Today the President admitted that he trusts Vladimir Putin more than his own intelligence community. We agree with Mayor Pete Buttigieg that the time for impeachment is now. Click for more…
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2018/07/17 Banks, Tritch raising big money
PACs that gave money to Banks’ campaign included those representing General Electric, Lincoln National, Raytheon, BAE Systems, Anthem, Eli Lilly, General Motors, Old National Bank and Kroger.
Jim Banks doesn’t represent his constituents. He represents the corporate PAC with the largest campaign check. Click for more…
2018/07/09 It’s No Accident Americans Are Still Broke in a Booming Economy
A new report out this month from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) makes it clearer than ever that this dynamic of workers falling behind is not some kind of statistical aberration or case of bad luck. Policymakers in America have made it a hell of a lot harder, by design, to move up in the world compared to the way things work in other countries. And despite low unemployment and other signs of a booming economy, it’s probably only going to get worse from here.
2018/07/07 Ocasio-Cortez understands a key feature of the economy in a way most politicians miss — and it could be a huge asset for Democrats
The idea that we’re going to austerity ourselves into prosperity is so mistaken, and honestly I feel like one of the big problems we have is that, because Democrats don’t have a deep understanding of or degrees in economics, they allow Wall Street folks to roll in the door and think that they’re giving them an education,” Ocasio-Cortez told In These Times last month.
They’re not. It’s a con, and they’re getting conned because they don’t understand the transformative power of the purse that Congress has. It’s not just Democrats. I don’t think most of Congress understands how economics works.
2018/07/06 New Study Confirms That American Workers Are Getting Ripped Off
American workers are more likely to be poor (by the standards of their nation). In the United States, nearly 15 percent of workers earn less than half of the median wage. That gives the U.S. a higher “low-income rate” than any other developed nation besides Greece and Spain. Click for more…
2018/06/21 The Republican majority just voted to pass the House Republican 2019 budget and rejected every amendment offered by Democrats.
2 TRILLION in cuts in Medicare and Medicaid. This when 10,000 baby boomers retire every single day! Click for more…
2018/06/21 Protesters Gather at LaGuardia Airport as Separated Children Arrive in New York
“New York became a focal point in the controversy over migrant children separated from their parents on Wednesday after local officials revealed that more than 200 of those children have been transferred to facilities in the state. Reports that migrant children were still arriving on flights from Texas drew hundreds to an overnight protest at LaGuardia Airport that was reminiscent of the demonstrations against President Trump’s travel ban.” Click for more…
2018/06/20 ICE Shuts Down Its Portland Office After Protest Camp Blocks the Entrance
The Portland demonstrators protesting the Trump administration’s family separation policy have achieved a small victory.
After several days of protests blocking the front entrance, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has temporarily shut down its operations at its Portland office.
2018/06/19 House GOP plan would cut Medicare, Medicaid to balance budget
“Social Security comes in for more modest cuts of $4 billion over the decade, which the budget projects could be reached by eliminating concurrent receipt of unemployment benefits and Social Security disability insurance.” Click for more…
2018/06/18 All 5 first ladies speak out on family separations at border
The senior among the first ladies, Rosalynn Carter, spoke through The Carter Center: “The practice and policy today of removing children from their parents’ care at our border with Mexico is disgraceful and a shame to our country.”
Mrs. Carter led a delegation to Thailand in 1979 for a firsthand look at the plight of Cambodian and Laotian refugees, recalling today the “trauma of parents and children separated by circumstances beyond their control.” Click for more…