by Terrance Heath | Jun 20, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is back in the news, following a prosecutor’s allegations that Walker was at the center of a “criminal scheme" to bypass state election laws, by illegally coordinating spending between conservative groups and his campaign in 2012. Is...
by Terrance Heath | Jun 20, 2014 | Conservatism
The White House will hold a Summit on Working Families on Monday, and Republicans want in on the action. Republicans are feigning concern for working families, with a fake agenda meant to distract us from their lack of any real solutions. Republicans can’t be blamed...
by Terrance Heath | Jun 13, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
As House Minority Leader Eric Cantor exits stage right, it seems appropriate to recall some of his most memorable wingnut moments. And as David Bratt waits in the wings, it’s a good a time as any to consider that nights of wingnuttia he’s likely to reach. When Eric...
by Thom Hartmann | Jun 13, 2014 | Conservatism
Dave Brat wants to bring libertarian economics to the U.S., and double-down on 33 miserable years of Reaganomics. Yesterday, fresh off his primary upset of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, the Tea Partying Brat was interviewed by MSNBC’s Chuck Todd. Todd asked the...
by Richard Eskow | Jun 11, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism, Financial Reform
[fve]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhDDDsN8SpA [/fve] The above interview with Thom Hartmann took place Monday night on "The Big Picture," his television program. The first half of the discussion is based on a recent piece of mine about “The People’s Fed,”...
by Thom Hartmann | Jun 10, 2014 | Conservatism
There were two terrorist attacks in America over the weekend, but don’t expect the mainstream media to call them that. On Friday, 48-year-old Georgia resident Dennis Marx was scheduled to appear at the Forsyth County Courthouse in Cumming, Georgia, to face charges on...