Eric Levitz

Unless He Pleads Insanity, Giuliani Is Going To Prison

Super Ethical, Always Legal by Nancy OhanianYesterday, the Wall Street Journal quoted Señor Trumpanzee admitting what people who watch Giuliani have long known: "He looks for corruption wherever he goes." Republicans have been claiming Giuliani has been helping Trump with foreign affairs. Giuliani, on the other hand, has claimed je was just tending to his own business.

Wall Street Banksters Like A Lot Of Candidates Besides Just Status Quo Joe-- But They Hate And Fear Just One: Bernie

When Wall Street came after Franklin Roosevelt-- snd did they ever!-- he laughed in their faces and the American people gave him 4 terms. In fact, when he was reelected in 2036, when the banksters and Republicans were screaming "Socialism!" FDR beat Republican Alf Landon 27,747,636 (60.8%) to 16,679,543 (36.5%). FDR took every state but Maine and Vermont and won the electoral college 523 to 8.

Is Anyone Really Going To Address Economic Inequality... Beyond Empty Promises?

Last week Barbara Lee and Bernie Sanders introduced the Inclusive Prosperity Act, which is meant to make Wall Street fund the progressive agenda. "Through a small sales tax on Wall Street trades," she wrote, "our government could gain billions of dollars to invest in critical programs like Medicare for All, Debt-Free College, affordable housing, and more.

Democrats And Republicans Are Intensely Polarized-- And The Injection Of Fascism Into The GOP Seems to Be Making It Impossible For the Country To Stay Together

Conservative Republican Max Boot is having a midlife crisis in real time and in full public view: Conservatism Has Become A Racket And Trump Is The Grifter In Chief. "You can debate when the conservative movement became a racket-- I nominate 1996, the year Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes created Fox News Channel to monetize right-wing outrage-- but there is no doubt it has long since passed that point," he wrote.