by Digby | Mar 3, 2014 | Conservatism, Economy, This Is The GOP
I guess you know it's election time when the Republicans decide it's time to troll for votes among their lovely base by kicking the poor. As a direct counter to President Obama’s recent emphasis on the gap between rich and poor, the upcoming House Republican budget...
by Digby | Feb 26, 2014 | Blog
Hmm: The shift toward greater liberal self-identification has been led by Democrats. Currently, 43% of Democrats say they are liberal, a nearly 50% increase from 29% in 2000. Over the same period, the percentage of Democrats identifying as moderate is down to 36% from...
by Digby | Feb 24, 2014 | Conservatism, Progressive Vision
Think Progress explains that this rather astonishing decline in deaths among young people in car accidents is the result of a concerted government and private industry effort of education, regulations, laws. It's quite a success story. A lot of people are alive today...
by Digby | Feb 11, 2014 | Conservatism, This Is The GOP
I knew about Christie's little "deal" described here some time ago, but apparently it's just now coming to the attention of the Washington press: As the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey, Chris Christie struck an unusual deal with Bristol-Myers Squibb. In exchange...
by Digby | Jan 27, 2014 | Economy, Making it in America, Minimum Wage, Progressive Vision, The Jobs Challenge
Responding to the depressing news that the administration has succumbed to elite pressure to "tone down" the rhetoric about wealth inequality, Damon Silvers, special counsel for the AFL-CIO, points out the uncomfortable truth: [T]he president faces a choice of...