by Bill Scher | Mar 9, 2016 | Blog
Over at The New Republic, I make "The Case for Shutting Down the Republican Party." The Republican coalition is simply too reliant on bigots to survive in an increasingly multicultural America. That bigotry is fueling the rise of Donald Trump, who gets clobbered in...
by Emily Schwartz Greco | Mar 9, 2016 | Blog, Climate
Aubrey McClendon’s 2013 Chevy Tahoe ignited after he slammed into an Oklahoma City overpass at high speed. Flames charred the brazen oil and gas executive’s body so badly that medical experts relied on dental records to verify that he’d died. One day before McClendon...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 9, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016
Politicians and campaign consultants, listen up. There is a lesson to learn from Michigan's Democratic primary upset: Voters are tired of having their intelligence insulted by cynical politicians using 90's-style "gotcha' politics." "Gotcha politics" is a tactic where...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 9, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
“This is the party of Lincoln," House Speaker Paul Ryan said last week. "We believe all people are created equal in the eyes of God and our government.” But, the truth is, the party of Lincoln is long gone. It’s now the party of Jefferson Davis, Bull Connor, George...
by Robert Borosage | Mar 9, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Bernie Sanders shocked the political world with a stunning victory in the Michigan primary Tuesday night, coming back from 20 percent down in polling to win by some 2 percent of the vote. After all the weeks of commentary about Bernie Sanders' problem with black...
by Jim Hightower | Mar 8, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Why should you and I have to keep paying Mitch McConnell’s salary? The Kentucky Republican is the Senate majority leader, but he doesn’t lead much. In fact, he really doesn’t do much of anything. McConnell says “no” to every task at hand. Repair and replace the...
