Is this Hillary Clinton's economic program?
A white paper issued by a think tank with close ties to Clintonworld may be it. Not as bad as I had feared. Although it certainly could be a lot better. Heavy emphasis on the middle class and...
View ArticleArgentine prosecutor into 1994 bombing found dead while under guard
Police sentries guarded the federal prosecutor’s luxury high-rise building. His door on the 13th floor had been locked from the inside, and a gun with a spent cartridge was found on the floor near his...
View ArticleBoehner invites Netanyahu to address congress on Iran
Seeking to humiliate the president of the United States, boost Netanyahu in his election campaign, and return the favor after Netanyahu meddled in the 2012 election on the side of the Republicans,...
View ArticleECB declares war on Greece
It's 1941 again. Except this time, instead of the German military invading Greece, it's the European Central Bank, prodded by Germany, threatening the Greek financial system if the current Greek...
View ArticleChristie reportedly target of new criminal probe
And it's not tied to Bridgegate or the Port Authority. But one that has been bubbling up for a while.Federal law enforcement officials have launched a criminal investigation of New Jersey Gov. Chris...
View ArticleBiden won't attend Netanyahu's speech
Vice President Joe Biden won't attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress on Iran next month, the vice president's office confirmed to TPM Friday. The news was first reported...
View ArticleOne right-wing blogger "mourns" Kayla Mueller's death
Not all conservatives used the death of American hostage Kayla Mueller to highlight the brutality of the Islamic State — some decided to focus their disgust on the 26-year-old's humanitarian work for...
View ArticleWal-Mart to raise its minimum wage
To $9 an hour in April, and $10 in a year. Long overdue. Doesn't excuse its virulent anti-unionism, but at least some lower end workers will be getting a pay raise. Which will be good for the...
View ArticleWayne Barrett lowers the boom on Rudy Giuliani
Moving on from his racist musings regarding blacks and crime, Rudy Giuliani has accused President Obama of not loving his country. And blaming it, at least in part, on his upbringing. But New York...
View ArticleReport: Justice Department to bring corruption charges against Bob Menendez
My state's proud tradition of political corruption continues.The Justice Department is preparing to bring criminal corruption charges against New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez, alleging he used his...
View ArticleWisconsin treasurer bans climate change talk by public lands workers
Wisconsin continues its southward slide.Discussing climate change is out of bounds for workers at a state agency in Wisconsin. So is any work related to climate change—even responding to e-mails about...
View ArticleNetanyahu: Iran wants to establish a master race
This has not gotten much attention in the west. But on Holocaust Remembrance Day, Netanyahu trivializes the Holocaust by comparison.the extremist regime in Iran is oppressing its people; it is rushing...
View ArticleSupreme Court upholds campaign spending restriction in judicial elections
Roberts switches sides. Most likely because as Chief, he has concerns over the impact of money on the integrity of the judiciary.Rick Hasen has the details.In a surprise and very important...
View ArticleCalifornia Labor Commission rules Uber workers are employees
Not independent contractors.A victory for worker's rights. A defeat for labor exploitation.Also show's the importance of controlling a governor's office, and with it the power to appoint members to...
View ArticleThe TPP fight is over
The best chance that opponents of the Corporate Investment Protection Act, what should be the name of the agreement, had of defeating the TPP has now been surrendered. As House Democrats, led by...
View ArticleACA upheld 6-3 (Updated)
Breaking.Scalia, Alito and Thomas dissent.Here are the opinions:http://www.supremecourt.gov/...Majority rules that language was ambiguous; therefore, legislative intent can be examined. Federal...
View ArticleSupreme Court agrees to hear case that could enshrine right to freeload in...
A lot of people were waiting, and expecting, the Court to take this case. Unfortunately, they have. After just stopping short of overturning a nearly 40-year old case, Abood v. Detroit Board of...
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Happy 50th Medicare!
On this date in 1965, Lyndon Johnson signed into law the Medicare program. Before then, hospitalization bills would often wipe out seniors' savings. They were at the mercy of private insurers who,...
View ArticleNew Hampshire primary PPP Poll: Sanders, Trump lead
PPP's new New Hampshire poll finds Donald Trump in the strongest position of any poll we've done anywhere since he entered the race. Trump laps the Republican field with 35% to 11% for John Kasich, 10%...
View ArticleSherrod Brown endorses Clinton
Perhaps the biggest economic populist in the Senate, next to Bernie Sanders, and maybe Elizabeth Warren, Sherrod Brown of Ohio, has endorsed Hillary Clinton for president. If it were strictly on the...
View ArticleRepublicans gone wild
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said in an interview with Yahoo! News published Thursday that he'd consider registering Muslims living in the United States in a database or giving them...
View ArticleSanders wins Democrats abroad primary
Bernie Sanders has won a primary of American Democrats living abroad, according to a press release.The group Democrats Abroad, which held a “Global Presidential Primary” earlier this month, announced...
View ArticleSanders does not rule out a 2020 run
Bernie Sanders is leaving open the possibility of another presidential bid, saying in a Thursday interview that he wants to focus on helping the party rebuild its base after Donald Trump's...
View ArticleLindsay Graham calls for investigation of Russian hacking of election
Kudos where kudos is due. Although Graham is a neo-con, who has an interest in undermining Russia, a congressional investigation is needed into the alleged blatant interference of a foreign power in...
View ArticleReid: Republican operative Comey threw the election
It's easy to second-guess what Hillary did. I love Hillary Clinton, I am sorry she lost. I did everything I could to help ... but there is no question in my mind she would have won this election...
View ArticleSanders calls on Democrats to ditch identity politics
This is an issue that has been bubbling up since election day. Was the loss of states like Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania due to the Democratic party turning its back on class issues, and...
View ArticleBreaking: DOJ IG to investigate pre-election actions of FBI and DOJ
xBREAKING: Justice Dept. Inspector General launches review of FBI and DOJ actions ahead of 2016 presidential election https://t.co/n7TqA3E2wopic.twitter.com/vg6d7mGd2t— ABC News (@ABC) January 12, 2017
View ArticleNorth Carolina legislator wants to make shouting at a public official a crime
Can’t believe the stupid sometimes.After video posted on Facebook Friday showed a group of people in Washington, D.C. shouting at former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R), a GOP state legislator...
View ArticleEntire State Department senior management team resigns
This is not good. And telling. Career people with expertise, who have served both Democratic and Republican presidents, and who want an independent, rational foreign policy are bailing. The entire...
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Trump's list of "immigrant crimes" has a familiar ring
The US President’s sweeping new executive order on immigration, which he signed on the fifth day of his presidency, includes a paragraph mandating the Secretary for Homeland Security to “make public a...
View ArticleCollins and Murkowski to vote No on DeVos
If all the Democrats vote No, only 1 more Republican would be needed to defeat her.GOP Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski in back-to-back speeches on the Senate floor announced Wednesday that they...
View ArticleGorsuch padded resume on involvement in Harvard legal assistance program
When President Donald Trump introduced his Supreme Court pick on live television last week, he said Neil Gorsuch had “demonstrated a commitment to helping the less fortunate” by working in the Harvard...
View ArticleSebastian Gorka is a Hungarian fascist
Where is the outrage? Where is the MSM? Gorka went so far as to wear a medal of a WWII collaborator organization, Vitezi Rend, with the Nazis to the inauguration and on TV. Now joins the Italian...
View ArticleSebastian Gorka's ties to anti-Semitic Hungarians
Sebastian Gorka, the Hungarian-British-American Nazi medal wearing deputy assistant to President Il Douche, is the subject of this investigative piece byThe Forward:But an investigation by the Forward...
View ArticleAn education secretary who is ignorant of history
Betsy DeVos issued a statement yesterday praising black colleges as a fine example of “school choice.” twitter.com/…Apparently, she is unaware that those colleges were created because there was no...
View ArticleRyan: Covering more people is just a "beauty contest"
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) admitted Friday that the Congressional Budget Office will likely estimate that millions of people would lose health insurance under the GOP's proposed health care...
View ArticleSebastian Gorka update: Alleged to be a member of Vitezi Rend
As discussed in an earlier diary, www.dailykos.com/… presidential assistant Sebastian Gorka has affiliated with Hungarian anti-Semites and neo-Nazis. Now, thanks again to The Forward, it’s been...
View ArticleGorka's Hungarian Nazi membership: Day 2
Sebastian Gorka has issued three different responses to the accusation published in The Forward that he has been a member of Vitez Rend, the pro-Nazi Hungarian organization. The first is silence,...
View ArticleDems will filibuster Gorsuch
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) announced he would oppose Judge Neil Gorsuch’s appointment to the Supreme Court “and join other Democrats in filibustering the nomination, making it...
View ArticleA warning from Youngstown
One by one, members of the Mahoning County Democratic Party poured out their frustrations: Just months after the presidential election, they felt folks like them were being forgotten — again. The...
View ArticleTrump claims to have invented 80 year old economic term
ECONOMIST: But beyond that it’s OK if the tax plan increases the deficit?TRUMP: It is OK, because it won’t increase it for long. You may have two years where you’ll… you understand the expression...
View ArticleTrump tries to intimidate Comey
xJames Comey better hope that there are no "tapes" of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 12, 2017 So, is he saying he is taping...
View ArticleDemocrats should be encouraged
While no one was looking, Democrats came within 3 points of winning a Republican +9 district. No, not GA 6, SC 5. The district Mulvaney gave up. A district Democrats lost by 20 points last year....
View ArticleCIA had Putin's plans to disrupt the election
But Obama, while “deeply concerned,” refused to disclose it before the election.Early last August, an envelope with extraordinary handling restrictions arrived at the White House. Sent by courier from...
View ArticleTo get hurricane aid in Dickinson, Texas you must promise not to oppose Israel
If you’re a resident of a small Texas city and in need of hurricane recovery funds, you’ll have to certify that you’re not boycotting Israel.Dickinson, Texas, announced earlier this week that it was...
View ArticleThe DNC Mess, According to Donna Brazile
Obama left the party deeply in debt. Clinton kept the party afloat, but at the price of control. One big mess.I had tried to search out any other evidence of internal corruption that would show that...
View ArticleOn Autocracy
Hannah Arendt by way of E.J. Dionne:The autocratic leader lies and then falsely charges his opponents with lying. He politicizes institutions that are supposed to be free of politics by falsely...
View ArticleEPA to allow asbestos into manufacturing
This one really boggles the mind. Just saw this now, so if it was discussed in the last month or two, feel free to ignore. One of the most dangerous construction-related carcinogens is now legally...
View ArticleCensure, rather than impeachment?
I’m not saying I am for or against that position. But political writer John Judis makes some good points in advocating for it.Politics is not a simple matter of right and wrong. It is a matter of...
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