Politics

“Democracy dies in darkness.”

His spokeswoman thinks he is getting enough information through phone calls with world leaders.

The battle between “guns and butter” is still raging in the United States and, if the new NDS is any indicator, the guns are winning.

It's up to us to stop playing along.

“My mother got to see Mr. Yoho’s disrespect on the floor of this House towards me on television and I am here because I have to show my parents that I am their daughter and that they did not raise me to accept abuse from men.”

California wildfires rage, Philadelphia refuses to share information with ICE, Koch brothers turn on Trump, and more.

This is a complete break from tradition and should be a national scandal. And yet, media coverage does not reflect that reality.

Can Hillary Clinton accomplish the inconceivable: uniting the long-divided political Left--in opposition? Part 1 of 2

Let's expand our role of the national political whistleblower to cover educating the masses with knowledge, messages and frames they don't have -- and which politicians and the media obscure or block or defy. Let's recognize Sanders as the greatest progressive educator this era, maybe back two eras. Just naming his triad of empowered opponents confirms his historic significance. Win or not, he is a champion of elevating awareness.

The bill includes nearly $1.4 billion to build 55 miles of new border barriers out of steel, far less than the $5.7 billion requested by President Trump.