#Beware Joe’s inflation tax and other commentary

#Beware Joe’s inflation tax and other commentary

“#Beware Joe’s inflation tax and other commentary” Economy watch: Beware Joe’s Inflation Tax “The invisible tax of rising inflation will do far more to harm working and middle-class Americans” than President Biden’s proposed tax hikes, fears Kristin Tate at The Hill. “Inflation has reached its highest point in years, and will likely reach the highest…

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#GOP’s problem isn’t Liz Cheney and other commentary

#GOP’s problem isn’t Liz Cheney and other commentary

“#GOP’s problem isn’t Liz Cheney and other commentary” From the right: GOP’s Problem Isn’t Liz Cheney Rep. Liz Cheney “has taken every opportunity to assail” President Donald Trump “and the stolen-election narrative,” so she has “likely talked herself out of a Republican leadership position,” predict the editors at National Review. But the problem isn’t that…

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#There’s no stopping the GOP’s divorce from big business

#There’s no stopping the GOP’s divorce from big business

“#There’s no stopping the GOP’s divorce from big business” American conservatism was for too long under the spell of what might be called “market fundamentalism”: It mindlessly treated all private-sector action as good and all government action as bad. At worst, this fundamentalism gave rise to corporate boosterism and outright cronyism that repelled voters from…

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#Eying 2024, Pence makes 1st speech since leaving office

#Eying 2024, Pence makes 1st speech since leaving office

“#Eying 2024, Pence makes 1st speech since leaving office” COLUMBIA, S.C. — In his first public address since the end of the Trump administration, former Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday put down a marker for a potential return to elected office, telling an audience in early-voting South Carolina that he will use the coming…

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#GOP not sold on Biden’s jobs plan after joint address

#GOP not sold on Biden’s jobs plan after joint address

“#GOP not sold on Biden’s jobs plan after joint address” President Biden’s first joint address to Congress was met with tepid criticism from Republican lawmakers, who were hopeful but skeptical about whether he will work across the aisle to help grow jobs and keep the economy humming.  During his speech, Biden — who went off-script…

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#Two police shootings, two different outcomes and other commentary

#Two police shootings, two different outcomes and other commentary

“#Two police shootings, two different outcomes and other commentary” Centrist: Two Police Shootings, Two Outcomes  The charging decisions in the police shootings of Daunte Wright in Minnesota and Ashli Babbitt in DC were announced within an hour of each other “with strikingly different conclusions,” observes Jonathan Turley at USA Today. While Babbitt was “at the…

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#Some GOP-led states target abortions done through medication

#Some GOP-led states target abortions done through medication

“#Some GOP-led states target abortions done through medication” About 40% of all abortions in the U.S. are now done through medication — rather than surgery — and that option has become all the more pivotal during the COVID-19 pandemic. Abortion rights advocates say the pandemic has demonstrated the value of medical care provided virtually, including…

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