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Penny for Your Thoughts, $100 for Your Vote?

June 4, 2018 By Patrick Littlefield 29 Comments

Big money in politics

The influence of big money is everywhere in politics. Whether it’s in the primary elections, general elections, Super PAC spending, industry lobbyists, or donations from Wall Street, this is how our political decisions get made, regardless … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: 28th-amendment, Benjamin Page, big money, big money in politics, citizens-united, congress, democratic-party, healthcare lobbying, MA3, Martin Gilens, money-in-politics, Patrick Littlefield, political donations, political lobbying, republican-party, third congressional

Naivete on the Left

September 18, 2017 By tedf 59 Comments

We're familiar, after years and years of it, with the idea of right-wing ideologues coming to Washington and having no idea how to govern. This is what has led to government shutdowns, narrowly-averted defaults on the public debt, and in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: democratic-party, Donald Trump, immigration, republican-party

With Trump at the Helm: “Standby to Roll”

January 20, 2017 By steven-j-gulitti Leave a Comment

Many years ago I was an enlisted man in the United States Coast Guard Reserve, often underway in the nearby North Atlantic, conducting fisheries patrols. When a change of course was required in rough seas the bridge would pipe the following … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: #NeverTrump, #TheResistence, barack-obama, democrats, Donald Trump, hillary-clinton, Kelly-Anne Conway, mitch-mcconnell, progressives, Reince Priebus, republican-party, rush-limbaugh, tea-party-movement, Trump Inauguration, William Jefferson Clinton

November 2016 – America at the Dawn of the Great Dismal

November 6, 2016 By steven-j-gulitti Leave a Comment

In mid-October Hillary Clinton was ahead of Donald Trump by 11 points, as of this morning, 11/6/16, most of that lead had dissipated thanks to the latest batch of e-mails, which may have been inappropriately released, many of which may in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2016 Presidential Election, Barry Goldwater, bernie-sanders, bill-oreilly, Bret Baier, Carolyn Goldwater Ross, D.N.C., democratic-party, Donald Trump, Edward Snowdin, fox-news, Gary Johnson, globalization, green-party, hillary-clinton, James Comey, Jason Chaffetz, jill-stein, Libertarian Party, Meygn Kelly, michelle-obama, nativism, newt-gingrich, Peter Hart, republican-party, roger-ailes, Trey Gowdy

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

For Conservatives, The Benghazi Hearings Could Become One More Disaster In a Year of Disasters

October 26, 2015 By steven-j-gulitti Leave a Comment

I'm not even remotely a fan of the Clinton's, but with regard to how things are shaping up of late, one thing seems to be certain, 2015 has already been a bad year for America's conservatives and the Benghazi Hearings could just become the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2016 Democratic Presidential Nomination, 2016 Republican Presidential Nomination, A.B. Stoddard, Benghazi Hearings, Brett Bair, Charles Krauthammer, colin-powell, conservatives, David Books, fox-news, hillary-clinton, Kevin McCarthy, Mark Shields, Matthew Dickinson, Michael Brendan Dougherty, Pat Garofalo, republican-party, Richard Hanna, Trey Gowdy, Tucker Carlson

On the Road to Political Irrelevance with Rudy Giuliani

February 22, 2015 By steven-j-gulitti 1 Comment

Another famous New Yorker, Yogi Berra, once said, “We may be lost but we’re making good time.” That pretty much sums up the current state of Rudy Giuliani’s political reality and doesn’t bode well for his future. When it comes to Rudy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: American Churchill, barack-obama, Barry Goldwater, chris-christie, democrats, Donald Trump, franklin-d.-roosevelt, john-mccain, meet-the-press, Michael Gerson, rand-paul, Republican Establishment, republican-party, republicans, rudy-giuliani, sarah-palin, scott-walker, Steven J. Gulitti, tea-party, Ted Cruz, Yogi Berra

Is it Time for Rand Paul to Meet Miss Manners?

February 4, 2015 By steven-j-gulitti 2 Comments

If you happened to be, watching CNBC’s on Monday afternoon and saw the rude performance by Rand Paul in his interview with anchor Kelly Evans than you are more than familiar with this abysmal excuse for public discourse. If you missed it, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2016 Presidential Race, chris-matthews, cnbc, Joe Kernan, Judith Martin, Kelly Evans, Larry Kudlow, libertarians, Miss Manners, mitt-romney, msnbc, National Broadcasting System, nbc, rand-paul, republican-party, Rick Santelli, tea-party

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

Cliven Bundy: Conservative’s Pig in a Poke

April 26, 2014 By steven-j-gulitti 59 Comments

Ostensibly, Cliven Bundy’s cattle grazing controversy could not have come at a more opportune time for conservatives. The perceived momentum heading into November’s elections had begun to lose some of its steam prompting one Republican … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2014 Elections, christine-odonnell, Cliven Bundy, congressional-republicans, conservatives, Dr. Ben Carson, Federal Land Management, fox-news, republican-party, Richard Mourdock, Sagebrush Rebellion, sarah-palin, sean-hannity, sharron-angle, tea-party, Timothy Egan, Todd-Akin, townhall.com, Tucker Carlson

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Sydney Rachael Levin-Epstein@SYDNEYRACHAEL_

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“Utter breakdown ... *it’s just not okay*” [emphasis original]

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Earlier, I spoke at the #MACOVIDOversight hearing and voiced my concerns & the concerns of my colleagues and constituents. I then asked @MassGovernor what I believe was a straightforward question...and received a not-so-straightforward response.

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In 2014, I was a clerk for the ME legislature's enviro committee and I'm flabbergasted by the arguments by progressive Reps (many of whom I respect) against making committee votes and testimony public. /1 #mapoli @act_on_mass @byChrisVan @statehousenews
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What conditions accounts for this?

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These process-oriented votes do indeed have a profound effect on the substance.

If your rep isn’t progressive on transparency and process, then they’re not that progressive.

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36 reps voted in favor of transparency today, with 122 reps opposed. Roll call below:

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