by Miles Mogulescu | Jul 27, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
I’m a lifelong democratic socialist and a die-hard supporter of Bernie Sanders and the political revolution he’s embodied. I have long-standing objections to the Clintons and the way in which they’ve triangulated the Democratic Party rightward through the years. But...
by Leo Gerard | Jul 26, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
The dark and treacherous skies Donald Trump invoked at the Republican National Convention last week have lifted as Democrats begin their meeting in Philly Monday with a healthy dose of optimism. The Hillary Clinton team sees America differently. They recognize...
by Terrance Heath | Jul 22, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
For four days, the Republicans convened in Cleveland, officially nominated Donald Trump for president, and wingnuttery abounded. A Paler Shade of White Remember when the Republican National Committee issued its post-mortem of the 2012 election? In a rare moment of...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 22, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
On the day Donald Trump gave his speech accepting the nomination of the Republican party, Roger Ailes left Fox News. Ailes' work here was done. Trump's speech was the culmination of the Fox News project. One con man has left the scene, a new con man enters from stage...
by Richard Eskow | Jul 22, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
The Gettysburg address, it wasn't. Donald Trump's acceptance speech clocked in at one hour and 15 minutes, and that's not counting the time dilation effect demagoguery can produce in some observers. Lincoln’s speech lasted less than two minutes. A columnist in the New...
by Terrance Heath | Jul 21, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
The ouster Thursday of Fox News chief Roger Ailes, brought on by a long history of sexual harassment, portends big changes for the network he created — and the party it has consumed. A sexual harassment lawsuit filed against Ailes by former Fox News anchor Gretchen...
