A legal office in the White House, at the behest of Office of Management and Budget director and Project 2025 architect Russ Vought, has decided to redefine the word earnings in order to bankrupt the largely dormant Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Wednesday, November 12th on the RealClearPolitics Podcast - Joined by Fred Ryan, Director of the Ronald Reagan Center on Civility and Democracy:00:00 Both Si...
Andrew Kolvet, the executive producer of The Charlie Kirk Show, described a chaotic scene at Monday night's "Turning Point USA" event in Berkeley, California.
It is understandable that many Democrats are furious with the senators who voted to end the government shutdown. There is a feeling that, finally, Democrats had leverage over Donald Trump as SNAP benefits were cut and Americans largely blamed Republicans, not the Democratic Party, for the resulting chaos. The overwhelming electoral victories last week across the country only seemed to strengthen the Democratic position. Why cave now? Especially when the stated goal - saving Obamacare subsidies - won't actually be achieved?
I can still see and hear it in my mind's eye: cruise missiles skimming low over Baghdad during the Gulf War, the air vibrating, my voice raised above the roar and the crack of anti-aircraft fire. Back then, we were reporters, not presenters. We didn't measure risk in ratings or clicks or choose our words from lists approved by diversity, equity and inclusion committees. We told it as it was: raw, immediate and real.
A few days ago, that question would not have been difficult to answer. The government shutdown was about cuts to Obamacare subsidies that were poised to cause the cost of health care to skyrocket for millions-and that would likely destroy the Affordable Care Act itself.
Despite considerable hand-wringing in the party about caving to Republicans in the government closure, some Democrats see potential upsides in the outcome.
You'd think that a medical society would focus fully on medicine. But as I just saw at the Pennsylvania Medical Society's annual meeting, you'd be wrong.