{"id":3181,"date":"2015-10-14T18:30:59","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T23:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/?p=3181"},"modified":"2015-10-14T20:56:35","modified_gmt":"2015-10-15T01:56:35","slug":"readings-rauner-pain-for-what-dems-debate-partisan-benghazi-cmtedysfunctional-gop-climate-change-etc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/readings-rauner-pain-for-what-dems-debate-partisan-benghazi-cmtedysfunctional-gop-climate-change-etc\/","title":{"rendered":"Readings: Rauner Pain for What?, Dems Debate, Partisan Benghazi Cmte\/Dysfunctional GOP, Climate Change, etc"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/headlines.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3011\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/readings-bad-lip-reading-the-donald-etc\/headlines\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/headlines.jpg?fit=300%2C210&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,210\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"headlines\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/headlines.jpg?fit=300%2C210&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3011\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/headlines-300x210.jpg?resize=300%2C210\" alt=\"headlines\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a>It&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve been\u00a0able to post anything new here. \u00a0Here&#8217;s some of what I&#8217;ve been reading:<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Bruce\u00a0Rauner trying to accomplish, and how much pain (to regular people) is it worth to him?<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=capitolfax.com\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/capitolfax.com\/2015\/10\/14\/redfield-rauner-demands-are-beyond-crazy\/\">Capitol Fax.com &#8211; Redfield: Rauner demands are \u201cbeyond crazy\u201d and \u201cthe worst kind of pandering\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=capitolfax.com\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/capitolfax.com\/2015\/10\/14\/oof-is-right\/\">Capitol Fax.com &#8211; \u201cOof\u201d is right<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=capitolfax.com\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/capitolfax.com\/2015\/10\/14\/live-coverage-comptroller-munger-press-conference\/\">Capitol Fax.com &#8211; *** LIVE COVERAGE *** Comptroller Munger says she can\u2019t make November pension payment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=capitolfax.com\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/capitolfax.com\/2015\/10\/14\/the-gop-framing\/\">Capitol Fax.com &#8211; The GOP framing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=capitolfax.com\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/capitolfax.com\/2015\/10\/09\/raoul-inflexible-demands-plus-willful-amnesia-is-no-recipe-for-any-negotiation\/\">Capitol Fax.com &#8211; Raoul: \u201cInflexible demands plus willful amnesia is no recipe for any negotiation\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=capitolfax.com\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/capitolfax.com\/2015\/10\/07\/our-rapidly-fraying-social-infrastructure\/\">Capitol Fax.com &#8211; Our rapidly fraying social infrastructure<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=www.illinoishomepage.net\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/www.illinoishomepage.net\/capitol-connection\/capitol-connection-blog\/budget-stalemate-causes-more-delays-and-shutdowns\">Budget stalemate causes more delays and shutdowns &#8211; Story | Central Illinois &#8211; Champaign, Danville, Decatur, Springfield, Effingham | IllinoisHomepage | WCIA-TV and WCIX-TV<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Democrats Debate<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=talkingpointsmemo.com\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/edblog\/hillary-s-big-big-night\">Hillary&#8217;s Big, Big Night<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=nymag.com\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/intelligencer\/2015\/10\/hillary-clinton-panic-may-have-just-ended.html?mid=rss#\">The Hillary Clinton Panic May Have Just Ended &#8212; NYMag<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Partisan, Dysfunctional GOP &#8211; Is the Beltway press finally going\u00a0to drop the pretense that we have two sane parties?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=www.theatlantic.com\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2015\/10\/how-the-press-can-deal-with-the-benghazi-committee\/410251\/\">Trey Gowdy&#8217;s Benghazi Committee and the Problem of False Equivalence &#8211; The Atlantic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=www.nytimes.com\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/10\/12\/us\/politics\/clinton-emails-became-the-new-focus-of-benghazi-inquiry.html\">Clinton Emails Became the New Focus of Benghazi Inquiry &#8211; The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=www.washingtonpost.com\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/kevin-mccarthys-truthful-gaffe\/2015\/09\/30\/f12a9fac-67a8-11e5-8325-a42b5a459b1e_story.html?wprss=rss_ej-dionne\">Kevin McCarthy\u2019s truthful gaffe on Benghazi &#8211; The Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=talkingpointsmemo.com\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/livewire\/hillary-clinton-ad-benghazi-mccarthy\">New Hillary TV Ad Hits Republicans Over McCarthy Benghazi Comments<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=www.newrepublic.com\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newrepublic.com\/article\/123077\/republican-partys-dysfunction-embarrassment-us-all\">The Republican Party&#8217;s Dysfunction Is an Embarrassment to Us All | The New Republic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=www.washingtonmonthly.com\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonmonthly.com\/political-animal-a\/2015_10\/the_freedom_caucus_is_a_minor058066.php\">The Freedom Caucus is a Minor Third Party and Should Be Treated That Way by Martin Longman | Political Animal | The Washington Monthly<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=krugman.blogs.nytimes.com\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/krugman.blogs.nytimes.com\/2015\/10\/10\/paul-ryan-centrist-crush\/\">Paul Ryan, Centrist Crush &#8211; The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><strong>\u00a0Climate Change<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=www.vox.com\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/2015\/10\/14\/9530973\/debate-cnn-climate-change\">The Democratic Party has come a long way on climate change, but CNN hasn\u2019t &#8211; Vox<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=www.theatlantic.com\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/archive\/2015\/11\/the-planet-saving-capitalism-subverting-surprisingly-lucrative-investment-secrets-of-al-gore\/407857\/\">Al Gore\u2019s Green-Technology Investment Strategy and the Fight Against Climate Change &#8211; The Atlantic<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><strong>\u00a0Guns and\u00a0trying\u00a0to contain the damage they do<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=www.washingtonpost.com\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/hold-the-gunmakers-accountable\/2015\/10\/07\/07a0ded4-6d23-11e5-9bfe-e59f5e244f92_story.html?wprss=rss_ej-dionne\">It\u2019s time to hold America\u2019s gunmakers accountable &#8211; The Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=www.bbc.com\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-34447239\">Hillary Clinton wants gun firms liable for shootings &#8211; BBC News<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><strong>\u00a0Miscellania<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=krugman.blogs.nytimes.com\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/krugman.blogs.nytimes.com\/2015\/10\/12\/angus-deaton-and-the-dodd-frank-election\/\">Angus Deaton and the Dodd-Frank Election &#8211; The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=krugman.blogs.nytimes.com\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/krugman.blogs.nytimes.com\/2015\/10\/14\/the-waaaaah-street-factor\/\">The Waaaaah Street Factor &#8211; The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<!-- sktbuilder starter --><script type=\"text\/javascript\" 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