Party leaders tolerate radical anti-immigrant ideology, even as it motivates racist massacres like last weekend’s mass shooting in Buffalo.
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Posted inThe Forecaster
Letter: Republican party has failed the working class
This isn’t hard, folks. What have the Republicans done for the working class? Reduced taxes for only the richest, raising them for the poorest so they have skin in the game? Eliminated safety regulations in the workplace, discouraged the formation of unions trying to protect against those hazards? Dictated how a woman controls her body? […]
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Fusion voting brings more people to the polls
Letting two or more parties run a common candidate appeals to independent, younger and Black voters. Now, one of the last states to allow it is poised to abolish it.
Posted inElection 2022, Op-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Republicans need to tell voters what their plans are
Mitch McConnell wants his party’s midterm candidates to avoid discussing specific policies – but his spat with Sen. Rick Scott shows that can backfire.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: I’ve been canceled by the Republican Party’s culture warriors
The radical right wing increasingly lives in an echo chamber of its own making, where critical voices are hushed and critical theories are attacked.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: We’re actually seeing bipartisan progress on Capitol Hill
The talks on spending and electoral reform may not be sweeping, but that’s exactly why they’re moving ahead.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Republican rift exposes choice: With Trump or against him
While Donald Trump’s allies believe there should be no limits in their loyalty to the former president, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other establishment leaders believe there is a line Republicans should not cross.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Moderate Republicans could save voting rights by following Bob Dole’s lead
Dole compromised to stand up for a government elected by all eligible Americans. Now senators like Lisa Murkowski, Mitt Romney or Susan Collins must do the same.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Sen. McConnell rebukes Republican National Committee, calls Jan. 6 ‘violent insurrection’
Maine Sen. Susan Collins said that the rioters who ‘broke windows and breached the Capitol were not engaged in legitimate political discourse, and to say otherwise is absurd.’
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Republican National Committee condemns Cheney, Kinzinger for serving on Jan. 6 panel
RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said the two Republican House members persecuted members of the pro-Trump mob who, she said, ‘engaged in legitimate political discourse.’