What price “defense”?
America’s nearly $1.3 trillion national security budget isn’t making us any safer.
‘You tell me what we should cut’: Sanders not budging on $3.5 trillion
“Poll after poll tells me, and tells you, that what we are trying to do is enormously popular.”
In fiery floor speech, Sanders condemns Manchin’s ‘dirty side deal’
Sanders said that the deal presents a "fundamental choice" between prioritizing the "short-term profits" of the fossil fuel industry and securing a livable planet for future generations.
New proposal designed to confuse public and prevent Medicare for All
Our tasks at this moment are to understand what the power holders are offering, recognize why it is a false solution and reject it.
Trump’s infrastructure scam
Sorry, Donald. The only way we get this is if big corporations and the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes to support it.
21st Century Amerika, A Reality Show
“As our cities and towns crumble, literally and financially, we are ready to anoint one of these two predators as the new stooge of empire.”
Convention? What convention? It’s a coronation
We are in the midst of an existential political crisis, one that too many Americans blithely shrug off because they do not—or cannot—believe the kind of power seizures, purges, and police-state repression that has happened in many other countries can ever happen here.
Reclaiming American idealism
We could use a leader like George McGovern again...
Greasing the Outstretched Palms of the Candidates
Two reports underline the suffocating influence of corporate America on politics and the tricks banks play on taxpayers.
Money for Nothing… Except Winning!!
“It is time for the good working stiffs of America to walk away from the 2 Party 'One Party' con job and start realizing that it is this empire that is bankrupting not only our economy but our morality as fellow humans.”