Eliza Newlin Carney: The GOP’s Big Problem Is Big Money
Republican leaders are reeling from their primary loss in Alabama and the demise of their health-care bill, but they have only themselves — and their big donors — to blame. … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: The Koch Agenda
Donald Trump is giving us a government of the Kochs, by the Kochs and for the Kochs. Funny how everything seems to always work out well for some people. Take … Continue reading
Daniel R. Cobb: America Looks in the Mirror and Sees Donald Trump
No doubt about it, Donald Trump represents a great tragedy and a threat for the American political system. But in spite of the GOP’s feigned reaction of horror to Donald, … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: Dark Money And American Democracy
Jane Mayer’s book Dark Money does a thorough job of dissecting the 40-year campaign of a small coterie of billionaires to change the American political agenda for their own selfish ends. … Continue reading
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The Wilks Brothers: A Fracking Fortune Devoted to a Right-Wing Agenda
Televangelist James Robison recently declared that he’s praying for a merger of the tea party and the religious right. Is he kidding? That merger is well underway. And it’s getting … Continue reading →