money in politics

Hmm, back in February 2011 (the same month that "Hosni Mubarak stepped down from power") Fox Noise couldn't seem to figure out whether Tyler Harber was "President, Wilson Research Strategies" or -- as he was identified in a graphic seconds later -- "VP AND DIRECTOR OF POLITICAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIVISION AT WRS." The following year Elections and Campaigns magazine would name the Republican consultant a "Rising Star.""It was something

The press, covering their imagined version of the Sanders campaign (source)by Gaius PubliusYou knew that "the chatterers" — writer Steve Hendricks' name for corporate-employed pundits and analysts — would try to sink the Sanders campaign.

Elizabeth Warren, speaking for the people. Who speaks for money? The Center for American Progress (image source; image artist; more images here)by Gaius PubliusI'll put the bottom line first. There is no way that Hillary Clinton is not a strong supporter of TPP and Fast Track.

​A good day in the Sanders office. You can makeit a better day here. (Image credit AP; source)by Gaius PubliusMy headline has two parts (you can see it above) but the second is, for me, the most important and the most interesting.

Someone who thinks voters want a candidate "prepared take on the billionaire class" (you can help him here)by Gaius Publius I want to do a "just the facts, ma'am" piece with this information, because there are so many angles to it. But first an introduction, for context.We all know that there's a book out on Clinton cash (no link, but the google will show it to you) that looks for all the world like a right-wing hit job, and a clumsy one at that.

Sometimes, a broken institutionNeeds a public burned enough to fight.by Gaius PubliusIn an article in Rolling Stone entitled "Give 'Em Hell, Bernie," Matt Taibbi weighs in on the Sanders presidential run. About that run, the bottom line, as far as I'm concerned, includes these three items: 1. Bernie Sanders appears to be serious about challenging both Clinton and the system, which are, in my view, somewhat coextensive. 2. If elected, he'll certainly do what he says he'll do. He won't be one more Mr.

"As I travel around America, I’m struck by how utterly powerless most people feel."-- Robert Reich, in a new blogpost, "WhySo Many Americans Feel So Powerless" by KenThe former labor secretary begins with three cases he diagnoses as examples of people feeling powerless:

Rep. Scott Peters (D-CA) making it rain?by Gaius PubliusHowie covered this news from The Hill — "Centrist Dems ready strike against Warren wing" — in a previous piece, but there he focused mainly on the "centrists" themselves. I'd like to focus on the article.

Plus "Smelly Shelly" Silver update (see below)Chucky Koch, the brains of the Koch Bros. (little bro Davy, whom we see below, would be more like the sexy front guy), is seen here in 2012 in his office in Wichita."In 2014, Democrats made a concerted effort to make the Kochs into bogeymen. Then-Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) routinely used Senate floor speeches to castigate them.

Thursday evening we saw how Ro Khanna, a corporate shill posing as a Democrat while willing to cut Social Security and Medicare benefits, is being bankrolled by some of the most insidious anti-democracy forces in America.