by Richard Eskow | Jun 18, 2010 | Blog
A video of retired Sen. Alan Simpson's foulmouthed rant toward activist Alex Lawson is making the Internet rounds, as well it should: The sheer audacity and rudeness of the guy makes this clip "must-see TV." It's a political bloopers reel (it can be seen at the bottom...
by Terrance Heath | Jun 18, 2010 | Blog, Economy
The unemployment crisis is startling to looking a lot like the gusher in the Gulf, except that where there may not be much political leaders can do about that, there are things that can be done about unemployment. The difference is that they are choosing not to do...
by Zach Carter | Jun 17, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
The tough derivatives overhaul proposed by Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., has emerged as the key fight in Wall Street reform. That status is well-deserved. Despite Lincoln's record as a stooge for corporate executives, she is pushing what is by far the most significant...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 17, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
Corporate lobbyist Lanny Davis, former legal counsel for President Clinton, is launching his own firm next week, and he is previewing his tactics with a slimy and erroneous diatribe against progressives in general and against the Campaign for America's Future in...
by Sara Robinson | Jun 17, 2010 | Blog
The racist outrages are coming so thick and fast out of Arizona these days that was probably only a matter of time before some Nazi group took advantage of the situation to put itself on the media map. And -- whaddaya know! -- here they come, right on schedule....
