Steve Benen
Steve Benen is a producer for “The Rachel Maddow Show,” the editor of MaddowBlog and an MS NOW political contributor. He’s also the bestselling author of “Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans’ War on the Recent Past.”
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The president recently insisted that the GOP “has never been so united as it is right now.” He might want to believe this, but there’s overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
As Republicans move in regressive directions, there are some key dates for health care consumers to remember.
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
The president could have said nothing, but his worst instincts appeared to get the better of him.
Trump’s VA secretary said months ago, “We’ll be making major changes, so get used to it.” We’re now getting a sense of what that means in practical terms.
GOP lawmakers want to be able to say, “See? We unveiled a plan,” and this helps them check a box in the most superficial way possible.
“It is all lunacy. Absolutely, it’s 100% nonsense,” one expert said about a weird theory the Wisconsin senator endorsed.
“Don’t make it sound so bad,” the president said when asked about the tens of millions of Americans facing a dramatic spike in health care costs.
