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After Bernie’s Record-Setting Win in Michigan and a Strong Debate Performance, What is His Path Forward?

March 10, 2016 2016 Election 2016 Primary Bernie Sanders Corporate Greed Corporatism Current Events democracy Democrats Environmental Policy Hillary Clinton Immigration Policy Money in Politics Policy Political Debate propaganda Trans-Pacific Partnership Undocumented Immigration 2 Comments

Super Tuesday: The Democrats Run on While the GOP Continues its Slow Self-Immolation

March 4, 2016 2016 Election 2016 Primary Bernie Sanders Conservative Current Events Democrats Donald Trump extremism Hillary Clinton Partisan Fighting Republicans Tea Party Voting 4 Comments

The DNC Leadership has Become and Existential Threat to its Own Party

February 23, 2016 2016 Election 2016 Primary Bernie Sanders Campaigns Corporatism Corruption Dark Money democracy Democrats Hillary Clinton Money in Politics Super-PACS Voting 5 Comments

Justice Scalia’s Death Puts 2016 Race into Overdrive

February 16, 2016 2016 Election 2016 Primary Bernie Sanders Civil Rights Conservative Constitution Corporatism Corruption Criminal Justice Dark Money Democrats Donald Trump Elections extremism Hillary Clinton Jeb Bush Law and Order Money in Politics Partisan Fighting Republicans Supreme Court Ted Cruz 1 Comment

The New Hampshire Primary: Sanders and Trump Dominate

February 10, 2016 2016 Election 2016 Primary Bernie Sanders Democrats Donald Trump Elections extremism Hillary Clinton Insane Republicans Jeb Bush Marco Rubio Media Republicans Voting 2 Comments

Dear Hillary: Your Primary Tactics are Endangering Your General Election Odds

February 9, 2016 2016 Election 2016 Primary Bernie Sanders Corporatism Democrats Hillary Clinton Media Partisan Fighting Policy Progressive Republicans Sexism 9 Comments

The Three Big Winners of the Iowa Caucus: Bernie, Cruz, and Rubio

February 3, 2016 2016 Election 2016 Primary Bernie Sanders democracy Democrats Elections extremism Hillary Clinton Insane Republicans Iowa Caucus Marco Rubio Media Money in Politics Partisan Fighting Republicans Tea Party Ted Cruz Voting 4 Comments

The Progressive Cynic’s Case for Bernie Sanders: Part #3

January 29, 2016 2016 Election 2016 Primary banksters Bernie Sanders Big Banks Constitution Corporate Greed Corruption Defense Policy Democrats Foreign Aid Hillary Clinton Iraq Military Multi-National Corporations Regulation Terrorism TPP Trade Deal War Leave a comment

Hillary’s Lies About Single-Payer Healthcare Insult the Intelligence of Democrats

January 14, 2016 2016 Election 2016 Primary Bernie Sanders Conservative Democrats Health Policy Hillary Clinton Partisan Fighting Policy 12 Comments

Politifact Declares Trump Liar of the Year, Overlooks the Fact that the Entire Modern GOP is Based on Lies

January 7, 2016 2016 Election 2016 Primary Donald Trump extremism Insane Republicans Media Partisan Fighting Republicans Tea Party 1 Comment

SCOTUS to Decide Meaning of “One Person, One Vote”

December 10, 2015 2016 Election Corruption democracy Discrimination Disenfranchisement Elections extremism Racism Supreme Court Undocumented Immigration Voter Disenfranchisement Voting Voting Rights 1 Comment

First Democratic Debate a Return to Political Sanity, Media Drops Ball in Covering It

October 15, 2015 2016 Election 2016 Primary Bernie Sanders Campaigns Corporatism Criminal Justice Current Events Defense Policy Democrats Economics Elections Foreign Policy Hillary Clinton Immigration Policy Media Policy Progressive Tax Policy Voting 2 Comments

CNN’s GOP Debate Nightmare: Xenophobia, Voodoo Economics, and Ignorance on Parade

September 23, 2015 2016 Election 2016 Primary Abortion Campaigns Conservative Constitution Corporatism Corruption Economics extremism Foreign Policy Insane Republicans Policy political candidates Political Debate Racism Religion in Politics Republicans Social Conservative Tax Policy Tea Party Women's Rights Leave a comment

Chester Uplands County: Charter Schools Waste Thousands, Public School Teachers Agree to Work for Free

September 9, 2015 Austerity Conservative Corporate Greed Corporatism Corruption Current Events Discrimination education Inequality Partisan Fighting Policy Privatization 3 Comments

GOP Focus Group: Trump is Uncontrollable and Unstoppable

September 5, 2015 2016 Election Campaigns Current Events Donald Trump extremism Immigration Policy Partisan Fighting political candidates Racism Republicans Social Conservative Tea Party Voting 1 Comment

The 2016 Fox GOP Debate: Extremism and Ignorance on Parade

August 8, 2015 2016 Election christian right Defense Policy Foreign Policy Health Policy Immigration Policy Partisan Fighting Policy political candidates Tax Policy Tea Party 5 Comments

Shocking and Ominous Statistics on Economic Inequality

July 16, 2015 Austerity Budget Corporate Greed Corporatism Corruption Debt Economic Crisis Economics education Inequality Policy Racism 7 Comments

Hillary Starts to “Feel the Bern”

July 7, 2015 2016 Election Bernie Sanders Campaigns Corporatism Current Events Democrats Elections Hillary Clinton Media Money in Politics Partisan Fighting Policy political candidates Progressive 2 Comments

Removing the Confederate Flag from Statehouses is Good but Ending the Slavery that it Represents is More Important

June 29, 2015 Civil Rights Conservative Constitution Criminal Justice Discrimination Inequality Police State Prison Private Prisons Racism Republicans 35 Comments

Fast Track Nears Passage for Trans-Pacific Power Grab

June 24, 2015 Civil Rights Corporatism Corruption Democrats Deregulation Economics Environmental Protection International Relations Internet Freedom Money in Politics Multi-National Corporations Policy Regulation Republicans Tax Policy TPP Trade Deal worker's rights 2 Comments

The 2016 GOP Primary Clown Car Arrives, Releases a Flood of Lunatics and Embarrassments Part 2: The No Chance Brigade

June 9, 2015 2016 Election Conservative Corruption extremism Humor Insane Republicans Republicans Rick Perry Social Conservative Tea Party Ted Cruz 1 Comment

The 2016 GOP Primary Clown Car Arrives, Releases a Flood of Lunatics and Embarrassments – Part 1

June 8, 2015 2016 Election christian right Conservative extremism Insane Republicans Jeb Bush Neo-Conservatives Policy Political Primary Religion in Politics Republicans Social Conservative Tea Party 4 Comments

Beware Hillary’s Feint to the Left

May 27, 2015 2016 Election Civil Rights Corporatism Democrats Economics Elections Hillary Clinton Progressive Voting 5 Comments

How the Right Wing can be Perpetually on the Wrong Side of History, yet Win so Often

May 19, 2015 Conservative Corporatism Corruption Economics extremism Money in Politics Partisan Fighting propaganda Republicans Social Conservative 2 Comments

GOP Helps Predatory Lenders Target Troops

May 12, 2015 banksters Conservative Corporate Greed Corporatism Corruption Debt Deregulation Economics Military Payday Lending Regulation Republicans Video 1 Comment

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