by Robert Borosage | Feb 18, 2016 | Blog, Economy, Election 2016
Listening to the presidential debates would suggest that the only foreign policy challenges that the U.S. faces are ISIS, Syria and a touch of Ukraine. Accelerating catastrophic climate changes – already costing hundreds of billions in damage and destabilizing...
by Bill Scher | Feb 17, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
In the Democratic presidential nomination race, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are in a tight race for Nevada, but Clinton is far ahead in South Carolina and 10 of the early March contests. A Sanders win in Nevada could change those numbers, but the likelihood...
by Bill Scher | Feb 17, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
Conventional wisdom states that Republicans have every political reason to block anyone President Obama nominates for the Supreme Court. Any Republican who voted for an Obama nominee could face a primary challenge. The people who care most about judicial battles are...
by Robert Reich | Feb 16, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
I’m writing to you today to announce the death of the Republican Party. It is no longer a living, vital, animate organization. It died in 2016. RIP. It has been replaced by warring tribes: Evangelicals opposed to abortion, gay marriage, and science. Libertarians...
by Terrance Heath | Feb 12, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Give the feds credit. Playing the long game in the Oregon standoff worked. Not only did they bring in the last of the wannabe “militiamen” without giving them what they wanted, federal agents also nabbed the grandfather of them all. They were going to be hailed as...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 12, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
Corporate conservatives have taken notice of the Bernie Sanders campaign, and has started accusing him of "buying votes" by "promising" "free stuff." Is it true? Here are some examples of what the corporate/billionaire-funded right is saying: ● American Thinker,...
