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Prediction: Trump forced out, Vance in after midterms

The Republicans still need Trump for the midterms because he’s red meat to a disconcerting number of reliable Republican votes. However, after the midterm election, the red meat turns to dead meat. Trump then becomes a major liability to the Republican party.

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Government Legal, Laws, and Regs Savannah

Chatham County Commissioners, CAT, and Lessons in Semantics

“It sucks for you, but we’re not gonna pass a tax on your citizens without them deciding,” Kicklighter said. “If they let their citizens vote on it and their citizens approve it, it’ll be approved by this county commission.” The above is from a WTOC article that covered a Chatham County commission decision to deny […]

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Government Healthcare The Democratic Difference

Democrats: what exactly are you angry about?

People are angry because 8 Democratic Senators voted with Republicans to pass a continuing resolution and re-open the government. The measure now goes to the House where, if Johnson remembers where he left the key to open the doors, it’s likely to pass. Democrats are furious with the Democrats who joined with the Republicans. Oh, […]

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Government Health Insurance Healthcare

Dear Buddy Carter: Health Care Premium subsidies help people

Buddy Carter, why do you persist in sending lies in your Congressional newsletter? Isn’t the purpose of these newsletters to inform rather than misinform? Your recent newsletter takes aim at Democrats during the shutdown. You claim that Democrats are keeping the government shutdown in order to provide subsidies for healthcare for undocumented migrants. You wrote: […]

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The best outcome for this shutdown tug of war: the end of the filibuster

Have you ever played tug of war? If so, you recognize what’s happening in Congress right now. Republicans pulling, Democrats pulling, and here we are: stuck in the middle, again. Shutdowns for the government are never a good thing. Our country should have eliminated the possibility a long time ago. However, this particular shutdown is […]