You, Poor Voter, Must Stand Back and Watch as Billionaire Plutocrats Purchase Democracy
Regular people cannot, but the billionaire class can spend as much as their hearts desire to influence election outcomes.
Is Dennis Kucinich the Last Democrat for Peace?
Former Congressman and Cleveland mayor Dennis Kucinich joins Scheer Intelligence to discuss the Dems' infamously rescinded peace letter and the future with China.
Congressional Progressive Caucus Withdraws Letter That Tepidly Called for Diplomacy in Ukraine
The move comes after the mild and carefully worded letter sparked furious backlash from pundits and at least one Democratic leader.
Matt Taibbi and Walter Kirn Talk About Kanye and the Banks, the Saudi-US Dispute and the Midterms
Taibbi shares a few excerpts from the America This Week podcast.
The Scandal of Congressional Stock Trading
Despite efforts to curb insider trading, the practice has been rampant within the US government on both sides of the aisle.
Democrats Need to Keep Their Promises on Marijuana Reform
The politics of ending cannabis prohibition are good. The policy is even better.
Chomsky: Optimism of the Will
And the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Meet Our New ‘Secretary of State’ … Nancy Pelosi
The Speaker of the House's recent trips to Armenia and Taiwan spell confusion for the future of US foreign policy.
Mark Fiore: Sending Migrants Around the Country: Cruelty Travel
DeSantis' latest stunt sheds light on the treatment of migrants by the country's top politicians.
Mark Fiore: Dems Funding MAGA: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Democratic PACs and campaigns have been lending their financial support to far-right MAGA candidates. In the unpredictable era of Trumpist politics, this seems like a huge gamble to me.
The Chris Hedges Report Podcast: Historian Paul Street on the Bankrupt Liberalism and Gilded Absurdities of the Democratic Party
Click here or the picture below to listen to the podcast: What are we to make of a Democratic Party that has embraces an election strategy that includes demobilizing the…
Chris Hedges: Let’s Stop Pretending America Is a Functioning Democracy
A functioning democracy could easily dispatch Donald Trump and his doppelgängers. A failed democracy and bankrupt liberalism assures their ascendancy.
The Federal Reserve Is Wrong: Corporations Should Pay To Stop Inflation, Not Workers
The Federal Reserve says wages should go down to get inflation under control. What if we just stopped corporate profiteering and the lax rules that make it possible?
How to Elect Progressives and Defeat Republicans in the Midterms
By Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon Almost all the primaries are behind us now, and the current outlook is still grim for the midterm elections this fall. The semi-fascist Republican…