[Editor’s Note: As the author points out, Musk was on the verge of complete business failure in 2008, until he was essentially bailed out by American taxpayers: ” … by 2008, both SpaceX and Tesla Motors were in dire straits, with Musk unable to make payroll and assuming both businesses would go bankrupt. It was…
Steven Donziger If the court upholds the rogue ‘Independent State Legislature’ theory, it would put the US squarely on the path to authoritarianism It is well-known that intense competition between democracy, authoritarianism and fascism is playing out across the globe in a variety of ways – including in the United States. This year’s US supreme…
This scenario isn’t just plausible: it’s probable. GOP-controlled states are already changing their state laws to allow for it, regardless of how their people vote Thom Hartmann Reprinted from the July 1 Hartmann Report with permission of the author Six Republicans on the Supreme Court just announced — a story that has largely flown…
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…
Here’s the background you need to know in order to understand the essay below by Thom Hartmann: “Contrary to popular belief, there is not an affirmative right to vote in the U.S. Constitution “While the U.S. Constitution bans the restriction of voting based on race, sex and age, it does not explicitly and affirmatively…