President Trump recently posted on Truth Social that unless Republicans pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility or SAVE Act, “The Republican Party will never win another Election. I will, sadly, be the last Republican president.” This from the same man who boasts that he won the 2024 presidential election in a landslide (actually, he won with 49.8 percent), and Republicans control the House of Representatives and the Senate — for now.
Author: Merrill Matthews
Top 5% of Americans Pay 59% of Federal Taxes
Yet progressives say that’s not enough; they want to soak the rich even more.
Democrats are becoming Berniecrats
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is having a moment. Not long ago he was a political outlier and something of an elected gadfly — a self-proclaimed socialist in a Democratic Party that wasn’t comfortable with socialism. No more. Sanders and his socialist ideas are increasingly the driving force in today’s Democratic Party, especially among younger Democrats.
The wrong prescription for drug affordability
This week the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee is scheduled to consider the Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act. Despite its name, the act would do nothing to actually lower prescription drug prices or improve drug patents.