(Political Ramblings from a Little Left of Center)
The healthcare strategy in the Trump Administration’s recent 2020 budget proposal is a huge gift to Democrats. Unfortunately, Democrats don’t appear eager to unwrap it. The Trump proposal cuts Medicare by $800 billion and Medicaid by $1.5 trillion over the next 10 years. That includes a cut of $100 billion to nursing homes and home…
A quick follow-up to my Data Matters post: Progress has been made but the jury is still out. Last month, the DNC approved the creation of the Democratic Data Exchange (DDEx), a legally separate entity that looks a whole lot like the RNC’s successful data trust. They also named Howard Dean to chair the effort. …
This should be interesting. My personal positions here are likely to piss off just about everyone on both the left AND the right. So be it. I’m choosing this as my first 2020 Platform post mostly since there’s been some recent Congressional activity in this arena. I’ll start with a statement that might be just…
I railed on the progressive agenda in a previous post so I thought I’d start to share “my” policy agenda for others to ridicule. Don’t worry. It’s not going to all be in one post. Rather, I’ll try to devote occasional entries to one particular platform topic. Disclaimers: I do not have all the answers…
This is getting out of hand. The progressive movement is quickly becoming an albatross around the necks of Democrats in 2020. Democrats most definitely do not need a far-left version of the right’s Freedom Caucus. Don’t get me wrong. It seems that many (not all) of those on the far left truly believe in their…
I’ve spent considerable time looking into Trump’s “national emergency.” As a U.S. citizen, I am now genuinely appalled and frightened. I’m also quite disappointed that the media has largely missed the big picture here. I guess that’s why I have a blog. As everyone is now aware, Trump has decided to declare a national emergency…
Trump & Intelligence: Two words that should never be used anywhere near one another. Earlier this week, the directors of our major intelligence agencies appeared before the Senate Intelligence Committee to present their Worldwide Threat Assessment. The report itself is a tough, depressing read and is best paired with a bottle of good Scotch. Those…
“I’m not a member of any organized political party…. I’m a Democrat.” – Will Rogers, 1935. Some things never change. While Democrats have thus far shown remarkable solidarity in response to the shutdown, there are numerous party battles on the horizon that could make Game of Thrones look like a baby shower competition. There’s the…
I couldn’t bring myself to listen to Trump’s prime-time border diatribe last night, but I did read the transcript. Wow. Numerous media outlets have done a decent job fact-checking the cornucopia of outright lies, so there’s little reason to do that. However, I will add a few thoughts to my previous take on the subject.…
Paging 2020 Democratic presidential candidates: Where the hell are you? The government shutdown over border wall funding should be your opportunity to break out early. This is a slam-dunk, folks. Trump has shuttered part of the government causing paychecks to stop for some 800,000 federal employees …. … over a wall that doesn’t have popular…