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Unsanitized: The Precarious State Unemployment Systems
12 Dec 2020 … Plus, another bipartisan gang pitching a probably fruitless deal. Continue reading
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Trump’s New Mantra: Herd Immunity
10 Oct 2020 … The White House has abandoned the idea of controlling the virus and instead is openly embracing the idea of “herd immunity.” Continue reading
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Judgement Call: The Nomination of Janice Rogers Brown; The Economist’s Bill Emmott; Faith and the Law; Polio
10 Oct 2003 … The bitter battle over President Bush's nominee for the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, a conversation with the man at the helm of The Economist, and the political effects of piety in government. Continue reading
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Unsanitized: What’s In the Last Chance for COVID Relief
12 Dec 2020 … This article is adapted from Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Daily Report put out by The American Prospect. You can find the original publication here. First Response We are now four days away from a self-imposed Congressional deadline to pass an omnibus spending package Continue reading
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Who Owns Law and Order?
9 Sep 2020 … Why is Trump so hell-bent on reelection? He has made it clear he doesn’t particularly like the job. Continue reading
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The Looking Glass World of the White House
11 Nov 2020 … President-Elect Joe Biden is now 5.6 million votes ahead of Trump in the popular vote, with 50.9% of the vote to Trump’s 47.3%. And yet, Trump continues to maintain he won the election. Continue reading
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Coronavirus Denial Syndrome
11 Nov 2020 … As Trump continues to claim, against all evidence, that he won the election, he has refused to begin the process of transition to a Biden presidency. Continue reading
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Unsanitized: The Dealmakers Don’t Want to Make a Deal
12 Dec 2020 … The Republicans are running out the clock. They have offered up increasingly untenable proposals in a bid to pin the responsibility for no deal on the Democrats. Continue reading
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The First Veto
1 Jan 2021 … Congress began the new year by repassing the National Defense Authorization Act over Trump’s veto, finding the two-thirds majority it needed to override one of Trump’s vetoes for the first time. Continue reading
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Unsanitized: Miracle on Pennsylvania Avenue
12 Dec 2020 … Congress, after nine months of dithering, passed a COVID relief bill, attached to a year-end omnibus that funds the government until next September. Into all this walks Donald Trump. Continue reading