Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “Sadly, one can image someone – Trump?, Kushner? – calculating the trade-off between business and the human cost, and saying, “they are expendable.”... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “We can’t make a bad decision. Frankly, this is no time to act stupidly. Period. I don’t know how else to say it.” – Gov. Andrew Cuomo By the time th... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “You can’t con people, at least not for long. You can create excitement, you can do wonderful promotion and get all kinds of press, and you can throw... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org As different as night from day yet there’s one way that Bernie Sanders and President Trump are alike, and Joe Biden is different from both. President... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “No light, but rather darkness visible.” – Milton, Paradise Lost It was always easier to pitch politics low and to the gut, but the cyberspace platfo... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org One reading of the present shows us a hyped economic reality but also political and cultural realities hyped so far that simulacra is quite easily di... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “Rep. Adam Schiff lied to Congress and the American people with a totally made up statement about the president’s phone call. Will there be no retrib... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “Shifty Adam Schiff is a CORRUPT POLITICIAN, and probably a very sick man. He has not paid the price, yet, for what he has done to our Country!” – Tw... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “A wise old owl once lived in a wood, the more he heard the less he said, the less he said, the more he heard, let’s emulate that wise old bird.” Fla... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org Divisiveness “Narrative,” the word, is in its political heyday. Politicians need to assert their narrative before their opponent does it for them. Th... Read more
The president-elect took no position on the app’s First Amendment challenge to the law, which sets a Jan. 19 deadline to sell or close the popular platform. [...]
Democrats wanted to end the electability debate. After Vice President Kamala Harris’s defeat, a conversation that has frustrated and foiled two generations of female candidates rages on. [...]
In an interview, Roy Cooper spoke about his legacy, how to appeal to Republicans and Democratic speculation that he might run for Senate or for president. [...]
The self-help author has twice run unsuccessfully for the Democratic presidential nomination. [...]
The Treasury secretary urged Congress to protect the full faith and credit of the United States by raising the debt limit. [...]
A fierce dispute erupted in the president-elect’s camp between immigration hard-liners and tech industry leaders including Elon Musk. [...]
