Category Archives: TNR

The New Republic: Andrew Sullivan: Here Comes The Groom- The Conservative Case For Gay Marriage

Source:The New Democrat Just to be perfectly clear, conservative writer Andrew Sullivan, wrote this piece in the formerly liberal The New Republic, back in 1989, of all places. And the New The New Republic, (ha ha) reposted his piece about … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig: ‘House GOP, White House Budget Overuse The Word Taxpayers’

Source:The New Republic– if TNR had their way, Tax Day would be a national holiday that they and other Socialists would celebrate. Source:The New Democrat  “Earlier this week, House Republicans released their budget for the 2016 fiscal year, “A Balanced … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig: The Economist Magazine is Wrong About Welfare’s Impact on Family

Source:The New Democrat As far as disability insurance, if you are physically and mentally able to working, meaning you don’t suffer from some physical or mental condition that makes it hard if not impossible for you to work full-time, you … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Brian Beutler- Republican Homeland Security Spirals Out of Control

Source:The New Democrat For the life of me, I can’t figure out how Democrats lose to these Tea Party and Neoconservative Republicans in any elections outside of the Bible Belt. Congressional Republicans know that if they vote to overturn President … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig: ‘Catholic Upbringing Made Me a Libertarian Activist’

Source:The New Democrat I believe in both economic freedom and personal freedom. The idea that people should have the freedom to manage their own economic and personal affairs. Be able to make their own decisions in life as it relates … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Kevin Mahnken: President Pro Tempore Orrin Hatch & Need For Succession Reform

Source:The New Democrat  Here’s a post that perhaps only political, Constitution and American history junkies would be interested. I just happen to be all three, so I’m more than qualified to be interested in this. But here’s something that I … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Elaine Teng: Congress Blocks Washington-DC Marijuana Legalization

Source:The New Democrat I’ve lost count how many times Republicans and so-called Conservatives talk about the need for federalism, state and local control, but that as long as states and locals governing what the way they approve. Doing things that … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Brian Beutler: 2015 Congress Will Shake Up America’s Boring Politics

Source:The New Democrat Here is sort of what the lighter more positive side of a united Republican Congress at least for Democrats, but perhaps bad for the rest of the country. A party that now doesn’t believe in government will … Continue reading

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The New Republic: John B. Judis- Democrats Hope Battleground Texas Can Turn the State Blue

Source:The New Democrat Do I think Wendy Davis will be elected Governor of Texas next Tuesday or anytime soon? Of course not because I haven’t seen any polls that show that race between her and Greg Abbot is even within … Continue reading

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The New Republic: William J. Dobson: A Victory For Democratic Foreign Policy

I had just turned five years old and was in kindergarten when President Jimmy Carter left the White House in January in 1981. After losing reelection in a landslide to Ronald Reagan in November 1980. I remember President Carter being … Continue reading

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