Sunday, February 16, 2025

Tag: presidential race 2020

Can Trump delay election or reject peaceful transition of power? Amy...

Republicans are racing to confirm the 48-year-old federal judge before Election Day, which would give conservatives a commanding 6-3 majority on the high court.

Cornel West & Ben Jealous on the DNC and whether progressives...

“At this moment, with the decline and fall of the American empire, it looks as if the system is unable to generate enough energy to seriously reform itself. It remains sanitized, superficial."

Scientists, climate experts endorse Joe Biden as 2020 presidential candidate

"On Earth Day, we speak with one voice: we must elect Joe Biden the next president of the United States—for all our sakes."

It’s a scary time

The number of famous men accused of such assaults recently is astounding. Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby, Donald Trump, Joe Biden.

NYT writes post-mortems for a Sanders campaign it did its best...

The coronavirus may have halted most campaigning for now—but it evidently has not stopped anti-Sanders media bias.

Say it ain’t so, Joe. Or what, me worry?

We await a persuasive argument that explains how and why Joe Biden will be the Democratic David to take down this Goonish Goliath.

Progressives urge Elizabeth Warren to rally behind Bernie Sanders after she...

Supporters of Sanders say they hope she will throw her support behind their candidate in order to form a united “progressive front” and take on powerful corporate forces now lined up behind Biden.

Then there were two: Sanders wins California with Latinx support as...

The Democratic presidential primary has ended in a two-person race between former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders.

The energizer Bernie and the power behind him

The electoral strength of the Bernie Sanders campaign is enmeshed with intensities of feeling and resolve for progressive change that pollsters and editorial writers are ill-equipped to measure or comprehend.

Sanders’ surge in the polls has Democratic officials reconsidering his chances

"...people should take him very seriously."

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Musk’s double standard: SpaceX wins government contract while public services face deep cuts

A $38.85 million contract awarded to Elon Musk’s SpaceX sparks outrage as his government office slashes funding for health care, education, and social programs.

McMahon confirmation exposes Trump’s plan to dismantle public education

Educators, unions, and civil rights advocates warn that the Trump administration’s agenda would devastate public schools, privatize education, and gut federal oversight.

How to bump, lump, crumple, and eventually dump Donald Trump

Better we concentrate on growing the grit and smarts to fight back from the hedgerows to the dark net.

GOP’s $4.5 trillion tax giveaway: Slashing Medicaid and food stamps to fund the wealthy

House Republicans propose massive tax cuts for billionaires while gutting Medicaid, food assistance, and student loan programs, sparking outrage from lawmakers and advocacy groups.

Tesla paid zero federal income tax in 2024 while GOP pushes more corporate tax...

Musk’s trillion-dollar company paid nothing in federal taxes while working Americans foot the bill.