by Robert Borosage | Nov 1, 2017 | Blog
With passage of their budget framework, Republicans in Congress have embarked on a preposterous mission of passing—in three weeks—a tax bill that still hasn’t been released to the public as of this writing. They plan to pass the bill, which is likely to end up near...
by Jeff Bryant | Nov 1, 2017 | Blog
"Here we go again," was what many left-leaning folks likely felt after seeing a recent announcement about a new effort by wealthy donors to rescue the Democratic Party from its electoral doldrums. Backed by $20 million, the "New Blue" campaign, coming from politically...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 30, 2017 | Blog
A new poll shows most Democratic voters want their party to move left, with new people in charge. In other words, they want a political revolution. They've got the right idea. If the party establishment thinks Robert Mueller's investigation will save it, it's probably...
by Joe Mangino | Oct 28, 2017 | Blog
I’m Joe Mangino, and I live with my family in the Jersey Shore town of Beach Haven West. Five years after Hurricane Sandy, we’re still on the long road home. Sandy took away my house and my livelihood. Like many of our neighbors, the Mangino family was knocked down....
by Leo Gerard | Oct 27, 2017 | Blog
Congressional Republicans are selling a trickle-down tax scam times two. It’s the same old snake oil, with double hype and no cure. A single statistic explains it all: one percent of Americans – that is the tiny, exclusive club of billionaires and millionaires – get...
by George Goehl | Oct 27, 2017 | Blog
GOP lawmakers are laughing into their hats as they head home from Capitol Hill, thinking tax cuts for the rich – the ones they’ve wanted for so long – are finally within reach, if they can hold on a little longer. There’ll be smiles all around the Thanksgiving table,...
