#Forget governance: Dysfunctional Republicans are putting on a show

#Forget governance: Dysfunctional Republicans are putting on a show

Addressing the 1960 Republican Convention after Vice President Richard Nixon acceded to New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller’s demands to adopt more liberal positions in the party’s platform, Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz) addressed his disappointed supporters:  “Let’s grow up conservatives! If we want to take this party back — as I think we can someday — let’s get…

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#Top US general make surprise visit to Israel

#Top US general make surprise visit to Israel

The top U.S. general in the Middle East visited Israel early Tuesday in an unannounced trip as it intensifies its fight with Palestinian militant group Hamas.  U.S. Central Command head Gen. Michael “Erik” Kurilla arrived in Tel Aviv “to conduct high level meetings with Israel’s military leadership” including Israeli Chief of Defense Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi,…

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#Government the single greatest obstacle to health care quality

#Government the single greatest obstacle to health care quality

Once again, it’s Health Care Quality Week, when researchers and activists turn to government to fix the many serious quality problems in the U.S. health sector. Yet whenever government inserts itself into health care, low quality is the inevitable result. Government routinely mandates and subsidizes low-quality health care while blocking high-quality care. Whether it’s terrible…

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#House GOP barrels toward uncertain Speaker floor vote

#House GOP barrels toward uncertain Speaker floor vote

House Republicans are barreling toward a floor vote on their Speaker nominee — Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) — this week even as the Judiciary Committee chairman remains far from the 217 votes needed to win the gavel on the House floor. Jordan clinched the nomination for Speaker in a 124-81 vote on Friday, beating his last-minute…

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#Tennessee might reject federal education funds. What would that look like?

#Tennessee might reject federal education funds. What would that look like?

Republicans have long despised the federal government’s involvement in education, but lawmakers in Tennessee are considering an unprecedented step: rejecting all federal funding in the name of ending Washington’s “excessive overreach.”  Legislators there have formed a 10-member committee to investigate the matter, while others argue the $1.8 billion goes towards the most disadvantaged students and…

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#Cuba seeks to thaw Biden administration’s cold shoulder

#Cuba seeks to thaw Biden administration’s cold shoulder

Cuban officials are megaphoning their intent to open wide-ranging negotiations with the Biden administration amid persistent economic pain and growing emigration from the island. The public relations offensive is a new tack for the communist government, frustrated with a stagnated bilateral relationship. “We are open and willing for more cooperation. We want to turn this…

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