Showing posts with label Social Policy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Social Policy. Show all posts
Saturday, August 27, 2022

Reuben Jonathan Miller, Halfway Home

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At Amazon, Reuben Jonathan Miller, Halfway Home: Race, Punishment, and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration .
Tuesday, July 26, 2022

Joanne Samuel Goldblum and Colleen Shaddox, Broke in America

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At Amazon, Joanne Samuel Goldblum and Colleen Shaddox, Broke in America: Seeing, Understanding, and Ending US Poverty .
Saturday, June 18, 2022

A Manifesto on National Conservatism

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This is a clarifying document with much to like (even more so, seeing it moved one writer at the Washington Post to attack it as "fasc...
Friday, May 6, 2022

Dorothy Roberts, Torn Apart

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At Amazon, Dorothy Roberts, Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families--and How Abolition Can Build a Safer World
Thursday, March 24, 2022

History Is Speeding Up: Vindication for Neoconservatism

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An amazing essay from John Podhoretz, at Commentary , "Neoconservatism: A Vindication": In 2022, the idea that Vladimir Putin’s...
Sunday, December 19, 2021

Bombshell: Senator Joe Manchin Won't Vote for 'Build Back Better' (VIDEO)

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He made the announcement on Fox News this morning, of all places. At the New York Times , " Manchin Pulls Support From Biden’s Social P...
Friday, November 19, 2021

Build Back Brandon

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 At AoSHQ, " #BuildBackBrandon Bill Is Unpopular in Competitive Swing Districts -- and That's Before the Public Realizes It's a...

House Democrats Pass Build Back Better (VIDEO)

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Straight party line vote, just like Obamacare. Most of the bill's big spending is temporary, thus a Republican Congress will surely refu...
Thursday, November 18, 2021

Senator Manchin Could Singlehandedly Kill Build Back Better

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The House is expected to vote tonight, but chances are slim in the upper chamber. At CNN, " Democrats gear up to pass social safety ne...
Sunday, August 15, 2021

Andrew Hacker, Two Nations

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At Amazon, Andrew Hacker, Two Nations: Black and White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal .
Thursday, August 12, 2021

Senate Democrats Pass $3.5 Trillion Social Spending Legislative Boondoggle

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I could go for a lot in the package, as being neoconservative, I support a robust social safety net, but the traditional conservative in me ...
Saturday, July 24, 2021

I Can't Leave My Spouse — I'll Lose My Healthcare

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It's Jessa Crispin, at the Guardian U.K. , " Like millions of Americans, I can never leave my spouse. I’ll lose my healthcare "...
Thursday, July 15, 2021

Biden Lobbies for Democrats' Infrastructure Scam (VIDEO)

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 Passage of the bill really depends on one person: Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky . At the New York Times , " Democrats Roll Out $...

Leader McConnell May Back Biden's Infrastructure Boondoggle

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Apparently this is the one piece of the Dems' legislative agenda that McConnell will support --- probably because the bill is larded wit...
Monday, July 12, 2021

Biden Administration to Begin Monthly Family Subsidy Payments This Week

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Hey, three-hundred a month to families with kids under 6, and $250 who are older.  That's no chump change. In fact, the one-year cost fo...
Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Joe Biden's Unsolvable Identity Politics Problem

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Great piece from Michael Barone, at the Washington Examiner, " Biden: Identity politics and no apologies ": Even as the Supreme Co...
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Saturday, September 21, 2019

Democrats Will Lie

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A great post at Issues & Insights: Dems Will Have To Lie About Their Agenda To Win, Poll Shows https://t.co/gC7eZKmDcL — Andrew Mal...
Monday, August 26, 2019

Decriminalizing Hard Drugs

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It's Nicholas Kristof, with a long piece at NYT, FWIW: Seattle is in effect decriminalizing the use of hard drugs, @NickKristof writes...
Friday, August 2, 2019

Democrats Put Private Health Insurance Up for 'Debate'

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Really, I hope Dems talk about obliterating private and employer-based health insurance right up to November 2020. It's going to be too ...
Tuesday, July 31, 2018

The Democratic Party No Longer Believes in Hard Work

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From Betsy McCaughey, at the Post: The Democratic Party no longer believes in hard work https://t.co/VslYyWvCdY via @nypost #tcot #MAGA ...