Tag: Bernie Sanders

Republicans have perfected the rhetoric of blaming our economic woes on social safety nets, specifically Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...

The ways in which Donald Trump has threatened our republic over the past three and a half years are legion. Yet, every day, he adds...

Four years ago, progressive radio and talk-show host and author Thom Hartmann dedicated airtime to accepting calls from listeners who wished to deliver brief...

Some use crises to enrich themselves, like Senators Jim Inhofe, Richard Burr, Ron Johnson, Kelly Loeffler, and Diane Feinstein were discovered last week to have...

The race for the Democratic nomination for president has very quickly whittled down to two contenders: former Vice President Joe Biden and Vt. Sen....

The first primary event of the 2020 presidential cycle begins Monday with the Iowa caucus, and Vt. Sen. Bernie Sanders is dominating the field...

The corporate media has been waiting a year for what happened between Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren at last Tuesday’s Democratic...

In 2016, Barack Obama privately told advisers he would intervene if it appeared as though Bernie Sanders threatened to clinch the nomination away from...

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's entrance into the presidential race is not only indicative of the growing fervor to take out Donald...

How much more than you does your boss make? That all depends, of course, on many factors: whether your job is unionized, the industry you're...

I expected the typical build-up. Most of the day my phone pinged with alerts like this one from Politico:  “4 key questions about 2020 that Democrats...

Vt. senator Bernie Sanders’ historic primary challenge against Hillary Clinton two years ago proved the term “Democratic Socialism” isn’t the Boogie Man Cold War-era...

Well, it's official. Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders is running for the 2020 nomination for President of the United States. But unlike two years ago, when...

Conservatives love to blame our economic woes on social safety nets, specifically Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), aka...

Republicans jumped at the opportunity this week to cite a Koch Brothers-funded Mercatus Center study to prove once and for all what they have been claiming...

In last week's New York Democratic primary, an obscure 28-year-old Democratic Socialist from the Bronx with no prior political experience upended the Democratic establishment...

What if the federal government were the employer of last resort? In other words, when jobs are scarce or exploitative, the government steps in with...

Two weeks ago, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) head of cybersecurity, Jeanette Manfra, confirmed Russia penetrated several states’ voter rolls during the 2016 election. In an interview on Fox...

Based on the number of pro-Trump tweets during the run-up to the 2016 presidential election, one would assume Donald Trump's popularity soared more than...

In the wake of Congressmen John Conyers and Trent Franks and Senator Al Franken being pushed out for sexual harassment, one question is almost...