Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “To study the economic structure of this country, to know which hands control the wealth, and to which end, seems an academic exercise–and yet it is... Read more
After rejecting a G.O.P.-written plan to keep federal funding flowing, Democrats released a counteroffer that would add more than $1 trillion in health spending. [...]
The seating chart at the state dinner for President Trump was a cross-section of the rich and the powerful hoping to get on his good side. [...]
President Trump has long sought to imbue the nonpartisan idea of civics — the rights, responsibilities and duties of citizenship — with his politics. [...]
Some Republicans are starting to worry that the issue of health care could cost them politically. [...]
In using the nuclear option, John Thune has turned a Senate precedent on its head, defying his reputation as an institutionalist. [...]
Former President Barack Obama said the job of an American president is to “remind us of the ties that bind us together.” President Trump apparently disagrees. [...]
