National Republicans have waged an unrelenting campaign to exploit every weakness and anachronism in our electoral system. Through a combination of hyperpartisan redistricting of the House, unprecedented obstructionism in the Senate and racist voter suppression in the states, today’s GOP… Read More ›
Month: July 2014
America’s Conservative Road to Destruction – A Brief History
I’ve recently Friended Bruce Bacon from a mutual progressive facebook group, and this article was published from one of his posts. It’s long, but concise, to the point, and weaves together all the pieces which I believe to be true… Read More ›
Why the Honduran Children Flee North
By Dennis J Bernstein in Consortium News AP: Hillary Clinton was probably the most important actor in supporting the coup in Honduras. In part, perhaps, one would assume because one of her best friends from law school, Lanny Davis, who had… Read More ›
Kansas’ Ruinous Tax Cuts
By the Editors of The New York Times There was a windstorm of hasty excuses in recent weeks after Kansas reported that it took in $338 million less than expected in the 2014 fiscal year and would have to dip… Read More ›
This Kid Made An App That Exposes Sellout Politicians
By Hannah Ewens A 16 yr. old kid has created a plug-in for browsers that, when you hover over the name of a member of congress mentioned on any webpage, popups to give you a list of donations made to… Read More ›
The Big Lobotomy
Why would conservative lawmakers decimate the staff and organizational capacity of an institution they themselves control? Part of it is political optics: What better way to show the conservative voters back home that you’re serious about shrinking government than by… Read More ›
Hillary Clinton Flaunts Her Surveillance State Baggage
By Robert Scheer A short, concise article that pretty much articulates my early concerns about Hillary as the Democratic candidate, which center on her position on Snowden and surveillance. Not mentioned in the article is the similar position she’s already… Read More ›
Greenpeace Urges LEGO to End Shell Partnership and Save the Arctic
Greenpeace launched a major new global campaign today targeting LEGO forputting sales above its commitment to the environment and children’s futures. This campaign will mobilize more than 5 million people to take creative action in six continents—Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa,… Read More ›
Let’s Talk About Impeaching Supreme Court Justices
Huffington Post: The Blog; by Nathan Newman With the threat of the Supreme Court striking down the most important progressive domestic initiative in a generation, we should be talking about impeaching Supreme Court Justices who engage in such right-wing judicial… Read More ›
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