[Editor’s Note: Fascinating. Have you wondered why the GOP imposed such stringent retirement fund requirements on the US Post Office? It turns out, according to Thom Hartmann, that they did it to so burden the Post Office that it could not afford to convert its fleet of trucks to EVs (electronic vehicles), keeping the…
It’s October of 2021, almost a year after the only president ever impeached twice, became the Big Loser of the 2020 election (I just googled “twice-impeached loser” and got over 5 million results, most of the first dozen pages of which were about a man I’m trying very hard not to identify here by…
JUAN COLE Originally published on 10/17/2021 in Informed Comment Reprinted here with the permission of the author Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – American journalists like to personalize stories and create horse races empty of real content. That is why most Americans don’t know what is in the Democratic Build Back Better Bill backed by…
From The Intercept: “When Sen. Joe Manchin announced that he wanted a “pause” on consideration of the $3.5 trillion infrastructure bill, he said his main concern was the federal debt being left to his grandkids. Most news coverage attributes his opposition to the conservative, coal-friendly politics of West Virginia. “But reporting by The Intercept…
Before you say that what the GOP is doing won’t work or can’t end democracy in America, you may want to make a trip to Budapest By Thom Hartmann The GOP seems to have gone nuts. But, in reality, they’re following a plan. And it’s not even a new plan; it’s worked elsewhere. Seventeen…