The following essay was written by Mike Wagner. Mike is a musician who lives in Texas. He is the composer of the Flint Water Crisis theme music, from the song Unclaimed, used for our podcast, The GOTMFV Show. Let me get this straight. In regards to Individual 1, this is what we learned from the Mueller investigation and related cases: […]

On this week’s podcast, we talked to David Pepper, the Chair of the Ohio Democratic Party, about the fact that Donald Trump is the most anti-worker president we’ve ever had. The truth is, America in 2019 is corporate utopia. We have almost everyone working and wages remain low. How is this possible, you might ask? How is it that wages […]

David Pepper on Twitter: @DavidPepper David Pepper’s website: DavidPepper.com Order David Pepper’s book The People’s House HERE. Order David Pepper’s book The Wingman HERE. The Ohio Democratic Party on Twitter: @OHDems Get involved with the Ohio Dems’ “F the Purge” effort at FThePurge.com Gabriel DeBenedetti at Politico Magazine: The Thriller That Predicted the Russia Scandal Heidi Shierholzat at the Economic […]

“Russiagate” skeptics have been proven wrong, but nothing will quench their need to blame Democrats for what Republicans do The most dangerous psychosis in American politics is the one that allows Republicans to justify anything that helps Republicans win. And this political nihilism doesn’t just belong to Mitch McConnell. It allows hacks like Steven Moore and Paul Ryan justify doing […]

I have always had special disdain for former Michigan governor John Engler. He was the grandfather of the corporatist right’s attacks on organized labor while he was in office and his repugnant legacy is something that we still deal with today. So I was shocked, dismayed, and outraged that the Michigan State University Board of Trustees chose Engler to be […]

In August of 2015, the year before he was elected president, Donald Trump had a clear and concise message for auto workers: You make too much money. He said U.S. automakers could shift production away from Michigan to communities where autoworkers would make less. “You can go to different parts of the United States and then ultimately you’d do full-circle […]

I keep reading about how Amy O’Rourke, Beto’s wife, is a “long time educator“. I may be overly sensitive about this, but to be considered a professional “educator” I believe that a person must have earned a degree (or multiple degrees) in education, have held valid state teacher certification at one time, and have experience as a certified, qualified classroom […]

A lot of public school advocates have become pretty disillusioned trying to find a politician from either party who seems to actually “get it” when it comes to public education. So many teachers and parents are yearning for a candidate who supports traditional public schools, recognizes charter schools as an expensive, unnecessary, and dangerous distraction, and reject all efforts to […]

Madeline Peltz on Twitter: @PeltzMadeline Media Matters for America on Twitter: @mmfa Madeline Peltz at Media Matter for America: In unearthed audio, Tucker Carlson makes numerous misogynistic and perverted comments Eli Rosenberg at The Washington Post: Tucker Carlson says he’s the victim of a powerful bully. Meet the 24-year-old who found the tapes. Alice Marwick and Rebecca Lewis at Data […]

Pat Garofalo on Twitter: @Pat_Garofalo Pat Garofalo’s website: PGarofalo.com Talk Poverty on Twitter here: @TalkPoverty The Talk Poverty website: TalkPoverty.org Sign up for “Billionaire Boondoggle”-related news from Pat’s newsletter HERE. It is now March, which means my book comes out this month. Pre-order a copy if you haven't already! https://t.co/60eso2Hkwy pic.twitter.com/o8NaETxPYB — Pat Garofalo (@Pat_Garofalo) March 1, 2019 Jordan Zakarin […]

By prioritizing the “For the People Act,” Democrats show they get that voting rights are even more popular than legal weed. Mitch McConnell knows how he got away with it. The Senate Majority Leader led GOP efforts to swipe a Supreme Court seat from Merrick Garland. He killed a bipartisan effort to call out Russian attacks on the 2016 elections. […]