Does The GOP Really Have A Strategy On Health Care Anymore?
Donald Trump and Paul Ryan seem to be unable to let go of the failure of Trumpcare and keep on throwing...
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Warning Signs For The US Economy
The sluggish, but consistent, recovery in the US economy has officially been going on for nearly eight full years. That is...
How Low Can They Go?
As the protests over Trump’s tax returns happen all over the country today, the Huffington Post has an article on the...
Tribalism Is Not The Cause Of Current Polarization – It's The Republican Party
There have been a myriad of stories lately that attempt to explain the partisan polarization in terms of tribalism. Party identification...
Student Loan Firm Spent Years Engaging In Predatory Loans To Boost Profits
Back in 2014, a company call Navient was spun off from the SLM Corporation (SLMC), the student loan agency known as...
Trump's Coal Promises Will Bring More Misery And Fewer Jobs
Everyone, even the people who live and work there, knows that coal jobs are not coming back to coal country, despite...
Today's Corporate Criminals Are Partners At KPMG
I just love how what is essentially corporate criminal behavior get described as just some kind of small ethical breach. We...
Growing Use Of Private Security Indicates A Failing Democracy And Two-Tiered Society
One of the signs of an oligarchic plutocracy is the fact that the elites always feel in danger and require constant...
Trump's U-Turns Please DC Establishment But Make US A Less Reliable Partner
Yesterday, the cable talking heads were once again seeing a mythical Trump pivot as he engages in policies that the establishment generally approves...
Shell Finally Admits Massive Bribery In Nigeria After Six Years Of Denial
After six years of denial, Shell finally admits that it knew that most of the $1.3 billion the company paid to...