Paul Clements

Ryan is so excited about being so close to passing his Tax Scam that he was talking about retiring from Congress this week.

The GOP is a natural opposition party but they have so degenerated over the last few decades that they are not a governing party. They can't get anything done at all-- not even the most basic and simple things.

Yesterday, Newsweek warned that Jeff Sessions is planning to end the recognition of the legitimacy of medical marijuana before the end of the year.

This was originally written as part of today's first post, so if you haven't already done so, you might want to read that for context.Catherine Vaughan is the CEO of Flippable, a Democratic organization founded right after last year's election by a gaggle of Hillary Clinton staffers who want to flip red districts blue.

A lot of Republicans, when they work up the nerve to criticize Señor Trumpanzee, try to couch the criticism in a paean to the greatness of his judiciary and cabinet picks. First of all, he doesn't care how criticism is couched; he'll be looking for an opportunity at revenge sooner or later-- and it won't be pretty-- and, second, his personnel selections are among his worst and most existentially risky decisions, not his saving grace.

Yesterday, writing for the Washington Post James Hohmann made the case that the blundering moron has wrecked the American health-care system by immediately halting cost-sharing reductions for 7 million Americans and now owns the dire consequences.

Blue America helped persuade Paul Clements to run for the southwest Michigan congressional seat held by Fred Upton again this cycle. This week one of Upton's top financial contributors, a multimillionaire corporate lobbyist who has written Upton over two dozen checks, decided to run-- as a Democrat!-- against Paul in the Democratic primary. We asked Paul to introduce himself to Blue America members who might not remember him from last year.Make MI-06 Part of the Progressive Wave-by Paul ClementsWill you make 2018 a turning point?

To put it mildly, the very Republican Orlando Sentinel has been very unfriendly to Alan Grayson. They've consistently spread lies and innuendo about him and done all they could to derail his progressive agenda.

Politico was eager to remind its readers that "Democrats are just as divided as Republicans these days." When there's a lot of money at stake, isn't that always the case... not just "these days?" Some "big news" this weekend was that Hillary isn't going to run for office again. Oh.

Mexico is a country, a city and a state. Last month, the governor of the state of Mexico announced that his government had begun purchasing a new product, Real Scientific Hemp Oil-X (RSHO-X)-- better known as CBD oil-- to help treat medical patients.