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Received this e-mail yesterday from former Governor Terry McAuliffe (D. VA) in support of Tony Evers (D. WI) gubernatorial campaign: Tony Evers (D. WI) In just 39 days, the … Read More
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) in support of Gretchen Whitmer’s (D. MI) gubernatorial campaign: Garlin Gilchrist (D. Mi) & Gretchen Whitmer (D. MI) … Read More
Krysten Sinema is no my favorite candidate. But the clueless approach the New York Times took to her life story really is just horrifying. The story (link is to companion … Read More
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D. OR) in support of his colleague, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown’s (D. OH) re-election campaign: We cannot afford to lose even one Senate … Read More
I used to think a million monkeys banging on typewriters could come up with better economic policies than Donald Trump. Then I figured one monkey with a stylus and a can … Read More
How many people does Donald Trump have to screw over financially before we all stop believing him? If he were selling a couch on Craiglist I’d bring a Taser and a … Read More
From the Louisville Courier-Journal: Marse Bevin — according to WFPL — went to the Kentucky Registered Apprenticeship Summit on Monday and extolled the virtues of indentured servitude as being something akin to … Read More
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders’ (I. VT) re-election campaign: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I. VT) If Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump get their way, the U.S. … Read More
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren’s (D. MA) re-election campaign: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) What we saw this week wasn't a Supreme Court confirmation hearing … Read More
The Louisville Teamsters are recommending that the UPS workers reject the contract offer by UPS and signed off by the national Teamsters leadership. The union that represents most hourly workers … Read More
Received this e-mail today from Democracy for America in support of Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s (D. TX) U.S. Senate campaign: This is ridiculous. U.S. Senator Ted Cruz — the guy who once … Read More
Sometimes, even the best meaning economists completely muddle the picture. Everything seems so, well, complicated. Well . . . when I was in college in 1988 (!) a friend offered … Read More
By Mike Hersh for Mike F, Janis, Deb, Dan, Dr. Bill, Shayna, Bryan, Kim, Donna, and Judy—your PDA National Team Show You Appreciate Organized Labor Every Day Support PDA’s Organizing with … Read More
Stupid, stupid, Florida. Meet your Florida Democratic rep: Kim Daniels. She is the incumbent state representative for one of the bluest districts in all of Florida, Legislative District 14 in Jacksonville. The Florida GOP … Read More
Well, as with so many things in life, it appears that “timing is everything,” especially when it comes to tucking your head inside of your shell, and admitting that your … Read More
It must really suck for Kentuckians who are getting hurt by Trump’s tariffs that they do not have two Republican U.S. Senators to fight for them on Capitol Hill. “Nobody … Read More
I've said for months now that the ultimate Democratic secret weapon in the 2018 midterms is the $1 Store Caligula himself. And with his frenzied, vicious response to Omarosa's digs … Read More
Just to be specific, when I refer to Trump's “supporters” in the title, I'm not talking about the drooling morons who roll around on the floor at Trump rallies, speaking … Read More
t it NOW! Queen Please Dios, if you have any mercy, let His Lowness keep his promise, and campaign tirelessly for the last 45 days of the campaign, especially … Read More
This came out today: The off-road accessory was shipped in a box emblazoned with the logo of an auto parts brand owned by Mike Braun, a multimillionaire businessman who often … Read More
So I walked in to the Post Office in one of the more conservative parts of the district Danny O’Connor is running in. It was pretty empty. The two postal … Read More
I have a suggestion. And that suggestion is that the two words “Mission Accomplished” should be permanently stricken from the political discourse dictionary, on pain of being thrown out of … Read More
Sarah Smarsh has a well written opinion piece up in the NYT titled “Liberal Blind Spots Are Hiding the Truth About “Trump Country.“ To give a flavor of her piece: … Read More
With Abortion Rights, LGBTQ Equality, Health Care and More at Stake, MoveOn Members Will Mobilize en Masse Statement of Anna Galland, executive director of MoveOn Civic Action, on the nomination … Read More
After weeks of heartbreaking images, here are some beautiful rays of hope: On Saturday, in Washington, D.C.,, 35,000 demonstrators braved 96-degree temperatures to march on the White House and send … Read More
Pantheon of organizations plan massive June 30 mobilization against Trump administration’s family separation policy WASHINGTON — During a television appearance on MSNBC’s ‘All In With Chris Hayes’ this evening, Rep. … Read More
Members praised the endorsed candidates for vowing to protect healthcare and create economic opportunity WASHINGTON, DC — Today, MoveOn Political Action is announcing the first wave of federal endorsements made … Read More
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 you think it’s okay to … Read More
Coal power stations have now ceased generating electricity in the UK, with all of them ceasing operations by 2022. They will be closed completely by 2025. Here in the US, … Read More
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 … Read More
Has this contemptible carney family stopped even bothering to try to appear non-corrupt? Ivanka Trump‘s clothing manufacturing company will be exempt from new proposed tariffs against China. Just like Donald … Read More
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 Office of Tax Analysis suddenly … Read More
Health industry stocks plunged on Tuesday with word that corporate powerhouses Amazon, J.P. Morgan, and Berkshire Hathaway were partnering to create a new, nonprofit company to “focus on technological solutions … Read More
This morning, the morning after President Donald John Trump gave the constitutionally-mandated State of the Union address, not since the Civil War has the state of our Union been in … Read More
Republicans will win this. For sure. Democrat politicians in trouble. The Mitch McConnell. He’s a sly one that Mitch. Did you see him speak? Democrats better do what he says, … Read More
Campaign Action Donald Trump and his Republican allies have two definitions of the term, “golden showers.” The first concerns a notorious—and as-yet unsubstantiated–claim from the so-called Russian dossier: Decorum prohibits elaborating … Read More
With apologies to Benjamin Disraeli, there are three kinds of lies Republicans are telling about their tax plan: lies, damned lies, and f**king lies. Constraints of space and time preclude … Read More
Two years ago, I had a highly recommended post excerpting various pundits on both sides of the aisle forthrightly describing the increasing insanity of the Republican party. The point was that … Read More
Obviously, our collective attention has been focused on tragic events that are, for Americans, much closer to home. But the situation in Spain continues to bear watching. And it isn’t … Read More
In “Donald Trump is the First White President,” Ta-Nehisi Coates provides a tour de force take down of the always absurd argument that Trump’s presidential victory was attributable to economic … Read More
The Wall Street Journal, reporting on a study by Stanford University, debunks a favorite Republican talking point and reports that “Fears Obamacare Would Be A Job Killer Were Wrong.” As … Read More
A great deal of attention has been focused on the connection between North Korea and China, and the pressure China can (or cannot) and will (or will not) put on … Read More
In 2001, Bush 43 selected his Secretary of Labor, a Taiwanese-American woman with a long history of involvement in conservative causes. Elaine Chao resigned her position in the Heritage Foundation … Read More
Originally posted at Eclectablog. An anonymous Eclectablog reader pointed me to this video from 2010 of Donald Trump talking to Larry King about undocumented Mexican workers working in this country. … Read More
For the second time in her career, Hillary Clinton has signaled retreat on her signature issue, health care. During the Democratic debate, Clinton said she wouldn’t fight for the type of … Read More
No sporting event is worth 1 death let alone over 4000 to date Qatar has the highest ratio of migrant workers to domestic population in the world: more than 90% … Read More
The two Democrats running to replace Aaron Schock in Illinois' 18th Congressional district supported action on climate change in a recent debate sponsored by several news organizations. Both candidates mentioned … Read More
Originally posted at Eclectablog. In their neverending quest to screw over workers to benefit employers, Republicans in Michigan are now turning their attention to those making minimum wage. A bill … Read More
Summary: According to U.S. Central Command logs, we are making fewer airstrikes during a whole month today than we did every day in 2003 during the effort to remove Saddam … Read More
Originally posted at Eclectablog.com. Republicans have successfully branded themselves as the party that worships “local governmental control”. They want federal regulations repealed and the power given to the states on … Read More
