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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
The Huffington Post | By James Gerken Photographer and pilot Alex MacLean wanted to learn more about the Keystone XL pipeline, which if approved will carry oil from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, so he decided to take pictures from… Read More ›
By Wesley Lowery in The Washington Post Many of the headlines after day two of the Conservative Political Action Conference were about Rick Perry’s well-received speech, in which he harped on what he deemed the “two Americas”: red-state America and… Read More ›
By Jonathan Chait in New York Magazine In the wake of Mitt Romney’s 2012 defeat, Republicans had at least one consolation: a deep bench of presidential contenders, including several governors with a proven ability to win majorities in blue states…. Read More ›
By MONICA DAVEY and NICHOLAS CONFESSORE CHICAGO — Prosecutors in Wisconsin assert that Gov. Scott Walker was part of an elaborate effort to illegally coordinate fund-raising and spending between his campaign and conservative groups during efforts to recall him and… Read More ›
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