We stiffened the penalties for fraud, we extended nationwide efforts to make sure that payments are accurate and they closed a loophole in which people were gaming the system. We didn't change eligibility requirements or reduce the level of benefits.
Kevin DrumMarco Rubio turns a question about missing Senate votes into an attack on the mainstream media.
Kevin DrumBlack crime rates fell more steeply than white crime rates, and now black incarceration is falling more steeply than white incarceration.
Kevin DrumYou're more likely to vote Democratic if you hate Republicans than if you love Democrats, and vice versa.
Kevin DrumThe younger you are, the more likely you are to have grown up in a (mostly) lead-free environment, and that means you're less likely to have committed a felony or gotten sent to prison.
Kevin DrumActually, I think we all understand just fine why Donald Trump is president: because he ran a racist, boorish, epically mendacious campaign and Republicans all decided to go along with it. And even that wouldn’t have been enough if Trump hadn’t gotten some additional help from his pals James Comey and Vladimir Putin.
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