Joseph Goebbels by Nancy OhanianSomeone pulled their finger out of the dike and impeachable offenses are flooding into the mainstream more rapidly that most people can keep track of. Yesterday we saw how Trump and Barr were secretly conspiring to get Australia's very right-wing prime minister to meddle in U.S.
The Census Bureau released a report late last week that shows income and wealth inequality worsening and the gap between the 1% and everyone else widening. Every year Trump has been in office that gap has gotten worse which makes complete sense considering his policies.The gap between the richest and poorest...
From Media Roots: Robbie Martin brings Pearse Redmond onto the show to discuss the shocking announcement from house speaker Nancy Pelosi that they are officially opening an impeachment inquiry into President Trump over a situation involving allegations of a quid pro quo phone-call exchange between him and the Ukrainian president.
Feeling the pressure from Elizabeth Warren and Bernie-- and the energy among grassroots activities they have inspired-- Biden's team of weasels is talking about making some kind of symbolic gesture so Status Quo Joe can pretend he stands with working families instead of the Wall Street crooks who are underwriting his campaign and who he has always kissed up to.
Krystal Ball: This is the hill that Democratic leaders chose to die on?by Thomas NeuburgerA note about the coming and much-cheered impeachment of Donald Trump. Of course impeachment was always the right thing to do. But having waited so long to do it, and having chosen Joe Biden's integrity as the hill to die on, the decision to impeach Donald Trump now may be a trap for Democrats — in fact, several of them.If so, they did it to themselves.
Yesterday, as soon as Bernie announced his wealth tax proposal-- something he's been working on long before he ran for president in 2016-- Thomas Kaplan was working to undermine its authenticity for NY Times readers by insinuating he was just trying to one-up Elizabeth Warren.
UPDATE: There are now 211 members of Congress in favor of opening an official impeachment inquiry-- meaning all they need is 7 more, something they will have before the end of the day.On Tuesday morning-- apparently with an OK from Pelosi-- John Lewis, who is considered by many the "conscience of Congress," spoke on the House floor, reversing his public impeachment position. "We cannot delay. We must not wait. Now is the time to act. I have been patient while we tried every other path and used every other tool.
Days after the Democratic presidential candidates missed yet another opportunity to challenge President Donald Trump’s failed Venezuela policy on the debate stage on September 12, President Nicolás Maduro signed an important agreement with four opposition parties. These events offer insight into the differing perspectives on the economic, social and political crises in Venezuela – one perspective from the Washington political establishment, the other from Venezuelans.
As an Independent, Bernie is the one 2020 candidate who has been running a campaign appealing to Americans on both sides of the great economic divide that a new report from Brookings highlights and that John Harwood dug into for CNBC.com readers.
