The Biggest Welfare Queens of Them All
Republicans love to talk about how Democrats take money from good, hardworking Americans and give it to lazy deadbeats. That story is the meme right-wingers use when they cut welfare, it’s how they frame their war against Obamacare, and it’s how they justify doing awful heartless things like slashing funding for school lunch programs.
Can we bring about the end of austerity?
It looks like President Obama took a cue from Greece. This week, the White House unveiled their 2016 budget, which would put an end to austerity and make corporate tax dodgers pay for stashing billions overseas.
FOX News: American PR Department for ISIS
ISIS’ propaganda machine just gained a new ally.
Conservative pundit Erick Erickson has a new piece over at Red State, where he praises Fox News and its president Roger Ailes for boldly making the decision to air the gruesome unedited version of a Jordanian pilot being burned alive by ISIS terrorists.
What the Corporate Media Isn’t Telling You About The TPP
The Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP as it’s more commonly known, is a public health disaster waiting to happen.
We need less offshore drilling... not more!
While environmental groups work tirelessly to end offshore oil drilling, the Obama Administration proposes opening up new areas along our coastline to fossil fuel extraction.
The Real NFL Scandal
Seattle’s decision to throw the ball at the goal line with 20 seconds to go in last night’s Super Bowl was a costly one. But in the long run, it won’t be nearly as costly to the rest of America as the National Football League itself.
The Middle Class Needs More Than Talking Points
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have been talking a lot about the middle class. But, that talk is cheap as long as their in bed with Wall Street.
Billionaires won't be happy until America becomes Greece...
Billionaires don’t need a social safety net, so they’re using the right-wing spin machine to destroy it.
Who will be this Generation’s Thomas Jefferson?
We could be looking at the end of the American experiment, and it has gone so far that it'll take a political revolution to set things right again.
