by Robert Borosage | Jul 27, 2018 | Blog
When Trump strikes a populist tone, expose him as a fraud – don’t back the corporate stance. Last week on CNBC, President Donald Trump upbraided the Federal Reserve for raising interest rates. “I don’t like all of this work that we’re putting into the economy...
by Robert Borosage | Jul 17, 2018 | Blog
American elites have reinforced a global order in which the “winners” are protected, and the “losers” are ignored. Donald Trump’s election stunned the national-security establishment, which the precocious Ben Rhodes, Obama’s deputy national-security adviser, once...
by Robert Borosage | May 17, 2018 | Blog
Primary season is underway, and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has faced growing backlash to its heavy-handed interventions on behalf of some favored candidates. Texas Democrat Laura Moser is running in her state’s 7th Congressional...
by Robert Borosage | Apr 25, 2018 | Blog
Can a progressive populist movement be built in the rural areas and small towns that Donald Trump dominated in 2016? On Tuesday, People’s Action – one of the largest multiracial, people’s organizations in the country with 48 member organizations in 30 states –...
by Robert Borosage | Apr 24, 2018 | Blog
This week, the Senate will decide whether to confirm CIA Director Mike Pompeo as Secretary of State. Pompeo is a key figure in Trump’s new war cabinet, along with National Security Advisor John Bolton and Gina Haspel, who he wants to take Pompeo’s place the CIA. The...
