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 Terrance Heath | Dec 11, 2015 | Current Issues, This Is The GOP
Animals have a sense about people. They just know when someone is trouble. So it really wasn’t a surprise when an American bald eagle attacked Donald Trump. Is there a more powerful and well known symbol of America than the bald eagle? Maybe a couple, but not many....
by Terrance Heath | Dec 9, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
House Speaker Paul Ryan condemned Donald Trump’s plan to ban Muslim immigration to the U.S. by saying, “this is not who we are as a party or a country.” Ryan is mistaken: Trump represents exactly what the GOP is, and what progressives must not let America become....
by Terrance Heath | Dec 4, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Mass shootings in Colorado and California this week, brought out the worst in wingnuts this week, and reminded us that our biggest terrorist threats still come from right here at home. Colorado When Robert Dear opened fire in a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic the...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 2, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
A Thanksgiving holiday marred by shootings should remind us that our biggest terrorist threat comes not from Syrian refugees fleeing extremist violence, but from homegrown right-wing extremists. Minneapolis On the Monday before Thanksgiving, white supremacists shot...
by Robert Reich | Nov 30, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
On Friday, a gunman killed three at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado. Later, in explaining his motive to the police, he said “no more baby parts.” Last Monday, gunmen opened fire on Black Lives Matter protesters in Minneapolis who were demanding action against...
