Politics

We don’t need to just close the buy-borrow-die loophole. We desperately need to shut the buy-hold for decades-sell loophole just as firmly.

This is not a battle of left vs. right. It is a battle between democracy and autocracy.

No diplomatic solution is possible without serious pressure on Putin.

“When November comes around (even earlier as we vote by mail in Florida, where the Republican Trump stooge governor has made it ok) my vote, FOR THE LAST TIME, will be for any and all Democrats on the ballot.”

“It is not a radical idea to demand that when people in the world’s richest country turn on their taps, the water they drink is free of toxic chemicals.”

The reason why Clinton doesn’t want those speeches to be made public is that she doesn’t want the voters to know that she intends to use their money to propagandize to them for the benefit of those corporations, and also to protect those corporations from liability for harms their products cause the public.

"Family-friendly work" is nothing but a pipedream in the richest nation in the world. Yet it shouldn't be a luxury because it's what American workers and their families deserve—a decent life with decent pay.

The White House chief strategist may think he knows what he's doing, but bluster isn't enough to get what he wants – or is it?

"When Donne spoke of the bells tolling "for thee", he was referring to death. But it applies every time we turn a blind eye to those whose lives are being violated in our name."

It is that he has sacrificed the processes and institutions of American democracy to achieve his goals.