Coal Baron Joe Manchin is pointing a shotgun at the head of the planet – media needs to point it out
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin just cooked the planet. I don't mean that in a metaphorical sense. I mean that literally. Unless Manchin changes his negotiating position...
Rep. Katie Porter grills executive about the lying thievery of the pharmaceutical company. My Take!
Rep. Katie Porter confronted a CEO about the industry's lies about why drug prices need to be high with visuals. It's stunning. Congresswoman Katie Porter...
Our stock market is completely broken. Now what?
One of the few silver linings of this deadly pandemic will hopefully be the final death of the myth that the stock market is, in...
AntiCapitalist MeetUp: Climate Crisis, negative emissions technologies, and financialization
As Climate Crisis returns to the new US administration agenda, negative emissions technologies (NETs) may find their implementation hindered by neoliberal financialization. An earlier...
MOTHER-F'in OBAMA! Check this out!
My Twitter was blowing up with one-liners from Barack Obama’s speech all day, but the coolest thing he did had nothing to do with a...
GA-Sen A & B: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D. NY) Sets Her Sights On Flipping Both Senate Seats Blue
Received this e-mail from former presidential candidate, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D. NY), in support of Rev. Raphael Warnock (D. GA) & Jon Ossoff’s (D....
Joe Biden Has The Momentum To Expand His Electoral Map As More States Sour On Trump
The New York Times has a great piece out about how Democrats are eager to not only help Joe Biden take out Trump but also...
Trump's name will be printed on paper stimulus checks, likely slowing their arrival
Because it’s far more important to give Donald J. Trump credit for doling out cash than to stimulate a cratered economy ASAP, we get this execrable...
MI-Sen: GOP Poll Gives Sen. Gary Peters (D) A 7 Point Lead Over John James (R)
Big news today out Michigan courtesy of the GOP polling firm, Marketing Research Group: Looking at the U.S Senate race, Democrat candidate Gary Peters has...
Warren Unveils 3 New Plans That Tackle Coronavirus, Farmworkers' Rights & Climate Change
I’ve always loved Elizabeth Warren’s “I Have A Plan For That Motto” because it rings so true. Today, she unveils three new plans that cover...
Medicare For All: It’s about empathy, math, and morality
It is mathematically impossible for private insurance to be less expensive than single-payer Medicare for All. Insurance must pay hundreds of overpaid executives, duplicative services like...
AntiCapitalist MeetUp: “Rail, mail, water, and energy into public ownership”-The UK Labour Manifesto
The BBC identified 12 key issues for the Labour party’s manifesto in preparation for the December General Election. Not wishing to take anything away from...
Trump's stock market lies prevent it from growing because it's Moloch's fault
If you believe that Individual-1 has altruistically helped the US stock market since inauguration, you might believe we Democrats worship Moloch, just like we treat the free market...
Careful what you wish for, boys.
“Who’s on first. What’s on second.” “I don’t know!” “Third base.” abbot and Costello It’s little wonder that President Trump is sarcastically referred to...
Did 80% of GOP corporate tax cut benefits go to workers? Try 6%
So another tax season has come and gone. In this case, that means Americans can render their verdict on the first year of the signature legislative...
Congress needs Trump’s tax returns to investigate $400 billion pass-through scam
When House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal of Massachusetts demanded the Internal Revenue Service turn over six years of Donald Trump’s tax returns to...
Challenge accepted. I told him eight things I absolutely love about Trump.
Sadly, an Air Force buddy I had served with over 20 years ago is, today, a huge Trump fan. He’s the complete package, down to the...
Challenge accepted: I told a Trump supporter eight things I absolutely love about Trump
Sadly, an Air Force buddy I served with over 20 years ago is a huge Donald Trump fan today. He’s the complete package, down to the...
The War on Tesla, Musk, and the Fight for the Future
Upfront: If you think that anything is justified against a person simply because that person is wealthy, this is not an article for you. If...
Democrats proven right—again—on tax cut windfall for the rich
Campaign Action During the run-up to the passage of the “Republican Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” late last year, one technical paper from the Treasury Department’s...