by Richard Eskow | Oct 17, 2013 | Blog
According to anonymous Capitol Hill sources, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi cautioned Democratic members of Congress on Thursday against "gloating" over the spectacular crash-and-burn that was the Republicans' government shutdown. No gloating over the...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
It’s a major victory. The shutdown has ended, the government isn’t defaulting (at least not yet), and Democrats didn’t yield in the face of threats and bullying. But what happens next could shape our fate for many years to come. Congratulations are in order. President...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 15, 2013 | Blog
A recent column by Andrew Ross Sorkin is instructive, although not in the way Sorkin might have wished. His portrayal of JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon as the innocent and beleaguered victim of “writers, editors and bloggers” is likely to stand as a cautionary tale, a...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 10, 2013 | Blog
A time bomb with a six-week fuse is still a bomb. And as long as the Republicans keep issuing threats and shutting down the government, they're still playing with dynamite. It was initially reported that the GOP's "offer" to extend the debt ceiling for six weeks was...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 9, 2013 | Shutdown
The deepening split among Republicans is somehow strangely reminiscent of a recent movie, "Killing Them Softly," based on a George V. Higgins novel and starring Brad Pitt. The publicity materials say it’s about “dumb guys who think they’re smart” and wind up “causing...
