As always, stunning information for MoJo:
By
Andy Kroll
There
are few members of Congress more opposed to using government funds to stimulate
the economy than Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). As a candidate in 2011, he blasted President Barack Obama's job creation
agenda as "yet another rehash of the same big-government stimulus programs that
have consistently failed to generate jobs." Government, he went on, "doesn't
create jobs. The private sector…creates jobs." In office, Cruz has inveighed against the president's "failed
stimulus, which reminds us that jobs are not created by the federal
government"—a message he's sure to repeat if he launches a 2016 presidential
bid, which looks more likely by the day.
But
before entering politics, when he was a $695-an-hour lawyer in private practice,
Cruz once delivered a full-throated defense of the stimulus spending he now
condemns. [READ MORE]
This
week, Mother Jones took readers deep inside King v.
Burwell—the Supreme Court case that could destroy Obamacare. One plaintiff
didn't realize the case could wipe out health
coverage for millions, while another called Obama "the anti-Christ." Also,
America's largest health care company came forward to claim that the argument behind
the case is "absurd" in a brief filed to the court.
In
other news, Twitter released its biannual transparency report, revealing that Russia has started asking the
company for information about its Russian users for the first time. The Koch
brothers raised a whopping $249 million at their latest
donor retreat. Arizona's new governor says there's no money in the bank for public
education, but there's some extra for a new private prison.
And
as a lawyer, Ted Cruz defended tort reform in high-profile cases—but staunchly
opposed it in campaigns. You can listen to him argue a case here. [READ MORE]
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