Epstein Secrets

stin Hoffinan's character in "Rain Man," sometimes wrote down the numbers as he spoke them: two hundred and forty-one, the number of Republicans in the House of Representatives last year when he was negotiating with them; 11/6, the date of the election. He had no illusions that 2012 would look like 2008, and pointed to th

ot as monolithically opposed to a deal as one might think. Last year's talks taught the White House that there are divisions between the hard-right Tea Party faction that is unilaterally opposed to any tax hikes and more traditional Republicans who are so concerned about the long-term deficit that under

iving at or below the poverty line. With the exception of Romani=, no developed country has a higher percentage of kids in poverty than we do. Yet the House of Representatives has just cut food stamps for people who don'= have enough money to feed themselves. So Pope Francis and Kumi Naidoo speak the truth, in different a

ow, it sounds like =ome crazy science fiction story, but you see, here in California, we're not=just gluten-free and soy-free and peanut-free, we're Tea Party free! Virgini= could do it, too, but they're too busy forcing ultrasounds on women who want abortions. Texas could, but they don't because they're t

s mansion after another. The prospect was dispiriting. Obama had already run his last race, and the chances that the Democratic Party will win back the House of Representatives in the 2014 midterm elections are slight. The Democrats could, in fact, lose the Senate. For an important trip abroad, Air Force One is crowded wi

-PRESIDENTIAL M&M'S The next morning, a Monday, I woke early and turned on CNN. Senator Lindsey Graham, who is facing a primary challenge from four Tea Party candidates in South Carolina, was saying with utter confidence that Iran had hoodwinked the Administration in Geneva. Next came a poll showing tha

ly farm in Quincy, Tennessee. He served as a legislative assistant in the Tennessee delegation and was a campaign-finance analyst with the clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Wage of 5 EFTA00583850 McLean lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife, Kiki McLean, and their two children. Wage of 5 EFTA00583851

POLITICS BEAST How the Tea Party's Apocalyptic Politics Are Destroying the Republican Party Joe McLean: Nov 11, 2013 Tea Party leaders view themselves as modern prophets of the end of times, ratcheting up their rhetoric to prove that Obama is evil and God is on their side.