Perhaps the best thing about the Trump presidency is that America can finally see what the Republican Party truly is. Dispelling the myth it is a conservative political party dedicated to small government, fiscal responsibility, and lower taxes, Trump is revealing it to be a ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Dec 5, 2018

Republicans insisted that Trump's $1.5 trillion tax aimed almost entirely at giant corporations and the ultra rich would not only pay for itself, but create a substantial windfall that would benefit all Americans.  In fact, the entire reason the GOP has stood behind Trump ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018

One of the most pervasive myths about poverty in right wing circles is that people who are unable to lift themselves out of it aren't working hard enough. Some of the most militant advocates of this philosophy are those who come from poor backgrounds themselves, and insist that ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018

It's hard to put a positive spin on this given how destructive every sane economist believes the GOP's tax plan will be. Reported the New York Times on the plan that just passed in the Senate:  Republicans took a critical step toward notching their first significant legislative ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018

by Kate Harveston In these days of political turmoil and intensifying partisan divide, it's difficult to keep track of the facts. Corporate-owned media outlets on both ends of the political spectrum market their material as unbiased and factual, all while distorting reality for ...read more

• By Guest Contributor
  Nov 9, 2018

"Maybe rather than getting that new iPhone that they just love and they want to go spend hundreds of dollars on that, maybe they should invest in their own health care. They've got to make those decisions themselves,” said Republican Congressman Jason Chaffetz back in March of ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018