Real Americans for IL13, Madison, WI (2026)

08/14/2017

This is a short treatise on the narrative that got some traction in the media, asserting “Big Questions About Last Year's DNC Hack.” My story is a bit too long: indeed, It is a little embarrassing to be forced to spell out the obvious. But I feel it would be useful to provide an option to the fair minded folks who started the story to pause and to reflect what is actually going on. [ 859 more words ]

https://realamericansforil13.wordpress.com/2017/08/13/if-its-neither-apple-nor-orange/

[apologies to the Rod watchers for a side topic; we’ll return to our little furry pet in a second.] This is a short treatise on the narrative that got some traction in the media, asserting “B…

07/31/2017

What Rod's Peddling: Rod is very proud about voting for the sanctions on Russia/Iran/North Korea. There are many strange things about the bill, with the only unquestionably good provision disabling the predisent from subverting sanctions on Russia. Grandstanding: Scalise! Government printers talk to Rod! Officers killed on duty 19 years ago (two times - how to miss this opportunity!)... [ 695 more words ]

https://realamericansforil13.wordpress.com/2017/07/31/rodsterwatch-7-23-29/

What Rod’s Peddling: Rod is very proud about voting for the sanctions on Russia/Iran/North Korea. There are many strange things about the bill, with the only unquestionably good provision di…

07/23/2017

What Rod's Peddling: The centerpiece of last week's public interaction was, of course, the "TeleTownHall", the infamous Putin-style show where pre-moderated questions serve as seeds for unchallengeable statements. Rodney's official Twitter outline of the event starts here. We wrote about just one small lie; there were many more, of course. We will return to this event soon, as we see it as significant in several respects. [ 875 more words ]

What Rod’s Peddling: The centerpiece of last week’s public interaction was, of course, the “TeleTownHall”, the infamous Putin-style show where pre-moderated questions serve …

07/20/2017

In the wake of the "teletownhall", where Rep. Davis again boasted of his bill that "protects those with pre-existing conditions" (a caveat: we did not waste our time listening to the noise of this propaganda exercise, so we relied on the twitter outline, provided by Rodney's staff), it is important to return to this bill, and show how Rodney is lying through his teeth about it. [ 543 more words ]

https://realamericansforil13.wordpress.com/2017/07/20/davis-lies-about-pre-existing-condition-bill/

In the wake of the “teletownhall”, where Rep. Davis again boasted of his bill that “protects those with pre-existing conditions” (a caveat: we did not waste our time listeni…

07/16/2017

With this we introduce a (hopefully, regular) weekly feature, Rodster Watch™. We'll track what Representative Davis is doing in the District and in DC. If you have additions or corrections, please comment! What Rod's peddling: National Defense Authorization Act: NDAA'18 is a yearly act funding US defense. Its passage in Congress is usually a Kabuki dance of posturing. This one gives the DoD way more troops and weaponry than… [ 1,079 more word ]

https://realamericansforil13.wordpress.com/2017/07/16/rodster-watch-7-9-15/

With this we introduce a (hopefully, regular) weekly feature, Rodster Watch™. We’ll track what Representative Davis is doing in the District and in DC. If you have additions or corrections, p…

07/13/2017

The GOP in the House is about to start muddling through tax reform. As it has become a pattern, the big initiative relies on Paul Ryan's legislative dreams, in this case his proposal, still called "A Better Way". A little media offensive followed: the House Committee on Ways and Means unveiled their big announcement and began to saturate social media with the excerpts from their main supporting document, a… [ 554 more words ]

https://realamericansforil13.wordpress.com/2017/07/13/tax-magicians/

The GOP in the House is about to start muddling through tax reform. As it has become a pattern, the big initiative relies on Paul Ryan’s legislative dreams, in this case his proposal, still c…

06/27/2017

If there is one recurrent nightmare that plagues us under the Trump regime, it's the thought of a major terror attack and the kind of leverage it would give to the administration. It's hard to shake off the feeling that crude mismanagement of virtually every policy the administration can control serves just this purpose, to provoke a few lunatics to stage our very own version of the Reichstag fire. [ 1,522 more word ]

https://realamericansforil13.wordpress.com/2017/06/27/on-legislative-violence/

If there is one recurrent nightmare that plagues us under the Trump regime, it’s the thought of a major terror attack and the kind of leverage it would give to the administration. It’s …

06/04/2017

The protests last Friday at our Representative Rodney Davis' office in Champaign again highlighted the key question - does he have an obligation to interact with the voters in a public forum, or is it just fine for him to have short meetings with small groups of constituents now and then. The question is important as it deals with the fundamentals of our democracy: a lot is at stake. [ 594 more words ]

https://realamericansforil13.wordpress.com/2017/06/04/on-public-discussions/

The protests last Friday at our Representative Rodney Davis’ office in Champaign again highlighted the key question – does he have an obligation to interact with the voters in a public …

06/03/2017

Hi**er famously claimed that a Big Lie is easier to plant in the minds of the broad population, essentially because they themselves would be ashamed to lie so blatantly, and thus naively assume that their politicians would be ashamed to do so as well. Oh, simpletons. Even Rodney Davis mastered the easy art of bold lies. His prose is clanky, but the lies are blatant. [ 1,194 more word ]

https://realamericansforil13.wordpress.com/2017/06/03/small-steps-for-the-big-lie/

Hi**er famously claimed that a Big Lie is easier to plant in the minds of the broad population, essentially because they themselves would be ashamed to lie so blatantly, and thus naively assume tha…

05/29/2017

For whatever reason, dear Rodney decided to start the Memorial Day recess week with a call to cut federal funding of Medicaid and other programs - read, Medicare. The explanations are pretty standard: "[a]n unsustainable national debt of $20 trillion that's going to be passed on to the next generation," is, according to him, "cruel". He adds that "[i]t's the same type of debt that was passed on to my generation by leaders in Washington." I guess the trauma inflicted by that [ 645 more words ]

https://realamericansforil13.wordpress.com/2017/05/29/rodney-on-cruelty/

For whatever reason, dear Rodney decided to start the Memorial Day recess week with a call to cut federal funding of Medicaid and other programs – read, Medicare. The explanations are pretty …

05/24/2017

We got a friendly email today from Mr. Davis, reporting his thoughts on environment. What can one expect from someone like Rodney? Right, the platitudes like those: As a member of the Climate Solutions Caucus I am committed to protecting, conserving, and being a good steward of the environment in ways that are economically viable for American citizens.... (and so on). [ 240 more words ]

https://realamericansforil13.wordpress.com/2017/05/24/all-of-the-above-but-some-of-all-are-more-above-than-others/

We got a friendly email today from Mr. Davis, reporting his thoughts on environment. What can one expect from someone like Rodney? Right, the platitudes like those: As a member of the Climate Solut…

05/21/2017

The latest salvo Rep. Davis fired in his tireless fight on our behalf was at a politician, corrupt and mentally infirm, who is continuing to abuse the state resources in legal but morally reprehensible ways. Rodney Davis wants to stop this politician. “It’s unfortunate when anyone games the system, but it’s especially disappointing when it’s done by a public official who swore to defend the Constitution and faithfully execute the office he or she holds,” [ 695 more words ]

https://realamericansforil13.wordpress.com/2017/05/21/shades-of-corruption/

The latest salvo Rep. Davis fired in his tireless fight on our behalf was at a politician, corrupt and mentally infirm, who is continuing to abuse the state resources in legal but morally reprehens…

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