by Terrance Heath | Jun 1, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), has called Donald Trump “a loser” who made his money by “cheating people with scams.” A look into Trump University’s records, as well as Trump’s other business deals suggests that Warren was right on the money. A reunion of Trump...
by Dave Johnson | May 31, 2016 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
More and more the word is getting out that President Obama, along with the giant multinational corporations and Wall Street, will launch a push in Congress to pass the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) during the "lame duck" legislative session following the election....
by Dave Johnson | May 31, 2016 | Blog, Economy, Jobs and Growth, Progressive Vision
The long Verizon strike has ended, and the unions won. This means that the American middle class won, too. Verizon is an extremely profitable company. But even with massive, astonishing profits the company was demanding that its workers provide givebacks, allow...
by Dave Johnson | May 31, 2016 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
OurFuture.org's Richard Eskow discussed the Trans-Pacific Partnership's "Democracy Hijacking" with Lori Wallach, Director of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch, this past weekend on his radio show "The Zero Hour with Richard Eskow." The "hijacking" refers to a...
by Leo Gerard | May 31, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Donald Trump scorns traditional presidential candidate standards. The Donald doesn’t do what’s expected. And he certainly doesn’t do what he tells other candidates they must do. If Donald doesn’t feel like debating, he stiffs his opponents and grabs attention doing...
by Robert Borosage | May 31, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
The media has declared the Democratic presidential race over, even though no candidate has won a majority of the delegates. The Democratic establishment is in a tizzy about polls showing Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump running even with Democratic...