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…
Sierra Voices Editor’s Note: This is the first of two partially excerpted articles today on the same subject, the right-wing effort to rewrite the Constitution, a prospect which should frighten every American who has even the most rudimentary understanding and appreciation for our founding document. Our democracy has never been in greater danger than…
By Alex Henderson April 27, 2021 (Read full article on Alternet) Paul Krugman, liberal economist and long-time columnist for the New York Times, has argued that Republicans have long since ceased to view Democrats as the loyal opposition — and that they don’t believe that Democrats even have “the right to govern.” Journalist Travis Waldron,…
It must not be allowed, like the Confederacy was, to live on with its own “lost cause” BS mythology By Thom Hartmann Reprinted with permission of the author President Joe Biden has largely given up on trying to negotiate anything with Republicans. There’s a good reason for this: the GOP is no longer a…