Hillary Clinton explains her Social Security ideas to the Politics and Eggs Event in New Hampshire (source) by Gaius PubliusSure seems like it, but judge for yourself. Watch the above video starting at about 28:50 (if all is well in HTML land, I've queued it up for you). In case you haven't thought it through, raising the retirement age is a benefit cut. There's no other way to say it. From a transcript (paragraphing and emphasis mine):
Still tough on crime? Credit: Associated Press (source)by Gaius PubliusThe headline says it all, though there's detail below. One by one, Hillary Clinton, to her credit, is taking positions on issues. She now supports the death penalty.
Cesar Vargas in 2012: "An immigrant from Mexico who lived in the United States for most of his life without documentation will be allowed to practice law in New York, a Brooklyn appellate court ruled (source)."by Gaius PubliusIn another smart move, Bernie Sanders has hired Cesar Vargas, one of the highest-profile and best-respected
Thom Hartmann on Exxon's Climate Coverup: "After a 7 year federal investigation - the tobacco lobby was found guilty of violating federal racketeering laws. And now the prosecutor who tried that case is calling for a federal investigation into Exxon. Find out why..."by Gaius PubliusAs most readers know, we've been following the "Exxon Knew" story for quite some time, ever since the blockbuster exposé of internal Exxon documents going back to 1977.
Credit: Finbarr O'Reilly, file photo, Reuters (source; click to enlarge)by Gaius PubliusWe have yet to write much about Clinton's foreign policy, partly because so much of it is inferencial, and partly because so much has been held in reserve.
Bill McKibben: "At Mobil station in Vt. Exxonknew@tumblr.com"by Gaius PubliusI swear, the first political campaign to say "As president, I will RICO the fossil fuel companies" will make a hell of a splash.
Listen to Sanders' answer in the context of all the others. Then listen to the response in the hall.by Gaius PubliusI just can't let this go by. Howie has already chronicled how Sanders has actually won the debate, though the "mainstream" (money-owned) media, which loves the "mainstream" (money-owned) part of the Democratic Party, won't begin to say so.
Twelve-month moving average in temperature anomaly, measured against 1951–1980 mean °C. It may be a see-saw course, but it's riding an uphill train (source; click to enlarge).by Gaius PubliusThat global warming "pause" your climate-delayer friends have been touting, if it ever existed, is over.
