Author: Richard Eskow

Bankers Warn Dems To Shut Elizabeth Warren Down

Bankers Warn Dems To Shut Elizabeth Warren Down

Posted by | Mar 10, 2016 | , , |

Since taking office in January of 2013, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has made a name for herself with her fiery takedowns of big banks and the regulators who failed to keep those big banks in check. For example, back in 2013 she asked a panel of bank regulators whether or not ‘too big to fail’ has become ‘too big for trial.’ Comments like that have made many Wall Street enemies for the senator, but that is certainly a sign that she’s on the right track. America’s Lawyer, Mike Papantonio, discusses this with Richard Eskow, senior fellow at the Campaign...

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President Obama On Campaign Finance Reform

President Obama On Campaign Finance Reform

Posted by | Feb 12, 2016 | , |

President Obama addressed the nation this week, urging individuals to get involved with the political process in order to countaract the effects of corporate money flowing into politics. “If 99 percent of us voted,” the president said, “It wouldn’t matter how much the 1 percent spends on our election.” It’s an inspiring message, but one that we shouldn’t have to hear. We need a greater voter turnout AND money out of politics. It is not a zero sum game. Campaign finance reform is an inevitable, important issue, and it is time that all politicians accept and embrace it. Watch. President...

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Australia Gives Up On Fighting Climate Change, Fires Over 100 Climate Scientists

Australia Gives Up On Fighting Climate Change, Fires Over 100 Climate Scientists

Posted by | Feb 10, 2016 | , , |

Americans like Australia for the most part. Despite dramatic differences in flora and fauna, the respective histories of the U.S. and Australia have a great deal in common. Most animal lovers find kangaroos and koala bears to be adorable. Many popular celebrities in the U.S. have come from Down Under, and a few Australian musical groups in the past have garnered a great number of fans here at home. Foster’s lager is a pretty decent brew though the taste of Vegemite may not appeal to most Americans, Rupert Murdoch has been a complete disaster for U.S. media, and Australia has a...

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Lewis Black Says the Obvious About Cruz Because Corporate Media Won’t

Lewis Black Says the Obvious About Cruz Because Corporate Media Won’t

Posted by | Feb 4, 2016 | , , |

On Tuesday’s episode of “The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore” on Comedy Central, host Wilmore asked comedian legend Lewis Black what he thought about the close race between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz. Like many others, Black zeroed in on the understated threat posed from a Cruz candidacy, saying that Trump’s insanity distracts from the creepy essence of Cruz. “What I really find interesting about Cruz, after everything else, is that people don’t seem to have noticed that he is a bully. Trump is an obvious bully. Cruz is the bully who acts weird, and he’s acting weird all...

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Rick Santorum Such a Loser Even His Own Precinct Captain Didn’t Vote For Him

Rick Santorum Such a Loser Even His Own Precinct Captain Didn’t Vote For Him

Posted by | Feb 2, 2016 | , |

MSNBC host Chris Hayes talked with Rick Santorum precinct captain late Monday night to discuss the candidate’s dismal turnout in the Iowa Caucus. The captain showed a photo of his precinct’s final vote that he had taken with his smartphone, accidentally revealing that the unnamed Santorum supporter had not voted for his own candidate. Wearing a sweater vest bearing the candidates name, the man giggled as he said that his pen had run out of ink when it was time to write in Santorum’s name. “I was like, I can’t just ask somebody for a new pen while I’m doing this.”...

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