by Dave Johnson | Jan 27, 2017 | Blog
Andy Puzder, CEO offast-food giant CKE Restaurants (Hardee's and Carl's Jr), is President Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Labor. As one more Ayn Rand devotee nominated to Trump's cabinet, his mission is clear: to spearhead Trump's War on Workers. December's post,...
by Mehrdad Azemun | Jan 27, 2017 | Blog
Last Saturday, millions of us poured into the streets from Barrow, Alaska, to Washington, D.C., to Tallahassee, Florida at the Women’s Marches. I myself was proud to march with my family in our nation’s capitol. Our display of unity showed the world how powerful we...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 26, 2017 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
[fve]https://youtu.be/l96myiBa16Y[/fve] At the beginning of the Obama administration, Democrats had control of the Congress and passed the "stimulus." Unfortunately only a third of that was for infrastructure work. Then Republicans in Congress obstructed every...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 26, 2017 | Blog
[fve]https://youtu.be/KB2R641paiQ[/fve] Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tom Price, is a Tea Party Republican whose extremist ideology could have grave consequences for your health. That's reason enough to block his nomination. But...
by Jeff Bryant | Jan 26, 2017 | Blog
Left-leaning people everywhere got a big yuk when Betsy DeVos, during her confirmation hearing for US Secretary of Education, cited "potential grizzlies" as a reason to allow guns at schools. As evidence for her assertion, she referenced an earlier exchange she'd had...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 26, 2017 | Blog
Donald Trump, in what's been hyped as an "unprecedented" move, has instituted a freeze on the hiring of federal employees. Hyperbole aside (it’s hardly unprecedented, since Ronald Reagan did the same thing on his first day in office), one thing is already clear: this...
