Tag: 2020 presidential candidates
‘CNN is truly a terrible influence on this country’: Democratic debate...
“This is an unusually vile performance by CNN,” tweeted Rolling Stone contributing editor Matt Taibbi.
The big loser in the Iowa debate? CNN’s reputation
One really does get the impression that if CNN were holding a debate on the Titanic, the first question would literally be about rearranging the deck chairs.
Biden, Buttigieg and corporate media are eager for Sanders and Warren...
Keeping eyes on the prize this year will require a united front that can strengthen progressive forces, prevent any corporate Democrat from winning the party’s presidential nomination, and then go on to defeat Donald Trump.
Biden and Buttigieg are showing how corporatism and ‘the madness of...
Devastating impacts of nonstop war are all around us in the United States, from deadly federal budget priorities to traumatic effects of normalized violence.
Buttigieg and Biden are masters of evasion
It’s understandable that corporate-backed candidates don’t want to be cornered by questions that touch on realities of political and economic power.
Corporate media and ‘moderate’ democrats are defending the oligarchy against Bernie...
If Biden, Buttigieg, Klobuchar or Bloomberg win the Democratic presidential nomination, that would be a triumph for oligarchy in the midst of rising grassroots opposition.
Progressives need a united front for Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren
The need for a Sanders-Warren united front should be clear -- as clear as the imperative of rolling back the monstrous right-wing power that has controlled the presidency during the last three years.
“You’ll know the tree by the fruit it bears”: Bernie Sanders’...
The fruit of Bernie Sanders’ labors are not just in the realm of policy, they’re also in the people who support him.
We can breathe life back into democracy
“We make meaning together, build and deepen relationships, and take collective ownership for our country.”
Big tech platforms have had a “profound negative effect on democracy.”...
“People of all political stripes understand that there’s a problem here.”
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Apathy in the American Medical Association
It is well past time that they break their silence.
A mulish fool, a farce-spoiled pool and more swill from staggering misrule
No matter the mayhem, great or small,/ Dredge up “vandals did it” protocol.
Native American tribes came together to secure their rights to Colorado River water. Four...
If passed into law, the Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act would resolve the largest outstanding claim on the Colorado River while providing about $5 billion in federal funding to build infrastructure to transport the water across the reservations.
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
UN inquiry says Israel deliberately targeted Palestinian children in Gaza
A new UN Commission report details more than 20,000 children killed, tens of thousands injured, attacks on hospitals and schools, and evidence that Palestinian children were treated not as collateral damage, but as targets.