Meet crony capitalism-owned government, Texas. The Texas grid failure is a perfect example of what markets do to systems we all depend on because they can, given bought governments. Journalist understands the error in slavish devotion to markets x x YouTube Video See full episodes here. The Texas Tribune CEO...
Corporatocracy
On the sixth of January Congressional Republicans will make a farce of American democracy live and direct before the whole world. I know many Americans don’t care, some even doubt it exists and anyway it’s furrin parts. As an expat all I want to do is hide and cry, no...
Chris Matthews attempted to belittle Bernie Sanders ascent in the polls with a novel theory used to propel Mike Bloomberg given the expected Biden demise. Even as Bernie Sanders is starting to surge, the New York Times decided to endorse two candidates; neither being him. And now the mainstream media, here...
I am generally tough on the host of NBC’s Meet the Press and MSNBC’s Meet The Press Daily, Chuck Todd. His piece on the new McCarthyism, however, is very important. Most importantly it was very well done. Maybe if we remember to give positive acknowledgment when due, then corporate media, the...
Cross-posted from Eclectablog. It’s no secret that Michigan Republicans are deeply in the pocket of corporations in our state. One of their first orders of business after taking control of our state government in 2010 was to pass a massive tax cut for corporations paid for by raising the taxes...