Sunday, March 22, 2026

Tag: Election 2016

With Clinton’s Nixonian Email Scandal Deepening, Sanders Needs to Demand Answers

As Hillary Clinton's email scandal deepens and grows more Nixonian, Bernie Sanders needs to stop being the gentleman, and hammer her with questions about why she insisted for four years on conducting all her State Department "business" on a private email server outside of Freedom of Information access.

Trump Immediately Backs Out of Presidential Debate Against Bernie

On Friday, Sanders told reporters, “Well, I hope he changes his mind again. Mr. Trump has been known to change his mind many times in a day."

Advice for Divided Democrats

Many Hillary supporters don’t want Bernie to keep campaigning, and many Bernie supporters don’t want to root for Hillary if she gets the nomination.

Bernie Sanders Trails Hillary Clinton by 2 Points in California

It's a statistical tie in California as the June 7 primary approaches.

Bernie Hopes Trump Will Not ‘Chicken Out’ of Presidential Debate

“I’d love to debate Bernie. He’s a dream.”

Pent up Fury Beneath the Bernie and Donnie Phenomena

They are the reason the Bernie and Donnie phenomena are not just 2016 flare-ups — but in the words of Sanders' clarion call — "a political revolution."

What Does Bernie Want?

No one likes a sore loser. But one of the hardest challenges in politics is to be a generous winner.

The New Agenda For Taking On Wall Street

All of these ideas have been proffered by progressive financial reformers even as the Dodd-Frank financial reform law squeaked through Congress in 2010.

Why Trump Might Win

Trump’s demagoguery makes him the most dangerous nominee of a major political party in American history.

Clinton: “There Is No Way that I Won’t Be” Nominated

Bernie Sanders insists “We are in till the last ballot is cast.”

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Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...

The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.

Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and Congress pushes back

Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.

Scale raises the ceiling, but fiscal foundations determine whether autocracy or democracy prevails

The implication is stark: democracy is not only a constitutional or ideological arrangement; it is fundamentally a fiscal one.

The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace

Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.

State Department purge left US exposed as Iran war sent energy prices soaring

Internal layoffs removed the very officials who would have modeled oil supply disruptions, coordinated with Gulf energy partners, and prepared for retaliatory strikes as war with Iran drove gas and crude prices sharply higher.