Tag: Election 2016
The Endgame of 2016′s Anti-Establishment Politics
Anyone who assumes a wholesale transfer of loyalty from Sanders’s supporters to Clinton, or from Trump’s to another Republican standard-bearer, may be in for a surprise.
Bernie Sanders Receives Another Major Union Endorsement
The endorsement was unanimously approved by the rank-and-file local delegates from the organization.
Prominent Conservative Will Only Support Republican Candidates If They Walk Back...
Despite his criticisms of Cruz and Trump, Koch said that he and his network would not be supporting or opposing any of the candidates.
What GOP New Yorkers Just Voted For: Torture, Syria Intervention and...
Well, someone doesn’t know what he is doing.
New York Elections Board to Face Audit Over Primary Problems
Mayor Bill de Blasio said that voters and voting rights monitors had reported the “purging of entire buildings and blocks of voters from the voting lists.”
Clinton and Trump Win the New York Primary
Regardless of the results, it was widely reported that the New York primary was a disaster.
This Article Is Not About Donald Trump
The menu of the news, as presently defined, lowers your chance of understanding the world.
Does Sanders’ Accusation Against The DNC Hold Water? Campaign Finance Experts...
The campaign finance experts who spoke to ThinkProgress said while they find Clinton's activities unethical, they are likely not illegal.
New Yorkers File Emergency Lawsuit To Give Voting Rights Back To...
Voters in the lawsuit say their party affiliations were mysteriously changed.
High Corruption: Hillary Clinton Does the Hindu Kush
The Queen of Chaos has been roundly criticized for her bellicose involvement as Secretary of State in Iraq, Libya, Honduras and elsewhere, generally taking “very little action to bring about peace.”
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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.
The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.
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.
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.