Stunning Hypocrisy
Stunning, breathtaking hypocrisy. Those are the words that come to mind as Tom McClintock once again expresses his full support for Donald Trump’s power-grab. During the Obama administration, McClintock railed …
Tell Tom McClintock: No more government shutdowns!
Thank you for all you did in our effort to replace Tom McClintock with a representative in Congress who is not beholden to Donald Trump, corporate donors and far-right ideology. …
Go Home and Get in Line
Go home and get in line. That’s this writer’s most stark memory of a Tom McClintock town hall early last year. And that’s one of the reasons I’m so committed …
We Need Real Solutions to Combat Poverty
West Virginia is showing the country what happens when you try to find solutions in the past, instead of investing and building for the future. Although the country generally is …
When Will Their Greed Be Sated?
In a well-functioning government, our representatives would evaluate policy based on facts and experience, and enact laws designed to actually improve people’s lives. But we do not have a well-functioning …
Does the Truth Matter?
A few years ago, the answer to this question from both sides of the political divide would have been the same. We had different truths – our news sources have …
When Will the Recovery Benefit the Rest of Us?
The Trump administration likes to talk up the economy, consistently claiming credit for the recovery that started during the Obama administration and has remained on track through the first two …
Taking Cancer Money to Pay for Cages for Kids
This administration has found a way to bring to life the caricatures of evil that we previously believed could never happen here. And Tom McClintock is fully on board. With …
Tom McClintock’s Hypocrisy About U.S. Debt
During the last administration, Tom McClintock – like every other Republican – talked a lot about the deficit, and the U.S.’s increasing debt. He warned of doom for all of …
Holding the President Accountable
Tom McClintock knows that one of his jobs as a U.S. Congressman – arguably, his most important job – is oversight. The Constitution is built on checks and balances, and …
This is What Happens when GOP Policies Prevail
The United States of America is one of the richest countries this world has ever known. Yet, every day millions of people across this country suffer because the GOP fights …
McClintock’s Short and Selective Memory on Health Insurance
Tom McClintock consistently declares his opposition to the Affordable Care Act, insisting that an unrestrained health insurance market would better serve us. He’s just ignoring the many problems that led …
Robbing the Poor to Give to the Rich, Again
This week, Trump unleashed his latest attack on the Nation’s workers, citing authority given to him by Congress to adjust pay due to “national emergency or serious economic conditions affecting …
McClintock Silent as White House Blocks Bill that Would Protect Elections
In a vibrant democracy, the vote is critical and precious, and our elected representatives have a solemn duty to protect that vote and ensure that elections continue to be free …
Republicans Choose Profits Over People, Again
This Administration’s unrelenting attacks on the rules and guidelines put in place to protect people from corporate greed – and the harm that some businesses may cause when they have …
Tom McClintock’s Hypocrisy Is on Full Display This Week
Tom McClintock pretends that he follows our Constitution in all that he does. But this week, we were reminded that McClintock is a Republican first and an American second (or …
The Danger of a Private Army
This week, Trump is renewing his push for his own private army. And we should all be afraid about the possibility that he will succeed. As a country, we invest …
The Children in Our Care
Most of us can agree that when government assumes the responsibility for a child, it has an overriding commitment to care for that child and ensure the child’s safety and …
Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely
“Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” We are beginning to see a president finding his power, and feeling even less restrained by the norms that have governed …
Trump Administration Hopes to Force California to Accept More Fracking
GOP politicians talk a lot about states’ rights, but as we’ve seen time and again, they invoke states’ rights when it suits their purposes, and ignore them when it doesn’t. …
Trump Administration Gives Corporate Wrongdoers Free Reign
Every industry has some wrongdoers, and one of our federal government’s most important jobs is enforcing laws against businesses that defraud consumers, or simply try to cut corners and shift …
Wilbur Ross Might Be Trump’s Most Corrupt Appointment
We talked a lot about the corruption and grifting of Tom Price and Scott Pruitt while they were pretending to work for us, but Wilbur Ross might have been Trump’s …
Trump’s Losing the Fight for His Wall, Too
As Trump increases his threats to shut down the government if he doesn’t get his wall, it becomes more clear that he knows he’s about to lose this fight. The …
We Need a Representative Who Will Face Facts About the Cause of Fires
We need to elect representatives who care about facts and policy. Until we do, we will never be able to take on the challenging issues we face – like controlling …
Trump Owes Russia a Huge Favor, Which Should Worry All of Us
The media and pundits like to toss around the question of whether Trump colluded – conspired – with Russia in its crimes. But as this article points out, those debates …
Sanctuary Cities Are Safer (But Tom McClintock Will Never Admit It)
Sanctuary cities are safer. Undocumented immigrants aren’t afraid to report crime and engage with police and other government officials because they know that those officials won’t report them to ICE. …
The Trump Administration Is Lying To Us, Again
Every 10 years, the government conducts a census, as required by the Constitution. And by long-standing law, everyone is counted – citizens and non-citizens. But the Trump Administration doesn’t like …
Our Tax Dollars at Work
The Trump Administration’s zero-tolerance policy toward immigrants has led to the imprisonment of thousands of children in impromptu detention centers across the Nation, in what has now become a billion-dollar …
As Predicted, the GOP Tax Cut Did Nothing to Help Workers
The GOP promised that its massive tax cut would boost the economy and lead to wage hikes. It didn’t. The evidence now seems clear that it just shifted more of …
Screw-Up at Trump’s USDA Will Deprive Tens of Thousands of Access to Farmer’s Markets
Government is hard but immensely important work, affecting the lives of people across the Nation in large ways and small. The Trump administration is giving us yet another example of …
Trump Attacks the Rule of Law, Again
Trump has shown us, time and again, that he has no regard for the rule of law. And now he’s stepping up his attacks, trying to convince his base that …
Are we Going to Let Trump Damage our Relationships with our Allies?
Trump has spent his presidency complaining about our allies, and flattering the murdering dictator who leads the country that continues to attack us, and he is slowly training his base …
Trump’s Supreme Court Pick Would Let Him Get Away with Anything
It’s little surprise that Trump chose to elevate to the Supreme Court a Judge with a shockingly expansive view of executive power – that Trump is using his right to …
Trump’s Lies Cause Real Harm, and Threaten to Do Much Worse
Trump’s lies have escalated over the past couple of weeks, going from a previous high of 60 lies per week, to 103 and 100 lies each of the last two …
Scott Pruitt Is Everything Wrong with GOP Politicians
In any normal administration – one that actually cared about corruption, and the rule of law – Scott Pruitt would have been ousted long ago. But this is not a …
Cruelty, Based on Lies
Our President wants us to believe that his policies are designed to keep us safe, but he’s lying to us. And he’s doing his best to build a government based …
Undocumented Immigrants Give More Than They Take
Facts matter, and as the President continues his near-constant scapegoating of and lying about the U.S.’s immigrant population while a complacent GOP watches and shrugs, we think it’s important to …
Trump’s Constant Scapegoating of Immigrants Is Based on Lies
The President of the United States is doubling down on his constant scapegoating of the undocumented immigrant population in the U.S., but he is lying to us. Study after study …
The GOP in the House Choose Corporate Profits Over Kids, Again
Once again, GOP politicians in the House were asked to choose between corporate profits and kids, and once again they chose wrong.
Wages Are Falling, and We Need to Fix It
Wages have been flat for decades, and last year was even worse. Despite the continuing trend of low unemployment, workers in key sectors – production and non-supervisory – saw their …
For the Trump Administration, Cruelty is a Feature, not a Bug
Don’t let them fool you. They’re not backtracking now because they realized their policies are cruel. They’re reversing course because we spoke out against their cruel policies. The Trump Administration …
The Brazen Corruption and Conflicts in the Trump Administration Continue
The brazen corruption and unrepentant conflicts of interest that are running rampant in the Trump administration aren’t limited to Trump and his family, Scott Pruitt and Ryan Zinke. We need …
The Liar-in-Chief Continues to Corrode the Rule of Law
Donald Trump has never been a man who worried about truth, or following the rule of law. Now, with his brazen dupery, he has exposed a real danger in our …
What’s a wall worth, anyway?
“[F]ederal regulations prevented them from touching or holding the child to soothe her,” they were told.
What Law? Trump’s lying—as usual!
Over the past week, the Trump administration has doubled-down on its claim that it has no choice but to separate parents and children who come to this country seeking refuge, …
Who Should Pay for GOP Spending?
During the Obama Administration, we heard a lot about the U.S. debt from people horrified about the burden we are leaving for our children, and grandchildren.
Birth control facts matter
The Trump Administration seems determined to increase the abortion rate in the U.S.
“[T]ake care that the laws be faithfully executed”
The President of the United States has many powers and a few mandates. Perhaps the most important one – the reason the President controls a vast and varied administration – …
Rule By Whim
We are a Nation of laws. Nobody, not even the President, is above the law. This foundational principle keeps us from sliding away from democracy into a government like the …
Trump Using DOJ to Attack ACA
Bit by bit, part by part, the Trump Administration is trying to do piecemeal what it could not do through legislation – destroy the Affordable Care Act. On June 7th, …