by Terrance Heath | Sep 28, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Progressive Vision, This Is The GOP
Little Zianna Oliphant, speaking through her tears at a city council meeting in Charlotte, said more about what’s really happening with policing in black communities than Donald Trump did in 90 minutes at Monday nights debate. The candidates had a lot to say, at last...
by Frank Clemente | Sep 28, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Tax Reform, This Is The GOP
As usual, Donald Trump stretched, distorted and outright denied the truth in the debate Monday night. Some of his biggest whoppers were about taxes: both his own and his plans for everyone else’s. Here are the five most wrong-headed things Trump said about taxes:...
by LeeAnn Hall | Sep 27, 2016 | Blog
The Clean Power Plan, President Barack Obama’s effort to cap carbon emissions from dirty power plants, came before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday. The panel of 10 judges asked tough questions of both defenders and challengers of the EPA program....
by Michael Winship | Sep 27, 2016 | Blog, Progressive Vision
And so, after all the anticipation, the rampant sports metaphors and the breathless, sensationalized buildup (MSNBC’s headline in the minutes before the event was “Clinton/Trump Showdown”), the first debate is over. Scorecards may be odious, but overall, it has to be...
by Robert Borosage | Sep 27, 2016 | Blog
The following was originally published in The Nation Marketed for days like the Super Bowl, last night’s first presidential debate inevitably failed to live up to the hype. The favorite, Hillary Clinton, won as expected, coming off as prepared, experienced, and tough....
by Leo Gerard | Sep 27, 2016 | Blog
Donald Trump puts on a show of being rich. There’s that private jet stamped Trump. He assures everyone, ad nauseam, that he’s really, really rich. But apparently it’s all a sham. The Washington Post revealed last week that Trump is a charity case. Over the past...