by Dave Johnson | Dec 18, 2013 | Minimum Wage
The fight over raising the minimum wage will be one of the defining battles for the 2014 elections. As the floor – the minimum wage – falls out from under Americans, big majorities of voters in both parties want the minimum wage raised. President Obama and...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
Please watch Rev. William Barber on All In With Chris Hayes, talking about voting rights. Voter Fraud? Republicans have been engaged in a strategy to convince (scare people into believing) people there is something called "voter fraud." They are doing this so they can...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 13, 2013 | Conservatism
This article first appeared at AlterNet. The word is out that Republicans are attempting to rebrand themselves as compassionate conservatives (again). “Compassionate conservatism” is a term that typically comes up after Republicans have taken things to such an extreme...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
Austerity is holding back our economy -- and that's the plan. There is simply no other way to explain it. Republicans know voters blame (or credit) the party of the President for the economy, and they are doing everything they can to make things as bad as can be. This...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
I joined a conference call yesterday that talked about the upcoming Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement and the "Fast Track" process that the big corporations are trying to push on Congress to smooth the way for them to push this "trade' deal through. The...
