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Mint the Trillion Dollar Platinum Coin?

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Santi Tafarella

Ezra Klein at The Washington Post is against it: There are already cracks in the GOP’s coalition over whether holding the debt ceiling hostage is such a good idea, with Newt Gingrich, the Wall Street Journal and assorted columnists beginning to head to the exits. … Continue reading →

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Larry Summers on the Debt Ceiling Debate

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Santi Tafarella

I’m not a fan of Larry Summers. He’s part of the reason the banking crisis turned out as bad as it did. He supported, for example, deregulation of the banking industry throughout the Clinton and Bush years, and, when he had the … Continue reading →

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Paul Krugman 101: Paul Krugman Explains America’s Catch-22 Economy

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Santi Tafarella

Now that the Republicans have won the House of Representatives, Paul Krugman predicts their next moves: They’ll refuse to do anything to boost the economy now, claiming to be worried about the deficit, while simultaneously increasing long-run deficits with irresponsible … Continue reading →

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Congressman Etheridge Assaults a College Student

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Santi Tafarella

Grotesque behavior on the part of an elected representative. Why hasn’t Congressman Etheridge been arrested for battery?

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Stupak and White House reach a deal on health care reform

Posted on March 21, 2010 by Santi Tafarella

So according to the Hill, and now according to Stupak himself. The Republicans appear to be Wile E. Coyote. They made a political calculation that obstinate resistance to health care reform would prove a political winner for them, and now it seems … Continue reading →

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Health Care Reform: Republicans are losing it, aren’t they?

Posted on March 20, 2010 by Santi Tafarella

Slip sliding away. Republicans, watching undecideds break for Obamacare, are starting to name call, a sure sign that their year-long campaign to upend Barack Obama’s presidency and agenda is about to fail in a most pleasing-to-behold and spectacular fashion. The … Continue reading →

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CIA Eight Years: The Plot Thickens

Posted on July 11, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

Dick Cheney appears to be at the center of an eight year cover-up from the Congress of a secret CIA program. This today in the NY Times: The Central Intelligence Agency withheld information about a secret counterterrorism program from Congress for eight years … Continue reading →

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Is Elitist Code for Uppity?: On the Last Day of the 2008 Republican Convention, a Georgian Congressman Hits the Obamas with the U-Word

Posted on September 4, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

The Hill reported today that a Republican congressman, bluntly and without apology, used the “U-word” to describe the Obamas: Georgia Republican Rep. Lynn Westmoreland used the racially-tinged term “uppity” to describe Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama Thursday.   Westmoreland was … Continue reading →

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