Category Archives: Politics

Josh Marshall: Elections have Consequences

Posted on July 15, 2017 by davidbruceblog

Source: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/elections-have-consequences-2        

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Choosing Sides on Healthcare

Posted on July 12, 2017 by davidbruceblog
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ABC News (Australia Broadcasting Corporation): Donald Trump ‘has no desire and no capacity to lead the world’, Chris Uhlmann says (YouTube)

Posted on July 10, 2017 by davidbruceblog

ABC News (Australia Broadcasting Corporation): Donald Trump ‘has no desire and no capacity to lead the world’, Chris Uhlmann says (YouTube) At G20, Donald Trump underlined he has neither the desire nor the capacity to lead the world and you … Continue reading →

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“It is part of the price of leadership of this great and free nation to be the target of clever satirists. You have given the gift of laughter to our people. May we never grow so somber or self-important that we fail to appreciate the humor in our lives.”

Posted on July 3, 2017 by davidbruceblog

Source: http://imgur.com/gallery/iS2wn RECOMMENDED READING FROM SNOPES: Did President Lyndon B. Johnson Applaud the Smothers Brothers for Mocking Him? An image shows a kind letter supposedly sent to the Smothers Brothers by LBJ about their repeated mocking of him. http://www.snopes.com/lbj-smothers-brothers/

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John Grund: Part Owners of the Statue of Liberty

Posted on June 30, 2017 by davidbruceblog

John Grund: “Some years ago, a friend and I were walking on a downtown street when a homeless man came walking the other way.  My friend said, ‘Did you know he’s part owner of the Statue of Liberty?’  I was … Continue reading →

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Claire McCaskill asks Orrin Hatch why there won’t be any public AHCA hearings (YouTube)

Posted on June 21, 2017 by davidbruceblog

Claire McCaskill asks Orrin Hatch why there won’t be any public AHCA hearings (YouTube) “This tells it all in under three minutes: Claire McCaskill on the “process” being used by “the world’s greatest deliberative body” to craft America’s health care … Continue reading →

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How to Respond to Terror

Posted on June 10, 2017 by davidbruceblog

“The photo of a man running down London Bridge last weekend [during the terror attack] clutching his half-full pint glass, not willing to sacrifice a drop to the terrorists, gave me more hope than anything a politician has said this … Continue reading →

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Recommended Reading: Trump, Tax Reform, and More

Posted on June 9, 2017 by davidbruceblog

RECOMMENDED READING: Jonathan Chait: As Voodoo Economics Collapses in Kansas, Trump Takes It National (New York Magazine) Now the machinery of government is in the hands of people determined to replicate a policy so unmistakably erroneous that the majority of … Continue reading →

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EMAIL TO OHIO SENATOR ROB PORTMAN: PROTECT MEDICAID

Posted on June 7, 2017 by davidbruceblog

I hope that you will protect Medicaid as Trumpcare is being discussed in the Senate. Both Ohio Governor John Kasich and I want that very much. I believe that if the version of Trumpcare passed by the House becomes law, … Continue reading →

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We All Do Better

Posted on June 5, 2017 by davidbruceblog

We all do better When? When we ALL do better Save the safety net Below: By Andrew Tobias Al describes [in his book AL FRANKEN: GIANT OF THE SENATE] how he met his wife Franni nearly 50 years ago during their … Continue reading →

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