Despite its legislative setbacks of the past year, the presidency of Donald Trump has been stunningly effective in its core mission, the dismantling of modern American government as it has evolved since the Progressive Era of the early 20th Century. And even though a civil war looms inside the Republican …
Read More »Taibbi: A Year After Trump's Election, Nothing Has Changed
Exactly one year ago today, Donald Trump was elected president. For many Democrats, it was a trauma surpassed in their lifetimes only by 9/11. For some, it remains unsurpassed for sheer shock/horror value. And according to The Washington Post, not much has changed: “Confronted with the events of the past …
Read More »Despite Bump Stocks Debate, This Week Saw Little Progress on Guns
The NRA may now be behind an effort to regulate a device that helped turn Sunday’s country music festival in Las Vegas into a war zone, but the broader gun control debate in Washington remains largely unchanged. Though its leaders are rarely seen or heard from on the Hill, the …
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