Despite initial denials, anti-Medicaid Florida Republican admits his family depended on Medicaid

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This, apparently, is Mr. Weatherford’s definition of The Golden Rule Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford is a rising star in conservative political circles. Yesterday, the 33 year-old Republican appeared to burnish those credentials, receiving a standing ovation after delivering a passionate speech decrying Gov. Rick Scott’s decision to take advantage of Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion. The… Read more »

AFL-CIO, Chamber of Commerce lay out initial principles for guest worker program

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Characterizing themselves as being “in the middle—not the end” of negotiations over how immigration reform should handle the question of guest workers, the presidents of the AFL-CIO and the Chamber of Commerce released a joint statement laying out the broad strokes of three reforms: First, American workers should have a first crack at available jobs…. Read more »

BuzzFeed Reporter Mocks Initial Skepticism of Hillary’s Concussion

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Andrew Kaczynski of BuzzFeed reacted as any normal, non-partisan journalist would when news broke of Hillary Clinton’s hospitalization; in keeping with tradition at BuzzFeed Politics, he scoured the archives of the Internet to score political points against conservative media.  Kaczynski (pictured) tweeted out a series of links to conservative pundits and a Media Matters roundup… Read more »