My intention was to wait another year or so before calling a press conference and formally endorsing a candidate for president, but, when I saw this thread of comments today from Senator Elizabeth Warren about why she wouldn’t be following the lead of other Democratic candidates and appearing on FOX News, I decided that I’ve […]
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Is the charter school industry paying off Michigan politicians to avoid oversight?
There’s a coordinated attempt afoot to dismantle America’s system of public education, and Michigan Republicans, for the past several years, have been at the forefront, passing laws to weaken our traditional, neighborhood public schools, while, at the same time, clearing the way for unaccountable for-profit charter schools to move in. While I don’t hold out […]
Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged ALEC, Arne Duncan, Bill Moyers, Casandra Ulbrich, charter schools, Detroit Public Schools, Diane Ravitch, Dick and Betsy DeVos Foundation, Dick DeVos, dismantling of public education, education reform, Florida, for-profit charter schools, GLEP, Great Lakes Education Project, hedge funds, John Engler, Michigan Board of Education, Michigan Campaign Finance Network, money in politics, Netflix, no child left behind, oversight, privatization, public education, Reed Hastings, schools of choice, teachers union, threats to Democracy 58 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, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 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