Tag: Democrats
Why the DNC is fighting WikiLeaks and not Wall Street
With eyes on the prizes from corporate largesse, DNC officials don’t see downsides to whacking at WikiLeaks and undermining press freedom in the process.
Democrats side with banks and approve Volcker Rule Regulation Harmonization Act
From lobbying disclosures, it shows that American Bankers Association have lobbied on the Volcker Rule in both the House and Senate this past year.
This union nurse and outspoken progressive could become Iowa’s next governor
Cathy Glasson is running an insurgent campaign on a platform of Medicare for all, a $15 minimum wage and ending “right to work” laws.
A third party? How not to settle for the lesser of...
In order to get the candidates you want elected you need to get involved, now – in the primaries and in changing your state to ranked-choice voting.
The Democratic ‘Blue Wave,’ a powerful tsunami rushing toward Trump and...
It looks as if the people’s revolution that Sen. Bernie Sanders talked about is becoming a reality; now it’s called a Blue Wave.
The race to replace Paul Ryan says everything about party politics...
With Ryan out, Paul Nehlen, an open white supremacist, is the leading Republican, while Randy Bryce, a progressive populist, is running as a Democrat.
If Trump isn’t the best democratic plant . . . then...
The anti-president wreaks GOP havoc.
A record-breaking number of females running for House in 2018 midterm...
With a total of 309 females who have filed candidacy papers to run for the House, it surpasses the record of 298 set in 2012.
Neoliberalism, Russian interference and Mexico’s upcoming election
After almost 25 years of austerity and failed neoliberal policies, the gap between the majority of Mexicans and the country’s obscenely wealthy elite has only widened.
Russiagate: Democrats’ giant middle finger to climate justice
“Russiagate is such a dangerous, deeply entrenched, and relentlessly promoted narrative that only a broad coalition movement of justifiably outraged activists can defeat it.”
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Not very bright
How much of Donald Trump’s directive on U.S. tariffs imposed on nations all over the world—that in recent days has caused a stock market loss of trillions of dollars—is a result of his not being very bright?
Patriotic Millionaires challenge oligarch power with sweeping economic plan
As economic inequality worsens and public frustration grows, a coalition of wealthy Americans offers a radical legislative blueprint to dismantle the grip of the ultra-rich on democracy.
Chevron ordered to pay $744 million for decades of destruction to Louisiana’s coastal wetlands
A Louisiana jury’s landmark verdict against Chevron signals a major shift in holding Big Oil accountable for environmental degradation and decades of ignored coastal restoration laws.
Over 4,000 factory workers laid off as Trump tariffs spark economic chaos
A wave of mass layoffs across the U.S. exposes the real cost of Trump’s trade war, as union leaders and lawmakers warn of deepening instability in American manufacturing.
Israeli soldiers expose ‘kill zone’ campaign in Gaza, citing war crimes and systematic devastation
A new report from Breaking the Silence reveals shocking testimony from Israeli troops describing the creation of a lethal buffer zone inside Gaza, the deliberate razing of civilian infrastructure, and the normalization of killing civilians.