Hillary’s Haughty Hyperbole!

Sure politicians are calculating, even cunning. Those are occupational traits. Maybe Hillary thinks she can push the envelope into prevarication and distortion with impunity. After all, as a Wall Street corporatist and a war-mongering militarist, she has gotten away with much worse.

HiIlary Rodham Clinton

Last Sunday’s New York Times Book Review section featured a one page interview with Hillary Clinton, author of the just released Hard Choices which brought her a $14 million advance from Viacom’s Simon and Schuster. My first reaction was “Can anybody believe this?” I’m referring to the replies by Mrs. Clinton to questions about her book reading

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DFL Senate Candidate Pushes Obama To Approve Keystone Pipeline

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes called on President Barack Obama to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline, joining 11 incumbent Democrats as the party tries to keep control of the Senate this November. Grimes’ statement Wednesday came on the same day that a group committed to blocking the pipeline’s construction […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes called on President Barack Obama to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline, joining 11 incumbent Democrats as the party tries to keep control of the Senate this November. Grimes' statement Wednesday came on the same day that a group committed to blocking the pipeline's

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‘Better Off’ Budget Attacks Status Quo With Bold Progressive Vision

Economic blueprint by Congressional Progressive Caucus makes commanding argument for what’s possible, but will it again be ignored by nation’s powerful elite?

Jon Queally
By Jon Queally

With the release of what the Congressional Progressive Caucus is calling its 'Better Off Budget' on Wednesday, the most left-leaning members of Congress once again prove that good ideas do exist on Capitol Hill even if political realities threaten to make sure they go nowhere fast. Despite being the largest single caucus on the Democratic side

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Homeowner Bill Of Rights Blocked By Banks, Minnesota State Representatives

(MintPress) – The United States is in the midst of a homelessness epidemic, with nearly 3.5 million Americans living on the streets every year. Exacerbating the problem is the more than 3.4 million foreclosures that have taken place since the financial crisis of 2008, the largest economic meltdown since the Great Depression. State legislators have an opportunity […]

Martin Michaels
By Martin Michaels

(MintPress) - The United States is in the midst of a homelessness epidemic, with nearly 3.5 million Americans living on the streets every year. Exacerbating the problem is the more than 3.4 million foreclosures that have taken place since the financial crisis of 2008, the largest economic meltdown since the Great Depression. State legislators

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In Minnesota, Democratic Grandmas Gather Data About Their Neighbors

In Minnesota, Democratic volunteers scour their local newspapers each morning for letters to the editor with a political slant. They pay attention to the names of callers on radio shows. They drive through their neighborhoods and jot down the addresses of campaign lawn signs. Then they feed the information into a state Democratic Party database […]

Lois Beckett
By Lois Beckett
In this Oct. 23, 2012, photo, Louise Pardee calls fellow senior citizens from a Shoreview, Minn, phone bank to urge them to vote against a proposed constitutional ban on gay marriage on Minnesota's statewide ballot. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

In Minnesota, Democratic volunteers scour their local newspapers each morning for letters to the editor with a political slant. They pay attention to the names of callers on radio shows. They drive through their neighborhoods and jot down the addresses of campaign lawn signs. Then they feed the information into a state Democratic Party database

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Slim chances of a third party making headway in the US

(MintPress) – It might be one of the few things Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul and business mogul Donald Trump have in common: Having once toiled with the idea of running as an Independent in the 2012 presidential election. Paul, with his outlier views, has been the one current Republican candidate that media pundits speculate could build an […]

Joey LeMay
By Joey LeMay
Ron Paul speing at LPAC in Las Vegas, NV 2011

(MintPress) – It might be one of the few things Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul and business mogul Donald Trump have in common: Having once toiled with the idea of running as an Independent in the 2012 presidential election. Paul, with his outlier views, has been the one current Republican candidate that media pundits speculate could

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