by Richard Eskow | Jul 20, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Word is that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will announce her vice presidential choice on Friday, and rumors that she's going with a "safe" pick should worry Democrats. In this political climate, a search for "safety" could put her candidacy in...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 20, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Jobs and Growth
Tuesday was "Make America Work Again" day at the Republican National Convention. But this day wasn't about making America work again for working people. This was, as always with conservatives, all about tax cuts for the rich and corporations, deregulation of oil and...
by Sam Pizzigati | Jul 19, 2016 | Blog, Financial Reform, Jobs and Growth
Lloyd Blankfein, one of America’s most powerful bankers, a few years ago told a reporter that his Goldman Sachs financial colossus was doing “God’s work.” That offhand comment would provoke an instant uproar. An embarrassed Blankfein had to quickly calm the waters. He...
by Leo Gerard | Jul 19, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
The man Republicans will nominate this week as their presidential candidate sees himself as a U.S. generalissimo. Donald Trump would be, he said last week, the law-and-order president. He’d be a tough guy at a time when crime is down. He’d strong arm at a time when...
by Miles Mogulescu | Jul 19, 2016 | Blog, Defense/Foreign Policy, Election 2016
Republican President Teddy Roosevelt, hardly anyone’s idea of a dove, famously proclaimed that in exercising diplomatic and military power, the U.S. should “talk softly and carry a big stick.” In contrast, each time there’s a terror attack or other violent incident...
by Terrance Heath | Jul 19, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
What Rudy Giuliani did for New York City as its former mayor, and what Donald Trump promises to do for America, will only make things more dangerous for Americans — both for the police, and for those being policed. Giuliani’s speech on the opening night of the...
