Saturday, March 21, 2026

Tag: Pete Buttigieg

Progressives demand Buttigieg act on rail safety amid toxic Ohio disaster

"Norfolk Southern's environmental disaster is the latest in a long string of corporate malfeasance committed right under the secretary's nose... Corporations do not respect Buttigieg as a regulator."

Exit polls vs machine counts or, how you might rig a...

These kinds of large disparities between the exit polls and the machine counts might be dismissed as an anomaly but so many cases in so many states should probably have raised alarm bells.

Biden and Buttigieg see pharma money as the cure for campaign...

Biden and Buttigieg’s influx of pharmaceutical money doesn’t bode well for their campaign promises to reign in the industry.

As a corporate tool, Buttigieg is now a hammer to bash...

More than ever, corporate Democrats and their media allies are freaking out about the grassroots momentum of the Bernie 2020 campaign.

South Bend politician: I worked with Pete Buttigieg. He did not...

During Buttigieg’s tenure, black residents were 4.3 times more likely to be arrested for possessing marijuana than white people.

Why the Buttigieg campaign tried to have me arrested for handing...

The Buttigieg for President staffer recognized that Buttigieg’s spin on healthcare was undermined by facts in the flier.

Botched or rigged? Iowa’s caucus disaster

Despite the confidence, the two systems meant to safeguard the caucuses from controversy failed spectacularly.

How corporate media make Pete look like he’s winning

On closer examination, it turns out that that is not a bar chart, but merely the New York Times’ indication that Buttigieg is in the lead.

Sanders & Buttigieg lead in early Iowa results after faulty app...

It is unclear when full results will be released and how the reporting problems will impact the Democratic race.

The creation myth of the Buttigieg campaign

Pete Buttigieg has remained silent about what made the ascent of his campaign possible.

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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.

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.

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.

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

Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.