Mark Maynard | Mick Mulvaney

Ever feel like drowning America in the bathtub? Here’s the plan.

By Mark | June 24, 2018

As hard as it might be to believe, the above image comes from an actual report issued by White House. The report, titled Delivering Government Solutions in the 21st Century, lays out the Trump administration’s aggressive plan for reorganizing (a.k.a. shrinking) the United States government. [Can you imagine what would have happened if the Obama […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Americans for Tax Reform, bathtub, chaos, Corey Lewandowski, Delivering Government Solutions in the 21st Century, deregulation, Donald Trump, Down Syndrome, family separation, federal budget, Grover Norquist, Koch brothers, Laurie Garrett, Michelle from Delaware, racism, Sheldon Adelson, small government, social safety net, Stephen Miller, welfare, Womp Womp | 168 Comments

The hijacking of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

By Mark | November 27, 2017

There’s so much I want to talk about right now… the failed attempt on the part of Project Veritas to trick the Washington Post into running a fake story about Roy Moore’s fondness for child rape; the fact that our President couldn’t help but make a racist joke today while honoring Navajo ‘code talkers’ for […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged administrative state, Barbara Lee, big banks, CFPB, Citibank, code talkers, consumer protection, David Sirota, deregulation, Dodd-Frank, Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, finance, financial crisis, financial reform, health care, higher education, Ian Millhiser, Laurence Tribe, Leandra English, Navajo, net neutrality, racism, regulation, Richard Cordray, Santander, tax reform, Timothy Kelly, Wall Street deregulation, Washington Post | 6 Comments

Empowering the elderly by cutting Meals on Wheels… The compassion of the Trump budget

By Mark | March 16, 2017

As promised, Trump unveiled his budget today, and I think it’s safe to say that it was far worse than most of us imagined. The President’s budget, if passed into law, would, among other things, cut the budget for the Environmental Protection Agency by 30%, completely eliminating 50 programs and 3,200 positions, and entirely cut […]