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A Sense of Privilege

…today led the committee in a hearing titled “Examining the Bankruptcy of Steward Health Care: How Management Decisions Have Impacted Patient Care.” Ahead of the hearing, the committee authorized a…

The Courts

…Judiciary Committee takes up the confirmation process for Donald Trump’s criminal defense lawyer, Emil Bove, to become a judge on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers Pennsylvania, New…

What the Supreme Court’s refusal today to agree to decide whether to strike down the federal statute that bars corporations from making contributions directly to candidates and political parties might suggest about the outcome of Hobby Lobby

Committee v. Tooker, the court denied a petition, filed by the same uber-rightwing-activist lawyer who represented McCutcheon, that asked that the court to strike down an Iowa statute that, like…

Raising Future Taxes Yet Again

super-rich, they will help to boost the economy, as they have over the past three years. This claim that the tax cuts in dividends and capital gains are responsible for…

…with Soros, Buffet, and a few other super-rich poeple. Buffet recently also came out against the current Bush tax cut. Mac Diva’s reader, Jim, came up with a four point…