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Biden previews Medicare drug price, tax increase proposals

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday said he’ll propose increasing taxes on some upper-income business owners and expanding prescription drug cost controls enacted in last year’s budget reconciliation package as a means of lowering federal deficits and extending Medicare’s solvency.

Tribune News Service

Five takeaways from CPAC and what it means for the 2024 race

Trump proves he still controls the Republican Party as CPAC draws to a close

The Independent UK

Biden previews Medicare drug price, tax increase proposals - Roll Call

Plan would increase taxes on some upper-income business owners to reduce federal deficits, extend Medicare's solvency.

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Biden proposes tax hike on income over $400,000 to fund Medicare

President Joe Biden’s budget will propose hiking payroll taxes on Americans making over $400,000 per year and allowing the government new power to negotiate drug prices as part of an effort the White House says will extend the solvency of a key Medicare program for another quarter century.

Tribune News Service

How the 'Holman rule' allows the House to fast-track proposals to gut government programs without debate or much thought at all

The slim Republican majority in the House of Representatives has just voted to give itself a streamlined way to fire civil servants and shut down federal programs it doesn’t like – outside the standard process of review and debate.

The Conversation

Larry Hogan won't run for president, but has some advice for the Republicans who do

Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced over the weekend he will not run for president in 2024, but hopes to shape the future of the GOP. He talks to NPR about what he wants to see from his party.

WEKU

GOP's genocidal trolling: not just jokes

Republicans are competing for attention by ratcheting up anti-LGBTQ speech. The inevitable result is violence

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Commentary: House Republicans now have a way to shut down programs they don’t like. Will they use it?

The slim Republican majority in the House of Representatives recently voted to give itself a streamlined way to fire civil servants and shut down federal programs it doesn’t like — outside the standard process of review and debate.

Los Angeles Times

Medicaid has a target on its back

Some House GOP members told Axios that Medicaid changes could be on the table.

Axios

Editorial: No room for Larry Hogan in the GOP personality cult

Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s Sunday announcement that he will not seek the Republican Party nomination for president in 2024 likely came as no surprise to anyone who has been following national politics. Sure, there was a time when a governor who achieved extraordinary popularity leading a state that leaned…

Tribune News Service

Nikki Haley's diet-MAGA problem

The race politics of the GOP have only become rawer and more aggressive with each election

Salon

Trudy Rubin: Trump and DeSantis are giving Putin reason to believe he can win in Ukraine

As Russia's war on Ukraine enters its second year, Vladimir Putin's best hope for "victory" may lie with the two leading GOP candidates for president.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Francis Wilkinson: Fox News is trapped by its own zealotry

The HBO drama “Succession” might be a fictional corollary to the machinations of Rupert Murdoch’s Fox empire. But when it comes specifically to Fox News, “The Righteous Gemstones,” an HBO show about a family managing its skeevy, sprawling, megachurch business may be a more apt model.

Tribune News Service

DeSantis to argue US should be like Fla. ahead of 2024 bid

Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' State of the State speech is likely to be more about making a case to lead the country rather than an assessment of Florida’s future

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Plunge in border crossings could blunt GOP attack on Biden

A sharp drop in illegal border crossings since December may be blunting a Republican point of attack against President Joe Biden as the Democratic leader moves to reshape a broken asylum system that has dogged him and his predecessors

Salon

Watchdogs call BS on GOP whistleblowers

"Legitimate whistleblowers must be protected, and these witnesses are clearly not legitimate," expert says

Tribune News Service

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Trump’s threat of a third-party run is undercut by ‘sore loser’ laws

Los Angeles Times

Newsom says California will cut ties with Walgreens over abortion pill access

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In an attempt to counter GOP efforts to limit reproductive rights, Gov. Gavin Newsom said California will cut ties with Walgreens over the company’s decision to stop selling abortion medication in 20 Republican states.

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Governor Ron DeSantis releases list of 14 target school boards in 2024

On Feb. 21, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) released a list of school board incumbents he hopes to see defeated in the 2024 elections. DeSantis made the announcement following a meeting with state House of Representatives Speaker Paul Renner (R), Moms for Liberty co-founders Tina Descovich and Tiffany Justice, and…

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The top fundraisers among Texas statewide elected offices

Campaign finance requirements govern how much money candidates may receive from individuals and organizations, how often they must report those contributions, and how much individuals, organizations, and political entities may contribute to campaigns.

WEKU

3 more Republican states announce they're leaving a key voting data partnership

Florida, Missouri and West Virginia announced they're pulling out of the Electronic Registration Information Center, or ERIC, the only system states have to share voter registration data.

The Independent UK

Oversight committee Republicans won’t sign Democrats’ letter denouncing white supremacy

GOP lawmakers dismissed a two-sentence statement as a distraction from discussing border policy

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The top fundraisers among Wisconsin statewide elected offices

The Independent UK

CPAC veepstakes: Who does Trumpworld want to replace Mike Pence?

The far-right is largely settled on their pick for 2024. But who will run at their side?

Tribune News Service

As DC backtracks on changes to city's criminal code, Senate vote is moving forward

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer has rejected a plea from the Democratic chairman of the Washington, D.C., Council to cancel a planned vote on a House-passed measure blocking the district’s new criminal code.

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