Author: Damian Hendricks

Republicans have done an amazing job in the last few months of alienating essentially every voter that isn’t a wealthy, older, white male. Their voter ID laws have affectively alienated minorities, their regressive policies towards women have pushed female voters away from them, and their lack of concern over education and student loans has left young voters looking elsewhere for politicians to vote for. So, at the end of the day, do Republicans have any shot at winning over the hearts and minds of young voters? Mike Papantonio attempts to answer that question with Ben Adler, a contributing writer...

Mike Papantonio appears on The Ed Show on MSNBC to talk about the biggest news stories of the week – including the return of the birthers and the John Edwards...

Thomas Jefferson said, “I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.” Sixty-three years later, Abraham Lincoln expanded that warning.  Here is what Lincoln said: “I have two great enemies, the Southern Army in front of me and the financial institution in the rear.  Of the two, the one in the rear is the greatest enemy… I feel at this moment more anxiety for the safety of my country than ever before in the midst of war.” Both Jefferson and Lincoln look like oracles today....

Facebook’s stock went public last week, and many small time investors thought that they were going to make a fortune by snagging shares in the IPO.  But Wall Street had a different plan – they knew this was going to be a hot stock with the public, but they also knew that the financial projections were way below what the average investors believed they were. So, in typical Wall Street fashion, they selectively released information to a few investors, which helped them make a ton of money when the stock was offered. Meanwhile, the average investor has continued watching...

The modern incarnation of the GOP bears virtually no resemblance to the party that produced presidents like Teddy Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower. In fact, even Ronald Reagan would have been considered a moderate by the standards of today’s Republican Party. With every new Tea Party member that gets elected to Congress, the Party is forced to shift their positions further and further to the right to appeal to their fringe base, leaving independents and moderates with only one alternative. Mike Papantonio discusses the radical shift in Republican ideology with Jesse LaGreca, a member of the Occupy Movement, and best-selling...