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Joni Ernst

'Code for Massive Cuts': Audio Shows GOP Sen. Joni Ernst Telling Donors She Wants 'Changes' to Medicare, Medicaid

"Again, Joni Ernst has shown that she is willing to push our families into poverty with a smile. The programs she plans to cut are a lifeline for millions of Americans. She should be ashamed."
Jake Johnson, staff writer ·
Joni Ernst

Sen. Joni Ernst Warns GOP Could Weaponize Impeachment 'Immediately' If Democrat Wins White House

Jake Johnson, staff writer ·

'Screaming the Quiet Part Into a Bullhorn': Sen. Joni Ernst Admits GOP Using Impeachment Trial to Damage Biden in 2020

Jake Johnson, staff writer ·

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) talks to journalists with fellow Republicans (L-R) Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sen. John Thune (R-SD) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) at the U.S. Capitol March 05, 2019 in Washington, DC.

Cutting Social Security to Offset Paid Parental Leave Would Weaken Retirement Security

Kathleen Romig ·

Congress should address our nation’s looming retirement income crisis by increasing Social Security’s modest benefits. (Photo: Courtesy of AFGE, Flickr | CC 2.0)

Joni Ernst Wants to Cut Social Security Behind Closed Doors

Nancy J. Altman ·

When Obstruction of Justice Is Glaringly Obvious

"It's a safe bet that acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker—like Robert Bork before him—will be the cat's paw Trump will use to halt or impede Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe."

Ryan Cooper ·

"While most missions involve training, instruction, or war games, Special Forces soldiers are also regularly involved in combat operations across America’s expansive global war zones."(Photo: Capt. Thomas Cieslak)

The Global Growth of U.S. Special Operations Forces

133 Countries Down, 17 to Go?

Nick Turse ·

Students from Coral Glades High School hold signs as they participate in a school walk for gun law change on Feb. 21. (Photo: Rhona Wise/Getty Images)

My Kid Doesn’t Need Permission To Walk Out

He was following the lessons of his history books ― and what I believe is our best American tradition for change.

Jeff Biggers ·

Student Kelsey Friend,

Behind Many #ThoughtsandPrayers for Gun Massacre Victims, Millions in NRA Cash

Late night writer took to Twitter to highlight the gun lobbying group's massive contributions to GOP candidates and members of Congress

Common Dreams staff ·

“There is no persuasive security rationale for having U.S. Special Operations forces involved in an astonishing 149 countries, given that the results of these missions are just as likely to provoke greater conflict as they are to reduce it, in large part because a U.S. military presence is too often used as a recruiting tool by local terrorist organizations." (Photo: USASOC News Service/flickr/cc)

The Coming Year in U.S. Special Operations Failures

From Afghanistan to Somalia, Special Ops Achieves Less With More.

Nick Turse ·

"However, with special ops deployments rising above Bush and Obama administration levels to record-setting heights and the Trump administration embracing the use of commandos in quasi-wars in places like Somalia and Yemen, there appears to be little interest in the White House or on Capitol Hill in reining in the geographic scope and sweep of America’s most secretive troops."

A Wider World of War: Under Donald Trump, U.S. Special Forces Deployed to 149 Countries in 2017

President's first year sets record for deployment of elite forces overseas.

Nick Turse ·

Bernie Sanders Denounces Trumpcare as 'The Most Anti-Working Class Legislation Ever'

President Donald Trump "is supporting the most anti-working class legislation ever presented in the modern history of this country—a disastrous healthcare bill," Sanders said.

Andrea Germanos, staff writer ·

Despite Delay, Resistance Doubles Down Against Deeply Unpopular Trumpcare Bill

New poll shows just 17 percent of Americans support Republican bill

Julia Conley, staff writer ·

Forced to Defend Healthcare Plan, Lawmakers Face 'Supercharged Resistance'

Congressmen in California, New York, Texas, and beyond forced to defend GOP healthcare plan to energized crowds at town hall meetings

Deirdre Fulton, staff writer ·

Why Do Conservatives Get to Question Candidates–but Not Progressives?

Jeff Cohen ·