Before I jump into this, there are a few items I’d like to make clear upfront…. First, I truly believe that any candidate still standing in the Democratic field would be a dramatic improvement over Donald Trump, and I intend to support whomever it is that comes out of the convention with the nomination. My […]
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The big take-aways from Super Tuesday
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 2016, 2020, Amy Klobuchar, Bernie Bros, Bernie Sanders, coalition building, conspiracy theories, Dan Pfeifer, Democratic National Committee, Democratic Party, democratic primary, dirtbag left, DNC, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, get out the vote, Hillary Clinton, Jim Clyburn, Joe Biden, Latino voters, low-propensity voters, Marianne Williamson, Michael Bloomberg, Nathan J Robinson, Pete Buttigieg, Presidential politics, primary elections, rigged elections, Shaun King, South Carolina, Super Tuesday, swing states, the black vote, voter turnout 115 Comments
Republicans after adding over $1 trillion to our national debt to fund tax give-aways to the rich, say they can’t find $8 billion to extend health care for 8.9 million children living in poverty
While sold to the American people as a “middle class tax cut” that wouldn’t help the super-rich like Donald Trump, the tax reform legislation just passed by the Republicans is, in fact, a windfall for the rich that does considerably less for American’s middle class than the Obama stimulus package of 2009 did. Had the […]
Posted in Corporate Crime, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged #CorkerKickback, America Cares Act, Bob Corker, budget deficit, Children's Health Insurance Program, CHIP, cruelty, Dianne Feinstein, Donald Trump, FDR, health care, health insurance, mandates, Medicaid, Medicare, middle class tax cuts, New Deal, Paul Ryan, poverty, Republican lies, rolling back the New Deal, social safety net, social security, stimulus, tax reform, tax scam, taxes, the top 1%, threats to the middle class, wealth inequality, welfare 8 Comments
Celebrating the anniversary of FDR’s Civil Works Administration
According to PBS, it was on this day in 1933 that President Franklin D. Roosevelt introduced the Civil Works Administration, “a component of his New Deal that helped America pull through the Great Depression of the 1930s by creating millions of construction jobs for unemployed Americans.” If you have a drink in your hand, please […]
Posted in History Also tagged 1933, American Experience, Civil Works Administration, Congress, FDR, Great Depression, infrastructure, jobs, jobs bill, New Deal, November 8 4 Comments