by Richard Eskow | Jul 27, 2010 | Blog
Yesterday I co-hosted The Young Turks with Cenk Uygur. Our first interview was with Howard Dean, in a wide-ranging conversation that covered his continued enthusiasm for Barack Obama (but not some of his advisors), Democratic malaise, and the race-baiting he has...
by Richard Eskow | Jul 26, 2010 | Blog
Somebody really, really doesn't want Elizabeth Warren to run the new Consumer Protection Financial Bureau, or "CFPB," which she first envisioned and proposed. Who? The big banks, for sure, as well as others who don't want their misbehavior brought to light. And Tim...
by Richard Eskow | Jul 23, 2010 | Blog
The "teachable moment" cliché may be overused, as Jason Linkins observed the other day, but what the White House really needed this week was a learnable moment. The Administration and other leading Democrats had an opportunity this week to understand the nature of the...
by Richard Eskow | Jul 21, 2010 | Blog
This week's big story is that a faker scammed the media, trashing an innocent USDA employee's career in order to push a false right-wing narrative. But another scam's underway too, and it's targeting Social Security and other entitlement programs. As Republicans (and...
by Richard Eskow | Jul 19, 2010 | Blog
A disturbing pattern seems to be forming in Washington: Evidence of financial wrongdoing leads to financial settlements with large banking institutions, but with no apparent move to indict the individuals responsible. AIG agreed to the largest settlements in history,...
