by Terrance Heath | Dec 12, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Only the worst kind of wingnut could conclude that America is “awesome” in spite of — or because of — “forced anal feeding and re-hydration” of detainees. But that’s what we heard this week. Well, now we know. America did a whole lot more than “torture some folks.”...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 12, 2014 | Blog, Financial Reform
The "Citibank budget" has not passed the Senate. There is time to fight this giveaway to Wall Street. Call your senators today and tell them take the Citibank bailout part out or block the budget. Tell them to let Wall Street know that their days of controlling our...
by Bill Scher | Dec 12, 2014 | Blog, Climate, Jobs and Growth
A fascinating graphic presentation from Bloomberg shows how America has nearly achieved energy independence and broken our addiction to oil. It's not because oil got too expensive. The U.S. shale boom has helped drive gas prices to their lowest point in four years....
by Dave Johnson | Dec 11, 2014 | Blog, Trade
China's currency manipulation and other illegal practices "suck wages out of our economy," Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) said during a press call Thursday, citing the figure of a direct loss of $37 billion in reduced wages in 2011 alone. It "becomes difficult to do economic...
by Jeff Bryant | Dec 11, 2014 | Blog
"Failure is not an option," has been a popular slogan in public education for years. Although, flight engineers and astronauts in the Apollo 13 program originally coined the phrase as a motivator for competing against the Russians in the space race, some well-meaning...
by Robert Borosage | Dec 11, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism
The first signs of the November election returns are apparent in the $1 trillion spending bill the lame duck Congress is about to pass in Washington. Ironically, this spending bill was forged with resurgent Republicans on their best behavior. They are still a...
