by Dave Johnson | May 12, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Democrats in the U.S. Senate were able to successfully block the trade promotion authority "fast track" bill using a filibuster today. This is a very big setback for the pro-Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) forces, but is not a final defeat. The final vote was 52-45,...
by Terrance Heath | May 12, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016, This Is The GOP
UPDATE: Check out my latest post: 13 More of Ben Carson's Craziest Beliefs! In an increasingly crowded field, Republican presidential candidates and hopefuls are struggling to stand out, but Ben Carson stands out for all the wrong reasons. If he keeps it up, the famed...
by Leo Gerard | May 12, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
America is in an abusive relationship with trade-obsessed politicians and corporations. Despite their long history of battering the U.S. middle class with bad trade deal after bad trade deal, these lawmakers and CEOs contend workers should believe that their new...
by Robert Reich | May 11, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
On Friday, President Obama chose Nike headquarters in Oregon to deliver a defense of his proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership. It was an odd choice of venue. Nike isn’t the solution to the problem of stagnant wages in America. Nike is the problem. It’s true that over...
by Terrance Heath | May 8, 2015 | Conservatism, This Is The GOP
They say everything’s bigger in Texas, and it looks like that applies to right-wing freak-outs, too. Things in the Lone Star State have gotten so loony that every former Texas governor Rick Perry can’t make sense of it. On Monday morning, Americans were shocked by...
by Dave Johnson | May 8, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Speaking at Nike's headquarters today, President Obama said this about the Trans-Pacific Partnership: "So when you look at a country like Vietnam, under this agreement, Vietnam would actually, for the first time, have to raise its labor standards. It would have to set...
