by Dave Johnson | Aug 8, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016, Jobs and Growth
When Republican candidate Donald Trump says we should keep jobs in the U.S., he doesn't mean what people think he means. He wants to make the U.S. just as low-wage as elsewhere, to be "competitive." Members of Michigan People's Campaign were among those in Detroit who...
by Bill Scher | Aug 8, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
At Real Clear Politics, I observe that Donald Trump has been under a ceiling of 45 percent in the RCP poll average for the entirety of the presidential campaign, while Hillary Clinton has largely been above it. There is some precedent for a candidate to break 45...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 8, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Economy, Election 2016
“I hear America singing,” Walt Whitman wrote, “the varied carols I hear.” Donald Trump hears America singing, too. But where Whitman heard men and women, masons and carpenters, Trump hears only the unvarying monotone of rich white males like himself. Trump’s...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 8, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
Another presidential campaign means it's time to bring back the "Latest Lie" series. And here's the latest lie. Campaigning in Nebraska Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton said, "Well, we're not going there, my friends. I'm telling you right now we're going to write...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 3, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
[fve]https://youtu.be/p13WBHQrxpE[/fve]Alicia Garza of the Black Lives Matter movement talks about the relationship between progressives and the African-American community during the People's Action People's assembly on Sunday in Milwaukee. A newly formed national...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 2, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Jobs and Growth
Austerity is officially dead, at least at the presidential candidate level. Congress? We'll have to wait and see. Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are talking about increased spending on public infrastructure. Hillary Clinton has launched her post-convention...
