Charles Koch misled CBS when he suggested that the Kochs’ political spending is publicly disclosed. On Oct. 11, the elder Koch brother gave a rare interview to CBS Sunday Morning. Reporter Anthony Mason asked, “Do you think it’s good for the political system that so much what’s called ‘dark money’ is flowing into the process […]
Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) and “a coalition of deep-pocketed liberal groups, including a pair of super PACs backing Hillary Clinton” have been holding strategic meetings for months “examining the 2016 map and plotting attacks against the powerful Koch brothers‘ network,” according to Politico. https://twitter.com/politico/status/649178139483049985 front and center, you are losing sight of what you absolutely need to […]
Can American capitalism be saved from its most predatory, selfish instincts? Could the U.S. economy spread its wealth—if the public and political class understood how today’s unprecedented domination by monopolistic corporations have undermined opportunity, wages and income and public confidence in the future? Exclusive excerpt from @RBReich's new book, SAVING CAPITALISM, out 9/29. #ForTheMany http://t.co/RHsKXp18xt […]
At this year’s Waterkeeper Alliance conference in Boulder, Colorado, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. delivered a provocative unscripted keynote that lambasted the carbon lobby for undermining democracy and subverting the common right to a healthy environment. Speaking to a group of activists, including more than 200 Waterkeepers from 30 nations, Kennedy declared, “We are engaged, as Abraham Lincoln said, ‘in a great Civil War.’” This […]
Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is speaking out against the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) decision to hold only four general primary debates before the nomination, saying there needs to be room for specific topics, such as the environment. .@BernieSanders isn’t sure that Hillary Clinton can take on billionaires and says the “same old” won’t cut it […]
The White House fired back at the Koch brothers yesterday after Charles Koch told Politico he was “flabbergasted” by a recent attack on him and his brother by President Obama during a clean energy speech in Las Vegas, Nevada earlier this week. White House hits back at Charles Koch http://t.co/LuZ04C2inv | Getty pic.twitter.com/obadhgMJ2D — POLITICO (@politico) August […]
The more than 100,000 people who have jammed into arenas in Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, Phoenix, Houston, Dallas, New Orleans, Madison and other cities should be a wake up call for anyone still on the sidelines in the critical 2016 election campaign. National Nurses United, I’m proud to say, has endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders for many […]
The long-awaited final Clean Power Plan rule was released yesterday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. “Suddenly I had this weird feeling, like I couldn’t breathe” —@POTUS on running in L.A. in 1979 #CleanPowerPlan http://t.co/0mjv24on1Z — The White House (@WhiteHouse) August 3, 2015 The summary of the final rule, states that the EPA is establishing: carbon dioxide […]
The Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines an “oligarchy” as: “A government in which a small group exercises control especially for corrupt and selfish purposes.” Former President Jimmy Carter had some choice words for our form of government, post-Citizen’s United, on my radio program last week. When I asked him his thoughts on the state of American politics […]