After losing the Democratic nomination in 2016, Bernie Sanders started Our Revolution, an organization devoted to grassroots organizing and raising the profiles of progressive candidates. However, today's POLITICO article by Edward-Isaac Dovere paints a bleak picture of an ...read more
New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo unveiled a “2018 Women’s Agenda for New York,” which is assigning six million dollars a year to targeted empowerment initiatives for young women and school-aged girls. This sentence has a lot of red flags for some -- the word “Cuomo” and phrase ...read more
As the U.S. rapidly closes in on a $1 billion price tag for its shiny new war on the Islamic State, the media is jumping aboard the escalation train as well, with Congress in broad agreement that U.S. jets and bombs are key to winning the war on ISIS. Selling this plan to the ...read more
Like many Americans, I get my news from the Daily Show. Ok, not really but I didn't know Governor Rick Perry was on a tour to steal businesses from other states like California, Illinois and New York until I saw the Back in Black segment the other night. If you missed it, you ...read more
The Daily Banter Headline Grab. From AP: Jumping out ahead of Washington, New York state enacted the nation's toughest gun restrictions Tuesday and the first since the Connecticut school massacre, including an expanded assault-weapon ban and background checks for buying ...read more
Andrew Sullivan reacts to the landmark gay rights bill in the state of New York that legalizes marriage between members of the same sex: I have a confession. The night after it passed, I slept for twelve hours; the following night for fourteen. Last night, a mere ten. And I ...read more