Bernie Sanders needs Secret Service protection. This guy is walking around saying what Bobby Kennedy would say if he were alive.
Donald Trump: American Hero
NC Senator Bob Rucho Stabs Democracy, Leaves It Bleeding On Senate Floor
The following is a Facebook post from NC Senator Josh Stein. Senate Finance Committee Chair Bob Rucho flouted the democratic process yesterday to ram an anti-clean tech bill through committee. We considered […]
Yo, Bernie: What you gonna do as prez that has teeth?
Sanders’ presidential campaign needs to detail specific measures to bend a corrupt, self-centered Congress into effective action on his agenda Bernie Sanders, he who regularly tilts at NSA windmills and shouts at […]
McCutcheon v Federal Election Commission: how much democracy can you afford?
Redistricting: by deceitfully moving a line, I can rule forever
In America, most — but probably not all — citizens who seek public office do so with initial good intent. They wish to perform a public service. That quaint, altruistic notion lasts, […]
Toon: Billion-dollar Barry
What does a billion dollars buy?
Our hardworking folks in Congress: more interested in keeping their jobs than doing their jobs
When voters elect members of Congress, they are hiring them to do a job. Voters, through their taxes, compensate those politicians well — $174,000 a year, and more if they have committee […]
Time to revisit high-school civics lesson: Does your vote matter any more?
I first voted in an American national election in 1964. Lyndon Baines Johnson ran against Barry (“Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice”) Goldwater, the elder-statesman conservative who later successfully […]
Hey America – have a Koch and a smile! (by Paul Szep)
Look, up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's SuperPac Man! (Eating large democracies in a single contribution…)
by Paul Szep
Progressive Culture | Scholars & Rogues 