by Terrance Heath | Jul 17, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Thank heaven for American wingnuts’ short attention span. The apparent shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over the Ukraine gave us a respite from the usual sexist, racist, homophobic, xenophobic rantings. A brief one, but a respite nonetheless. Fox News...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 17, 2014 | Blog
As Vice President Joe Biden was delivering a speech to the Netroots Nation convention in Detroit on Thursday, he was interrupted by a group chanting, "Stop deporting our families, stop deporting our families." Biden stopped his speech and responded, “I respect your...
by Bill Scher | Jul 17, 2014 | Blog
Today Speaker Boehner warned that Congress may not be able to pass legislation to help address the influx of Central American child migrants, because too many Democrats are unwilling to alter the 2008 human trafficking law, and give President Obama's Border Patrol...
by Jeff Bryant | Jul 17, 2014 | Blog, Education
Who could ever forget comedian Jon Stewart's commentary in early 2009 on how financial reporters totally botched reporting of the Great Recession. Stewart mocked journalists at CNBC for missing all the warning signs of the overvalued housing market and their failure...
by Robert Borosage | Jul 17, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Progressive Vision
House Democrats released their 2014 election year platform Wednesday, entitled "Middle Class Jump Start: 100 Day Action Plan to Put the Middle Class First." Naturally, the release of a major party’s election year agenda received virtually no press coverage, far less...
by Richard Eskow | Jul 16, 2014 | Blog, Retirement Security
[fve]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFntSIjxIaw[/fve] Sen. Sherrod Brown discusses Social Security expansion with Richard (RJ) Eskow on The Zero Hour William Galston writes in the Wall Street Journal about a Republican senator’s plans to force a confrontation on...
