Friday, April 26, 2024

The Curse of Incumbency (And Death of Democracy?)

There's still a chance we can fix it, that it isn't too late. As voters, we have to wake up and do our part to awaken others to the crisis we're facing in this country.

You Don’t Matter to Drugmakers

Big pharma executives are going all out to paint themselves as the good guys — just not to you.

Why Trump?

The Democratic Party has not been taking seriously many of the reasons for Trump’s support and the range of that support. And the media has not been discussing many of the reasons for Trump’s support. That needs to change.

Why the Critics of Bernienomics Are Wrong

They’re wrong. You need to know the truth, and spread it.

Let’s Talk About Hillary Clinton and Saudi Arabia

U.S. activists must follow the example of our European allies and demand that our government stop supplying the Saudi rulers with weapons to bomb civilians in Yemen and repress its own citizens.

Supreme Obstruction

After so many years of this, the public is, to say the least, disillusioned to the point of giving up on government – even our current pretense of democracy.

To Get America Moving, Tax Financial Transactions

A sales tax on speculators can deliver tangibles that people need but Wall Street says we can't afford as well as intangibles that our nation needs but Wall Street tries to ignore.

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s Surprise Endorsement Gives Sanders a Chance to Change the Whole Primary...

Resignation from the DNC by Vice-Chair Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), who is endorsing Bernie Sanders following Hillary Clinton's South Carolina primary romp, give Sanders campaign a chance to shake up the whole primary campaign.

Don’t Be Fooled — Lindsey Graham and the GOP Establishment Are Just as Crazy...

That Graham looks at Trump and sees someone speaking in a completely different diction from himself, or hears the crazy in Trump’s pronouncements but not in his known, just underlines how hard it is for us to estimate our own failings.

The Graveyard of the Elites

The establishment structure is sliding toward its death, and the foremost sign of this is the silly and sickening display of "junk politics" that we call an election campaign.