Tag: Democrats
With help of Democrats, regulators move to gut ‘last line of...
"We are barely a decade from the greatest fiasco of financial over-leveraging in history, and we are already unlearning its most obvious lessons."
Democratic winning strategy; positive, constructive, message, take the offensive
The time is ripe for Democrats to step into this void of presidential and Congressional action and take charge.
Lots of F’s for these D’s: Report card shows majority of...
"A disappointing number of Democrats have buried their heads in the sand and helped Trump and Mitch McConnell to pack the courts with judges representing the far-right fringe of the country."
A necessary voice: Ilhan Omar must not be silenced
Representative Omar has only held office for two months and not only faces attacks from within her own party, but also what amounts to a campaign of incitement launched by the right.
Joe Biden on the relaunch pad: He’s worse than you thought
Whether Biden can win the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination will largely depend on how many voters don’t know much about his actual record.
House passes HR 1 – a sweeping anti-corruption bill to get...
“HR 1 restores the people’s faith that government works for the public interest, the people’s interest, not the special interest.”
Pressure is on: Activists push Congress extra hard to support new...
"Now we need to push lawmakers extra hard to support the new legislation before the lobbyists get to them."
The big obstacle for Bernie isn’t DNC rigging’ – it’s media...
We must confront those corporate media forces while vastly strengthening independent progressive media work of all kinds.
Presidential candidates should telegraph VP favorites
We only elect twosomes to the White House. Why not learn sooner, not later, what that combo would look like? Frankly, I don’t see much downside – and distinct benefits.
Democrats need to think big for 2020
Will it nominate someone based on perceived electability, which is usually code for incremental policy ideas and a long political career, or a fresh-faced progressive reformer with big ideas?
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Third police officer sentenced to prison for framing black males
“These three police officers from Biscayne Park disgraced themselves and damaged the public’s trust in law enforcement."
Monsanto loses millions of dollars after Indian farmers switch to indigenous seeds
Monsanto claims that the genetically modified cotton seeds they sell are superior. So why are so many people trying to switch?
Reinventing Beto: How a GOP accessory became a top democratic contender for president
Beto O’Rourke will be running to elude his actual record. If it catches up with him, he’s going to lose.
Judge rejects sale of public lands for fracking, halts drilling in Wyoming
"[The] agency must consider the cumulative impact of GHG [greenhouse gas] emissions generated by past, present, or reasonably foreseeable BLM lease sales in the region and nation.”
Cheney, Rothschild, and Fox News’ Murdoch to drill for oil in Syria, violating international...
While Syria is torn apart by the warring of U.S. imperialists and Islamic fundamentalists – leaving its children to die of starvation – another country plans to take advantage of the chaos by stealing resources from Syria’s southern region.
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