Resurrecting Countervailing Power (Why American capitalism is so rotten, Part 9)

What we must do ROBERT REICH JAN 19, 2024 (robertreich@substack.com) Friends, Welcome back to our Friday series exploring why it’s become so difficult to achieve the common good under modern American capitalism. As we’ve seen, the real challenge is political rather than economic. It’s impossible to reform our economic system… Continue reading

Wall Street or the Working Class:  The Democrats Must Choose

President Joe Biden addresses striking members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union at a picket line outside a General Motors Service Parts Operations plant in Belleville, Michigan on September 26, 2023.  (Photo: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images) They can’t try to have it both ways indefinitely. If they really… Continue reading

Follow the Money!

Show Me – FollowTheMoney.org  FollowTheMoney.org  Show Me Q. Show me Defense Non-Individuals’ contributions to Democratic party  committees (within federal, state and local data) A. 646 contributions totaling $5,002,78699.8% Available Reports Collected (30298 of 30367) Data Navigator Map Bar Graph General Info: Election Jurisdiction Election Year Filing Jurisdiction… Continue reading

Patrick Lawrence: Reading the Mess the Democrats Have Made

by EDITOR August 2, 2023 (scheerpost.com) 95 Commentson Patrick Lawrence: Reading the Mess the Democrats Have Made By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost At writing, we are 16 months and five days from the 2024 presidential election. If a week is a long time in politics, there is too strong… Continue reading

The Democratic Party is suffering from learned helplessness that threatens us all

The Democratic Party is suffering from learned helplessness that threatens us all

When we need serious change, it’s always an excuse that says ‘no we can’t.’ By BRUCE MIRKEN JULY 4, 2023 (48Hills.org) Last year, after a string of Supreme Court decisions eviscerating abortion rights, weakening the EPA’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and shredding separation of church and state, I… Continue reading