Endearingly disheveled hero of the American left, Senator Bernie Sanders, made his way through Michigan today, pumping up crowds on behalf of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the run up to next month’s presidential election. Our job, he told the crowd that gathered to hear him speak at the University of Michigan’s Museum […]
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I’m officially joining the Bernie Sanders “political revolution”
Back in 2013, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, when asked if he’d consider making a run for President, said that he might have to, if, during the campaign, “the collapse of the middle class, growing wealth and income inequality, growth in poverty, (and) global warming” were not being discussed in any significant way. Well, Bernie apparently […]
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 2016, Bernie Sanders, campaign finance reform, Global Warming, Hillary Clinton, money in politics, poverty, Presidential politics, Ralph Nader, third party 11 Comments
Mitch McConnell promises to hand the government over to corporate America if the Republicans retake the Senate in November
Every summer, at about this time, conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch apparently shine the sign of the relentlessly sucking vampire squid onto the dark, steely clouds above Gotham and call our nation’s most evil industrialists to a secret location, where, over steak, cigars, and the world’s finest prostitutes, they plot the destruction of our […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Corporate Crime, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Alison Lundergan Grimes, American Courage: Our Commitment to a Free Society, Charles Koch, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, corporate money, dark money, David Koch, get the money out of Washington, Koch brothers, Mitch McConnell, money as free speech, Senate, threats to Democracy, threats to the middle class 19 Comments