Bill Barrow / The Associated PressDec 24, 2017
“It’s all a consistent message: This is not what you were promised,” says a Philadelphia-area House candidate, reflecting the feeling of many in her party. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
David Sirota / TruthdigDec 27, 2014
In 2008, candidate Obama was lambasted for supposedly endorsing policies of wealth redistribution. Yet only a few years later, the most explicit examples of such redistribution are happening in the states, and often at the urging of Republicans. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Joe Conason / TruthdigOct 3, 2014
Even as Republicans boast of their chances to take over the United States Senate come November, their party's governors across the country are facing dimmer prospects. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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Joe Conason / TruthdigJul 26, 2014
When Louis Brandeis wrote in 1932 that a "single courageous state may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory," he surely wasn't imagining anything quite like Brownbackistan. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Robert Reich / TruthdigJul 10, 2013
Before January 2009, the filibuster was used only for measures and nominations on which the minority party in the Senate had their strongest objections. Since then, Senate Republicans have filibustered almost everything, betting that voters will blame Democrats for the dysfunction in Congress as much as they blame the GOP. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJan 26, 2013
A slew of Republican governors are taking advantage of an “improving economy and a gradual rebound in revenues” to aggressively push for cuts to personal and corporate income taxes, and propose to make up the difference by raising sales taxes. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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