by Dave Johnson | Feb 11, 2014 | Conservatism, Economy, Populist Majority
With Republicans unable to agree on a hostage strategy, Speaker John Boehner will hold an open vote on a "clean" debt-ceiling increase. This means that Democrats and a few moderately sane Republicans will formalize what everyone has known all along: It is illegitimate...
by Leo Gerard | Feb 11, 2014 | Conservatism, Economy, Progressive Vision
The GOP is all about freedom – for corporations, that is. Republicans believe, for example, that business should be free from the kind of government regulation that would prevent chemical companies from spewing poison into West Virginia drinking water. When it comes...
by Richard Eskow | Feb 10, 2014 | Conservatism, Health
As Media Matters and other outlets noted last week, right-wing commentators drastically misrepresented a Congressional Budget Office report’s findings about the Affordable Care Act. Fox News, Washington Post conservative blogger Jennifer Rubin, and many other...
by Terrance Heath | Feb 7, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
You knew it was coming. The moment you saw Coca-Cola’s Super Bowl commercial, you knew the reaction from the right was coming. The ad featured “America, The Beautiful,” sung in various languages, including English, while images of Americans of every race, creed,...
by Richard Eskow | Feb 7, 2014 | Conservatism, Reagan Revolution
January 20 marked the 25th anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s inauguration as President. And February 6 marked the 103rd birthday of the former sports announcer, actor, governor of California and 40th President of the United States of America. Reagan’s economic...
by Joshua Holland | Feb 6, 2014 | Conservatism, Health, Progressive Vision
On Tuesday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a new report on Obamacare’s impact on the economy that ignited an enormous amount of controversy. The firestorm centered on CBO’s projection that the Affordable Care Act would reduce the hours we work by the...
