Robert ReichChancellor’s Professor of Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley; Author, ‘Beyond Outrage’ This post originally ran on Robert Reich’s Web page. On Tuesday the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose above 14,270 – completely erasing its 54 percent loss between 2007 and 2009. The stock market is basically back to where it was in [...]
We Built It? Sure, as long as the “We” includes a healthy dose of all levels of government involvement, and impressive influence from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, building on a long history of strong centralized planning and rebellion against unfettered capitalism and the Western frontier individualist ethos. via How the Mormon [...]
Watch actor Bradley Whitford (Josh Lyman from The West Wing) and Rick Jacobs explain what’s really going on and who’s really behind Props. 30 and 32. Use the tools below to share the video online and educate other voters. You can customize the posts provided in any way you like. via Watch This | Courage [...]
by Greg Palast | Truthout Tuesday, October 23, 2012 He’s kidding, right? Did I just hear Mitt Romney say, “I would do nothing to hurt the US auto industry” Really? REALLY? Here’s the facts, ma’am: …the Romneys are in a special partnership with the vulture fund that bought Delphi, the former GM auto parts division. …But when I [...]
Robert Redford Actor, director, and environmental activist We simply can’t let Mitt Romney buy the keys to the White House and let the special interests write our nation’s energy plan behind closed doors, like it did in the previous administration. That old saw didn’t work then, and it won’t work now. I was in [...]
Robert Reich Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley; Author, ‘Beyond Outrage’ He’s back. Tuesday night our president was articulate and forceful — in sharp contrast to his performance in the first presidential debate. He stated his beliefs. He defended his record. He told America where he wanted to [...]
In Wednesday night’s debate, Romney won on style while Obama won on substance. Romney sounded as if he had conviction, which means he’s either convinced himself that the lies he tells are true or he’s a fabulous actor. But what struck me most was how much Obama allowed Romney to get away with: Five times [...]
AUGUST 30, 2012 by Greg Palast If you’re not sick and outraged and ready to vomit, then don’t talk to me. When I see a cruel bucket of garbage and winky-winky racism and bullshit and venom like Paul Ryan talk to America like he’s some kind of Boy Scout, I want a gun, or a [...]
“Now, am I crazy to suspect that his “God not government” usage is less an homage to Thomas Jefferson or John Locke than it is a rhetorical boost for the right-wing project to claim a divine mandate for the Tea Partys radically restricted view of the role of government?” Religious Right leaders are excited [...]
“By 1984, the media had thoroughly exposed connections between the death squads and the Salvadoran oligarchy, including the families that invested with Romney.” In 1983, Bill Bain asked Mitt Romney to launch Bain Capital, a private equity offshoot of the successful consulting firm Bain & Company. After some initial reluctance, Romney agreed. The new job [...]
SAN FRANCISCO — A measure to abolish California’s death penalty qualified for the November ballot on Monday. If it passes, the 725 California inmates now on Death Row will have their sentences converted to life in prison without the possibility of parole. It would also make life without parole the harshest penalty prosecutors can seek. [...]
WASHINGTON — Democrats’ attempt to pass a Buffett Rule tax on the super wealthy failed Monday in the Senate, as Republicans blocked the measure in a sharply partisan debate. …House Republicans are planning to counter the Buffett Rule push later this week with an attempt to cut taxes. A proposal by House Majority Leader Eric [...]
…. I’ll not accept corporations as “persons” until Texas executes one of them. … —Jim Hightower Repeal the Farce of ‘Corporate Personhood’ By Jim Hightower, Jim Hightower’s Blog 19 January 12 he Powers That Be constantly try to pull the wool over people’s eyes, but sometimes the wool blinders are so itchy that people rip them off and clearly [...]
—By Chris Mooney | Fri Mar. 30, 2012 3:00 AM PD Chris Mooney is the author of four books, including The Republican War on Science and the forthcoming The Republican Brain: The Science of Why They Deny Science and Reality. We all know that many American conservatives have issues with Charles Darwin, and the theory of evolution. But Albert Einstein, [...]
Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm Former Governor of Michigan, Faculty at UC Berkeley, Host of “The War Room with Jennifer Granholm” on Current TV I have a problem with Mitt Romney. And it’s big problem — one that extends beyond our ideological differences. Here’s what fundamentally disturbs me about Romney’s character:…Added to the serial lying is [...]
Many cheered the appointment by village Party members of Lin Zuluan, the 67-year-old campaign leader who brokered a deal with powerful government and security officials to end a 15-week stand off last month. His role as local Communist Party Committee chief is being hailed as a significant victory by many in the 13,000-strong coastal community [...]
31 Jan 2012 On Wednesday, it will hold what the villagers believe is China’s first wholly transparent, completely open, democratic election, in which any one of Wukan’s 10,000 registered residents can run for office. Wukan: rebel Chinese village prepares to hold extraordinary elections – Telegraph.
Arianna Huffington: You’d think a ten-and-a-half year war would be a major issue in a presidential campaign — especially a war going as badly as the one in Afghanistan. But our political and media establishments seem to regard being in a constant state of war as simply part of the “new normal” (to go along [...]
By Greg Palast Special to Truthout.org What concerns me is that the One Percent are clearly using their blue enforcers not just to stop protesters but to stop coverage of the protest. Not every cop went along. One policeman, told to arrest Zach, resisted the command, “This guy’s a journalist! What are we doing!?” Read the [...]
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