by Terrance Heath | Aug 19, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Donald Trump’s announcement of his new campaign team completes the process of bringing white supremacists and white nationalists from the extreme fringe into the mainstream of American conservatism and the GOP, which began when Donald Trump started his campaign. If...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 19, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Jobs and Growth, This Is The GOP
Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump and Republicans in general say "burdensome government regulations" are holding the economy back. Phrases like that sure sound ominous, as does another Republican favorite, "big government." But what do the words actually...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 19, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
“There is a myth out there that…at heart, he’s really on the side of the little guy,” Hillary Clinton said recently of Donald Trump. “Don’t believe it.” I agree. But I’ve never liked using the phrase “little guy” to describe America’s working men and women. A lot of...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 18, 2016 | Blog, Retirement Security
I’ll say this for them: The Wall Street billionaires and corporate CEOs behind the "Campaign to Fix the Debt" have a lot of nerve. Once again they're using cheap scare tactics, along with some manipulative “nudging,” to drum up support for cutting Social Security...
by Robert Reich | Aug 18, 2016 | Blog, Health, Progressive Vision
The best argument for a single-payer health plan is the recent decision by giant health insurer Aetna to bail out next year from 11 of the 15 states where it sells Obamacare plans. Aetna’s decision follows similar moves by UnitedHealth Group, the nation’s largest...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 18, 2016 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
President Obama is trying to get a vote on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) during the "lame duck" session of Congress that will take place after the election. We can help stop this by getting enough Democrats on the record as opposing the TPP. In particular, we...
