The Sanders “Economic Plan” Controversy
"When you dare to do big things, big results should be expected. The Sanders program is big, and when you run it through a standard model, you get a big result.” – James K. Galbraith
‘Lives hang in the balance:’ 21 days before midterms, McConnell admits GOP still salivating...
"It is genuinely not an exaggeration to say that lives hang in the balance in the midterms, Republicans want to use their political power to kill people."
Noam Chomsky: Decades of “the neoliberal plague” left U.S. Unprepared for Covid-19 outbreak
“We should understand the roots of this pandemic.”
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, August 1, 2018
ICE served eviction notice in Syracuse, Trump tweaks capital gains to benefit the rich, US deports parents but keeps their children, and more.
In step toward ending dark-money elections, court to review case that created Super PACs
"For nearly a decade, the SpeechNow ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has allowed big money donors to evade federal campaign contribution limits and corrupt even further our political process."
Applause as Biden withdraws ‘horrific’ Trump rule attacking social security disability recipients
“Wonderful news,” said one activist.
White House plan would erase age from Social Security disability decisions
Sources say the administration may raise the age threshold from 50 to 60 or remove it entirely, a move that could cut benefits for 750,000 people and reduce payouts by $82 billion.
Ultimate rightwing transgression: the mockery of politics as a preposterous joke
The Big Lie is "yoked to an older deception, without which it could not survive: the idea that American politics is a joke," attackable without consequences.
Medicare for All over militarism
Although it doesn’t seem to interest most American voters, militarism is now as much of a domestic as it is a foreign policy issue.
When 3 men richer than 165 million people, Sanders says working class must ‘come...
Big-money special interests "want to divide us up," said the independent senator at a living wage rally in South Carolina, "and we are determined to bring working people together."