<\/a><\/h2>\nOn 7 Feb, 2014 By SteveKier<\/a><\/div>\nPaul Waldman captures it succinctly: \u201cSome Americans will leave the labor force when they can do so and still have health insurance. And it\u2019s a good thing.\u201d Look, the Republicans hate Obamacare. \u00a0I get that. \u00a0I don\u2019t understand how you\u2026<\/p>\n![\"Why](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/aca-medicaid-expansion-fills-current-gaps-in-coverage-healthreform-230x180.png?resize=230%2C180\")
<\/a><\/p>\nWhy I Am Not a Republican, Part 326 (Arkansas Medicaid Expansion \u2013 Not)<\/a><\/h2>\nOn 23 Jan, 2014 By SteveKier<\/a><\/div>\nYet another story illustrating the depravity of today\u2019s Republican Party. \u00a0They so hate Obama and so hate the notion of doing anything to help low-income Americans that they\u2019ve refused to expand Medicare in several states where they have control. \u00a0They\u2019ve\u2026<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n![\"Unemployment](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/long-term-unployment-230x180.png?resize=230%2C180\")
<\/a><\/p>\nUnemployment Insurance: GOP Filibusters the Unemployed<\/a><\/h2>\nOn 17 Jan, 2014 By SteveKier<\/a><\/div>\nWell, the question never even made it to the House. \u00a0It appears to have died in the Senate at the hands of the obstructionist GOP. Illinois Senator Mark Kirk went along with his GOP colleagues earlier this week in filibustering\u2026<\/p>\n![\"More](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/research-230x180.jpg?resize=230%2C180\")
<\/a><\/p>\nMore Sequester Damage: America\u2019s Scientific Preeminence Threatened<\/a><\/h2>\nOn 15 Aug, 2013 By SteveKier<\/a><\/div>\nMore evidence today from Jonathan Cohn on the damage being done by the GOP\u2019s reckless use of the sequester to address the deficit (mostly a non-problem, which by the way is shrinking rapidly, though they won\u2019t admit it). \u00a0Cohn cites\u2026<\/p>\n<\/article>\n![\"Obamacare](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/careCOLOR-230x180.gif?resize=230%2C180\")
<\/a><\/p>\nObamacare Subsidies Mean Big Savings for Americans<\/a><\/h2>\n
I\u2019m catching up on EJ Dionne\u2019s recent columns \u2013 a task that\u2019s always worth whatever time it takes. \u00a0If you\u2019ve ever read any of his books or heard him on the radio\u00a0or seen him on TV, you know how level-headed\u2026<\/p>\n<\/article>\n Thanks to Paul Waldman for this: Health Insurance for Millions Threatened; Republicans Celebrate If they\u2019re wondering why Americans think their party is cruel and unfeeling, well here you go. And will the news media tell these people\u2019s stories? When news\u2026<\/p>\n<\/article>\n One of Obamacare\u2019s main goals was to reduce the number of Americans without health insurance. \u00a0Proof continues to accumulate that it\u2019s succeeding in that. I\u2019m seeing the above\u00a0graph everywhere lately; this copy comes from Professor Krugman, who also takes pleasure\u2026<\/p>\n<\/article>\n Of course Republicans are attacking the new climate rules. \u00a0This GOP believes that if Obama says it, they are obliged to be against it. \u00a0Remember, these are the same people who have spent the last 5 years insisting that\u00a0health care\u2026<\/p>\n<\/article>\n \u2026from Brian Beutler\u2019s latest post, \u201cThe Right\u2019s New Scam: Feigning Anger on Behalf of People They Encouraged to Skip Obamacare\u201c: In a more sane country, everyone would be pulling in the same direction, so that the end of open-enrollment didn\u2019t\u2026<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/blockquote>\n Here\u2019s a story from last week in Florida about the real cost \u2013 in lives \u2013 of the GOP\u2019s insane opposition to Americans\u2019 obtaining health care. \u00a0Some five million Americans \u2013 almost one million in Florida alone \u2013 who would\u2026<\/p>\n Sahil Kapur reports at TPM today: GOP\u2019s New Plan: Pay Cuts For Doctors If Obamacare Isn\u2019t Chopped House Republicans have a bold new strategy to attack Obamacare, which involves huge pay cuts for physicians unless Democrats agree to delay the\u2026<\/p>\n Paul Waldman captures it succinctly: \u201cSome Americans will leave the labor force when they can do so and still have health insurance. And it\u2019s a good thing.\u201d Look, the Republicans hate Obamacare. \u00a0I get that. \u00a0I don\u2019t understand how you\u2026<\/p>\n Yet another story illustrating the depravity of today\u2019s Republican Party. \u00a0They so hate Obama and so hate the notion of doing anything to help low-income Americans that they\u2019ve refused to expand Medicare in several states where they have control. \u00a0They\u2019ve\u2026<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/blockquote>\n Well, the question never even made it to the House. \u00a0It appears to have died in the Senate at the hands of the obstructionist GOP. Illinois Senator Mark Kirk went along with his GOP colleagues earlier this week in filibustering\u2026<\/p>\n More evidence today from Jonathan Cohn on the damage being done by the GOP\u2019s reckless use of the sequester to address the deficit (mostly a non-problem, which by the way is shrinking rapidly, though they won\u2019t admit it). \u00a0Cohn cites\u2026<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/a><\/p>\nHealth Insurance for Millions Threatened; Republicans Celebrate<\/a><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nFewer Americans Lack Health Insurance, Thanks to Obamacare<\/a><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nObama EPA Releases New Climate Rules<\/a><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nObamaCare Leaves Millions Uninsured \u2013 Conservatives Pretend to Care<\/a><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nGOP\u2019s Health Care Opposition Costs Real Lives<\/a><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nMore GOP Blackmail to Try To Prevent Americans from Getting Health Care<\/a><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nAffordable Care Act Gives Workers Freedom; Republicans Enraged<\/a><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nWhy I Am Not a Republican, Part 326 (Arkansas Medicaid Expansion \u2013 Not)<\/a><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nUnemployment Insurance: GOP Filibusters the Unemployed<\/a><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nMore Sequester Damage: America\u2019s Scientific Preeminence Threatened<\/a><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nObamacare Subsidies Mean Big Savings for Americans<\/a><\/h2>\n
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