Coverage of the 2016 primaries and, now, the general election, has been one yuge biased affair, at least two years from the start. Continue reading Only One Candidate is Flawed & 9 Other Lies of Election 2016 | Trump v. Clinton on Blog#42
Tag Archives: TPP
Losing What Should Have Been An Easy Win, In One VP Pick | #HillaryClinton on Blog#42
Losing What Should Have Been An Easy Win, In One VP Pick Continue reading Losing What Should Have Been An Easy Win, In One VP Pick | #HillaryClinton on Blog#42
On ad hominem attacks and Paul Krugman’s op-ed on Europe’s many disasters
Some commentators seemed to be eliciting ad hominem attacks on Paul Krugman from me. I don’t do that. Continue reading On ad hominem attacks and Paul Krugman’s op-ed on Europe’s many disasters
Hillary Clinton and Joseph Stiglitz’ rewriting of economic rules | Blog#42
Paul Krugman’s Derp op-ed didn’t materialize out of nowhere and, while it may have sprung from its author’s inner diva, Continue reading Hillary Clinton and Joseph Stiglitz’ rewriting of economic rules | Blog#42
Jared Bernstein’s excellent blog post on the political barriers to banking regulation | Blog#42
Kudos to Jared Bernstein for a very thoughtful blog post on the political barriers to banking regulation. My thoughts below his: Continue reading Jared Bernstein’s excellent blog post on the political barriers to banking regulation | Blog#42
#Limbaugh Attacks Obama’s #Trade Agenda | #TPP irony on Blog#42
Oh, the irony! With Mitch McConnell having spent the last couple of weeks bending over backwards to marshal the troops, even going so far as to praise President Obama for the TPP negotiation. Continue reading #Limbaugh Attacks Obama’s #Trade Agenda | #TPP irony on Blog#42
Richard J. Eskow (@RJEskow): The Left Matters – Now, More Than Ever | Progressive voices on Blog#42
May 22, 2015
Some leading Democrats seem to have a love-hate relationship with the left. Sure, progressives seem to have more influence than ever in the party this year, at least rhetorically. But it doesn’t look like the friction will be going away any time soon. Continue reading Richard J. Eskow (@RJEskow): The Left Matters – Now, More Than Ever | Progressive voices on Blog#42
What we’re arguing about when we’re arguing about trade deals. | Jared Bernstein | On the Economy
What we’re arguing about when we’re arguing about trade deals.
Your Congress in its own words: what they can’t say about the TPP | Blog#42
Here are your representatives in the U.S. Congress, in their own words, about what they are allowed and not allowed to see and do, when it comes to doing YOUR business in the context of a trade agreement that will affect your jobs, the prices you pay for certain things and the legal rights of corporations vis a vis the laws your Congress passed.
This is not how a Democracy is supposed to operate. Continue reading Your Congress in its own words: what they can’t say about the TPP | Blog#42
A Response to William Rivers Pitt (.@WRPitt) | The Trojan Horse President
William Rivers Pitt, Senior Editor of Truthout, wrote an op-ed in opposition to President Obama and the TPP. Fine. I’m also opposed to the TPP. I feel that as many voices as possible should rise in opposition to it, no matter how futile, given the big cave by Senate Democrats.
Continue reading A Response to William Rivers Pitt (.@WRPitt) | The Trojan Horse President