Bernie Sanders demands that Obama ‘Stand with the American people’
I don’t donate a lot of money to political candidates. While I put in quite a few hours working for the Kerry and Obama campaigns, I didn’t give either of them very much in the way of cash. The only...
View ArticleInvesting in America, and other ideas to put the country back on the right track
I’m a sucker for a new Robert Reich video. I can’t help but post them. Tonight’s comes by way of a letter that I just received from Van Jones, announcing the launch of his Contract for the American...
View ArticleThe U.S. credit rating slips, proving that the debt ceiling agreement didn’t...
We gave in to the Congressional Republicans on the debt ceiling debate on almost every issue. We agreed not to raise taxes on the wealthy. We agreed not to tighten loopholes that allowed them to hide...
View ArticleObama’s fiery response to the Republican budget
President Obama delivered an uncharacteristically fiery speech the other day, at an Associated Press luncheon. You’ll find the video below, but, first, here’s a clip from an editorial about the speech...
View ArticleYou say Shutdown. I say Treason.
The federal government, as I’m sure you all know by now, was forced to shut down today, over conflicts arising from the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, better know as Obamacare. All...
View ArticleYpsilanti rolls out the red carpet for President Trump
Yesterday afternoon, the good people of Michigan braved the cold to welcome President Trump, who, for some reason, had chosen Ypsilanti as the backdrop for his announcement that he’d be eliminating...
View ArticleEmpowering the elderly by cutting Meals on Wheels… The compassion of the...
As promised, Trump unveiled his budget today, and I think it’s safe to say that it was far worse than most of us imagined. The President’s budget, if passed into law, would, among other things, cut the...
View ArticleMy last post on the hypocrisy and broken promises of Donald Trump
To quote John Lydon, “Did you ever get the feeling that you’ve been cheated?” I think, pretty soon, I’m going to stop talking about Trump’s hypocrisy, as I think it’s probably no longer all that...
View ArticleEver feel like drowning America in the bathtub? Here’s the plan.
As hard as it might be to believe, the above image comes from an actual report issued by White House. The report, titled Delivering Government Solutions in the 21st Century, lays out the Trump...
View ArticleAfter a week of vowing to “always protect” Social Security and Medicare,...
I had so much fun writing about Trump’s lies yesterday, that I thought that I’d spend a little more time on it today… Following, for your consideration, are three news items from over the past six...
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