by Dave Johnson | Mar 7, 2017 | Blog
The Census Bureau reports the U.S. deficit on trade with other countries rose in January to $48.5 billion, the highest level in five years. It is up 9.6 percent from December's $44.3 billion, and 11.8 percent from January of 2016. January exports rose $1.1 billion to...
by Bill Moyers | Mar 6, 2017 | Blog
President Trump let fly a stunning poisoned-tip tweet this weekend: Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my "wires tapped" in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism! He offered no evidence, not an iota of proof to back up the...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 6, 2017 | Blog
Time and again, Candidate Donald Trump promised to "drain the swamp in Washington." He swore to curb lobbying of government by special interest groups to procure favors for their clients. But instead, President Trump has cut out the middleman - he's gone directly into...
by Sarah Warner, Cynthia Ward Wikstrom | Mar 5, 2017 | Blog
Citizens have refused to take no – or no-shows – as answers when elected officials sidestep questions at town hall meetings about Republican plans to cut health care and the Affordable Care Act (ACA). “They have a right to hear what policy proposals are on the table,...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 3, 2017 | Blog
Making people "Look over there!" is a classic magician's trick. The magician misdirects the audience's attention, while palming a coin or putting a dove in a pocket. Misdirection is also used by con men far and wide. The Trump Spectacle The public is being misdirected...
by Jeff Bryant | Mar 3, 2017 | Blog
“We've not done enough to help kids at the lower end of the socio-economic rungs,” says labor economist and Stanford University professor Martin Carnoy. It's not an accident these families, particularly in the African American community, are demanding vouchers,...
