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Latest Budget Deal Just Another Setback For The Far Right

November 1, 2015 By steven-j-gulitti 2 Comments

In what is shaping up to be a year of setbacks for the Republican Party's far right, last Friday's budget deal can only be seen as yet another defeat. Senator Ted Cruz labeled the deal “a slap in the face to conservatives.” … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: barack-obama, club-for-growth, Debt Limit, Export - Import Bank, George Will, harry-reid, Heritage Action, john-boehner, medicare, mitch-mcconnell, nancy-pelosi, new-deal, Paul Ryan, republican-party, Sequestration, social-security, tea-party, Ted Cruz

Miraculously the Republicans Rediscover the Average American

February 1, 2015 By steven-j-gulitti 3 Comments

As if by magic, the Republican Party has rediscovered most of the rest of us. My neck is still stiff from the political whiplash I sustained when the Grand Old Party radically made its 180-degree course change back to the political middle. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: American Middle Class, American Working Class, barack-obama, Bob Corker, Chattanooga, Chuck Schummer, democratic-party, Earned Income Tax Credit, Economic Policy Institute, Family Leave Child Care Leave, Fawn Johnson, Gender Pay Gap, income-inequality, Infrastructure Spending, Iowa Freedom Summit, jeb-bush, job-creation, john-boehner, Joni Ernst, Keystone XL pipeline, Lawrence H. Summers, Lawrence Mishel, minimum-wage, mitch-mcconnell, mitt-romney, National Journal, new-deal, new-york-times, obama-administration, Occupational Training, paycheck-fairness-act, Public Employee Collective Bargaining, Public Spending, R & D Funding, Radical Republicans, Reince Priebus, republican-party, Revitalize American Manufacturing Innovation Bill, Rick Santorum, Right-toWork Laws, Robert Atkinson, ronald-reagan, Ross Douthat, scott-walker, Sequestration, tea-party, The Center for Economic and Policy Research, U.S. Department of Labor, United Auto Workers, Volkswagen, washington-post, Wealth Gap

A Solidly Republican House Crashes Down on Grover Norquist

January 3, 2013 By steven-j-gulitti 4 Comments

At this point all I can do is laugh when I think about how some of my friends on the far right were naive as to think that sensible Republicans in Congress had failed to heed the message of the 2012 election and the current political … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2012-elections, barack-obama, Charles Krauthammer, Deficit Talks, Eric Cantor, Fiscal Cliff, grover-norquist, john-boehner, mitch-mcconnell, Patrick J. Toomey, Paul Ryan, tax-policy, tea-party-movement, tom-coburn

The Growing Revolt Against Grover Norquist

December 1, 2012 By steven-j-gulitti 1 Comment

Two weeks ago I penned a short piece titled “Grover Norquist Collateral Casualty of 2012?” where I broached the question of whether or not Norquist would become a casualty as a result of the coming fiscal cliff negotiations and where I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Anti-Government Ideas, barack-obama, Bob Corker, Conservative Ideas, Diane White, Entitlement Spending, Eric Cantor, Federal Deficit, Grand Bargain, grover-norquist, House Republicans, Jeff Flake, john-boehner, john-mccain, koch-brothers, Lamar Alexander, lindsey-graham, Peter King, republican-party, Saxby Chambliss, senate-republicans, sheldon-adelson, tax-policy, tea-party, Tom Cole, tom-coburn

Grover Norquist Collateral Casualty of 2012?

November 12, 2012 By steven-j-gulitti 5 Comments

In light of the election post mortems taking place among conservatives, perhaps no one is more delusional, with the exception of Karl Rove, than Grover Norquist. Norquist, a high priest of limited government, is having nothing to do with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2012-election, barack-obama, congressional-republicans, Fiscal Cliff, grover-norquist, john-boehner, tax-policy, Taxpayer Protection Pledge, tea-party

The 99% Visit Boehner: We’re united, we’re unemployed and we’re not leaving

December 8, 2011 By massuniting Leave a Comment

While thousands rallied outside the Longworth House Office building earlier today, 99 unemployed activists made their way to Speaker John Boehner's office to call for action on jobs. Knocks on the door went unanswered, and we were asked to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 99-percent, boehner, john-boehner, unemployment

Sense vs. Nonsense in Debt Ceiling Debate

July 22, 2011 By steven-j-gulitti Leave a Comment

As the potential defaulting on our national debt looms ever larger and comes ever closer, there is a rising chorus of responsible conservatives who are speaking up so as to drown out the radicals on the far right who think that default is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Cap and Balance, Cut, Debt Ceiling Debate, Gang of Six, grover-norquist, Jack Lew, john-boehner, Kent Conrad, Lamar Alexander, Mike Lee, Office of Management and Budget, spending, tea-party, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Ms. Bachmann a Migraine Headache for the G.O.P.?

July 22, 2011 By steven-j-gulitti 1 Comment

Anyone who has been paying attention to politics and especially the politics of the Tea Party movement remembers how Sarah Palin, back in 2010, claimed that the "sleazy G.O.P. establishment" was out to derail her run for the presidency in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2012-presidential-elections, barack-obama, Ed Schultz, john-boehner, karl-rove, Lawrence O'Donnell, michele-bachmann, mitch-mcconnell, republican-party, sarah-palin, tea-party-movement, tim-pawlenty

The Looming Compromise on Revenues

July 8, 2011 By steven-j-gulitti 2 Comments

Against the backdrop of heightened political rhetoric among conservatives about not being willing to raise tax revenues as part of the deal to raise the debt ceiling, there is a growing acknowledgement among many Republicans in Washington … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: americans-for-tax-reform, Debt Negotiations, Entitlement Reform, Eric Cantor, grover-norquist, joe-biden, john-boehner, medicaid, medicare, Mike Lee, mitch-mcconnell, obama-administration, PBS News Hour, Pew Research Polling, republican-party, Saxby Chambliss, social-security, Taxpayer Protection Pledge, tom-coburn, Vin Weber

The Tea Party, Taxes and Spending Cuts‏

May 23, 2011 By steven-j-gulitti 6 Comments

A key goal of the Tea Party movement is the reduction of the national debt and thus the size of government via spending cuts. However, it is highly unlikely that the federal deficit can be reduced through spending cuts alone. That said if … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: alan-simpson, Alice Rivlin, American Politics, barack-obama, Bipartisan Policy Center's Debt Reduction Task Force, David Wessel, david-stockman, Deficit Reduction Panels, Erskine Bowles, Gang of Six, government-spending, grover-norquist, john-boehner, Martin Feldstein, medicaid, medicare, National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility, Pete Domenici, Saxby Chambliss, Scope of Government, social-security, tax-foundation, tax-policy, Tea Party Caucus, tea-party-movement, tom-coburn

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teapartyusa1 Chris Lynch @teapartyusa1 ·
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The Republican candidate for Lt Gov. is anti-vax. She was a state rep. for nine months once and she won't say Biden won and Trump lost. She actually says she doesn't know who won because there are states still doing audits #MaPoli

Lexie Schapitl @lexieschapitl

"My Body, My Choice" is no longer polling well with Democrats because of its association with the anti-vax movement

Fascinating read from @RachelHBluth on how vaccine opponents co-opted the abortion rallying cry https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/07/04/1109367458/my-body-my-choice-vaccines

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Pass-thru #smallbiz owners, who spent a lifetime building their biz, will unfairly face higher taxes under an income tax surtax. That means when they sell the biz, their retirement nest egg will be much less than they planned facing a 9% tax. #mapoli https://bit.ly/3Rgg13A

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John Nichols @NicholsUprising

Boris Johnson is quitting as prime minister because the British Conservative Party is holding a dangerous and dysfunctional party leader to account — something the American Republican Party has steadfastly refused to do.

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🖋 Sign “POTUS rescind the nomination of anti-choice judge Chad Meredith!” and I’ll deliver a copy to your officials: https://twitter.com/messages/compose?recipient_id=835740314006511618&text=sign%20PDVDWZ

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So much for @CharlieBakerMA's reputation as "Mr. Fix-It". #mapoli

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Municipal leaders from across #MA's 15 RTA service areas call for the passage of the #RTAAdvancement bill to improve the lives of residents beyond the reach of the MBTA & to help meet #MA climate change goals. Full letter here: https://bit.ly/SWMSupportLetter #mapoli #regionalequity

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