by Sam Pizzigati | Mar 3, 2014 | Blog
The two cousins who run the private equity giant KKR, required disclosures revealed last week, together took home an astounding $327 million in 2013. Even more astounding: Analysts expect that the top execs at two of KKR’s biggest private equity rivals, Leon Black of...
by Terrance Heath | Feb 28, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
When the week began, Arizona governor Jan Brewer thought she had all the time in the world to decide whether to veto Arizona’s “Gay Jim Crow” bill. By the middle of the week, Brewer learned differently. Conservatives lost it. SB 1062, Arizona’s bill that would allow...
by Digby | Feb 26, 2014 | Blog
Hmm: The shift toward greater liberal self-identification has been led by Democrats. Currently, 43% of Democrats say they are liberal, a nearly 50% increase from 29% in 2000. Over the same period, the percentage of Democrats identifying as moderate is down to 36% from...
by Leo Gerard | Feb 25, 2014 | Blog
Right-wing billionaires threw a hissy fit in recent weeks. The 99 percent are persecuting them, the wealthy ones whined. That whole Occupy Wall Street thing hurt their feelings, conservative 1 percenters pouted. The right-wing rich didn’t threaten to take their...
by Terrance Heath | Feb 21, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
It's been another rough week on the right. A high-profile GOP governor, and potential 2016 presidential contender, could be brought low by a trove of scandalous emails. And it's not Chris Christie. Wisconsin governor Scott Walker is up for reelection this year, and...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 19, 2014 | Blog
The public gets it that one-sided trade agreements are shipping jobs out of the country – and they want our government to do something about it. A new Gallup poll shows that jobs and unemployment has risen to the No. 1 spot on the country's "most important problem"...
