By Thom Hartmann, LA Progressive, Dec 2020 excerpt The only way to deal with a death-dealing cult is to end it; thus, we must embark on a campaign to defund the Republican Party. Back in 1981, the Republican Party decided to defund the Democratic Party, and actually pulled it off. While the Republican Party had principally been funded by rich …
Trickle down is false: 50 year study finds strong evidence that cutting taxes on the rich increases income inequality and has no effect on growth or unemployment in the short and long term
Hope and Limberg analyzed major tax cuts for the rich in 18 countries that are part of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, including the US, Japan, and Norway, from 1965 to 2015. Lower taxes for the rich caused high earners to seek pay raises. By Grace Dean, Business Insider, December 16, 2020 | Study Suggests ‘Trickle-Down’ Economics Makes Inequality Worse. “Cutting …
More dark money traced to utilities
American Electric PowerFirstEnergyUncategorized More Generation Now dark money traced to AEP in Ohio corruption scandal Also, Virginia Lawmaker Coordinated Support for Mountain Valley Pipeline With Project’s Lobbyist by Itai Vardi More Generation Now dark money traced to AEP by Dave Anderson, December 2, 2020 A Columbus group funded solely by AEP paid just over a half-million dollars last year to Generation Now, …
Why Democrats Keep Losing Rural Counties Like Mine
Nov/Dec 2020 I’m the chair of the local Democratic Party in a Wisconsin county that Donald Trump won. It wasn’t for a lack of progressive organizing. It was because national Democrats have failed communities like mine. The real story is that rural people feel our way of life is being sold off. We see the wealth of our sweat and …
There is a deep well of people in this country who are sure the system is not working for them, and we seem to be only coming around to recognizing how deep it goes.
‘The cultural elite are inexcusably unaware of the challenges and perspectives of many others in this country.’ Many Americans don’t like either party all that much or hold closely corresponding issue preferences. Instead, many Americans see politics as a battle between “the corrupt elite” and “the good people.” Trump took advantage of such views, presenting himself as an outsider taking …
If Democrats Want to Succeed, They Will Have to Implement Policies That Primarily Benefit the Working Class
December 13, 2020 by Kenneth Peres in Common Dreams Progressives cannot just sit by and expect Biden or the Democratic Party to do the right thing Then-Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), greet supporters outside the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware, on August 20, 2020. (Photo: Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images) Democrats—and many …
Money Is the Oxygen on Which the Fire of Global Warming Burns: Stealth climate villains of 2020
The stealth climate villains of 2020: Not all heroes wear capes, and not all climate obstructionists carry snowballs on the Senate floor. #1 Blackstone Co-Founder Gave $15 million to McConnell’s Senate Leadership Fund on Nov. 12 in last-minute attempt to keep Senate red by Emily Atkin, Heated, Dec 14, 2020, 1513 Do you know why the U.S. has never passed …
Biden’s clean energy & EJ plan. What can he get done on energy in his first 100 days?
Biden has made a long list of promises and commitments to the environment and future of clean energy if elected. Which of these promises could we see immediate action on and which are years down the line? If there is a way that Biden is going to be able to break through to Republicans in the Senate, using the economy …
Frontlines Climate Justice Executive Action Platform
This platform proposes a set of actions the executive branch can take to equitably address the climate crisis without new legislation, major new appropriations, or other Congressional authority. Download the Policy SummaryDownload the Policy Memorandum Preamble Summary of Executive Actions Platform Signers As communities across the country, as well as countless people all over the world, face accelerating impacts and …
Anti-fracking Green New Deal supporter is new Senator from Pennsylvania
We learned in this election is that you absolutely do NOT have to be pro-fracking to win in a redder state than Colorado. Biden proved that wrong, campaigning on ending fracking on public lands and speaking the truth, that we do need to get off of oil/fossil fuels. Or take Nikil Saval, the Green New Deal candidate who won the senate race …