by Bill Scher | Apr 6, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
The Republican Party is ceasing to be a cohesive party. In Wisconsin, one-third of Republican primary voters wouldn't vote for either of the party's leading candidates in the general election. As NBC News analyzed: When asked what they would do if [Ted] Cruz were the...
by Robert Borosage | Apr 6, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Bernie Sanders swamped Hillary Clinton in the Wisconsin Democratic primary Tuesday. Ted Cruz won big over Donald Trump on the Republican side. The chances for a contested Republican convention increased markedly. And Sanders’ momentum in the Democratic race continues...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 5, 2016 | Blog, Trade
The February trade deficit numbers are out. Exports were up but imports were up way more than exports. Result: We shipped even more jobs and wealth out of the country in exchange for stuff we could have made here. That means we also shipped out essential components of...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 5, 2016 | Blog, Tax Reform
Giant, mega-profitable companies like the drug maker Pfizer engage in complicated, tricky schemes to dodge paying the taxes they owe. The result is that there is not enough money for bridge repair, better schools, and other public goods. The Treasury Department caught...
by Leo Gerard | Apr 5, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
For years, Republicans have kept a gambit going where they gin up hate for political gain. They condemn marriage equality. They throw a hissy fit about what bathroom transgender people use. They try every dirty trick in the book to prevent black people from voting....
by Dave Johnson | Apr 4, 2016 | Blog, Democracy, Election 2016
Republican voter suppression turned Arizona's primary into a fiasco that forced people to wait in five-hour-long lines to vote. Many were turned away. Wisconsin Republicans are also disenfranchising citizens with laws designed to discourage voting by groups that might...
