Current Events
For decades, Republican lawmakers have leaned on wealthy donors and powerful conservative groups to fund their campaigns. In return, those donors have pushed a simple wish list: tax cuts for corporations and high-income households, along with a smaller government that spends less on programs like food assistance, Medicaid, and affordable
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…and What the One Big Beautiful Bill Might Repeat In 2017, Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), lowering the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%. Supporters promised that companies would reinvest this windfall in new equipment, expand operations, and boost worker pay. But the reality turned
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Congressional Republicans are pushing through the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill” even though it is widely unpopular with voters. This bill cuts essential benefits for working families, hands large tax breaks to the wealthy, and is projected to add trillions to the federal deficit. So why would lawmakers support something
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In May, the Nashville Banner reported on Iris Monterroso, a young woman arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Tennessee while she was eight weeks pregnant. Iris had no criminal record. She was detained in a facility that, by her account, failed to provide medical attention even
Executive Power
Looking back at fear, freedom, and what we were really fighting for You may have seen a viral post making the rounds recently. It reads like this: No kings, but put your mask on. No kings, but lock us down. No kings, but I’m firing you for not vaccinating.
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When politicians talk tough on foreign policy, it’s often framed as strength. But behind the patriotic rhetoric lies a more sobering truth: wars are expensive—devastatingly so. Over the past 50 years, U.S. presidents from both major parties have initiated military operations abroad. But when we follow the
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The current administration wants you to believe it’s tough on immigration. They want headlines filled with arrests, detentions, and deportations. They want to project an image of control. But what they’re offering isn’t immigration policy — it’s political theater. It’s expensive, cruel, and completely detached from
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To the agents of Homeland Security, ICE, and all others tasked with enforcing the laws of this nation: You signed up to serve your country. You swore an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States—not to obey a man, a party, or a political movement, but to
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I’ve been struggling this past week to figure out what to write. The immigration raids in Los Angeles. The protests that followed. The President sending in the National Guard — and then the Marines — to suppress what were, in large part, peaceful demonstrations. The political assassinations in Minnesota. The growing
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A Reflection on Father’s Day and the Role of Government Today is Father’s Day here in the United States — a moment to honor the men who raise, teach, and guide us. But it’s also an opportunity to reflect more broadly on what it means to lead, to
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Today’s Edition Newsletter There is much to discuss regarding Trump's illegal and unconstitutional order nationalizing 2,000 California National Guard troops in response to protests in Los Angeles. I will not attempt to summarize breaking news. Instead, I will focus on the question, “What should we do?
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At a town hall this week in Parkersburg, Iowa, Senator Joni Ernst offered a response so callous it instantly went viral. Confronted by a constituent worried about Medicaid cuts in the GOP’s latest budget proposal, Ernst brushed it off with a smile and a shrug: “Well, we all are