by Dave Johnson | Dec 18, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Democracy, Progressive Vision, This Is The GOP
Republicans put a surprise sneak law into the big, last-minute "omnibus" budget bill: It bans the administration from making companies and "charities" disclose who is putting up the baksheesh money for political campaigns. The president has to sign it or the...
by Robert Borosage | Dec 18, 2015 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Eighteen million Americans watched as Republican presidential candidates savaged Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton incessantly in their “Fear and Loathing” debate in Las Vegas on Tuesday. Now Democrats will have their turn on Saturday night in New Hampshire. Saturday...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 17, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016, This Is The GOP
Republican presidential candidates had a chance to take a stand against Donald Trump's dangerous demagoguery at Tuesday night’s debate. None of them took it. At the fifth Republican presidential debate, nine candidates took to the stage for the main event, when eight...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 16, 2015 | Blog, Climate, Conservatism, Economy, Financial Reform, This Is The GOP
The "omnibus" budget for the next year is out. Here are some of the winners and losers. With a Republican Congress, every budget battle is about ratcheting down the things our government does to make our lives better. Every budget battle is a defensive action, with...
by Leo Gerard | Dec 15, 2015 | Blog, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Middle America is smoldering. For too long, average citizens worked harder and produced more, yet corporations cut pay and benefits, off-shored community-sustaining factories, killed family-supporting jobs and crushed opportunity. GOP presidential candidate Donald...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 14, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Recently there have been news reports that Republicans are going to delay TPP until after the 2016 elections. Do not be misled; this is a bargaining ploy. They want the Obama administration to make "side agreements" that give corporations even more. We have to keep up...
