Thursday, May 16, 2024

The super-rich have taken almost all of it

The very richest Americans seem far removed from the notion of shared prosperity that could have made us a nation to be envied.

Biden wants to prevent a strong primary challenge. He shouldn’t get away with it.

A president is not a party’s king, and he has no automatic right to renomination.

Thomas’ Citizens United vote enabled billionaire benefactor to boost political power

"The Crows' influence-buying and political spending are emblematic of a larger problem: the ongoing attempt by billionaires to purchase our democracy."

Groups slam Zinke’s ‘backroom deals’ to build road through Alaskan wildlife refuge

“These records expose yet another of Secretary Zinke’s secretive, backroom deals to sell off and sell out our public lands and wildlife.”

Until comeuppance smacks Trumpist scofflaws, brace for more lying, cheating & demagoguery

Why enter elections when starting insurrections are so much easier? Why “patronize” elections that are “corrupt” (thus unwinnable) from beginning to end?

Protest is working and growing

Early in the Trump era, protest is working and the potential ahead is for an even larger resistance movement.

Government of, by, and for Trump

When loyalty trumps integrity, we no longer have a government of laws.

First Democratic Convention Abolishes Superdelegates

The Maine Democratic Party just eliminated the superdelegate.

The longer Trump lasts, the greater the damage, the more degraded is America. Is...

No politician survives endless, humiliating court cases (results or timing aside), and no third-rate PT Barnum fools more than a shrinking minority over time.

How the Peoples Party Prevailed in 2020

What would happen if both regular citizen Republicans and Democrats were upset with the outcome of the 2016 election?