Why did nobody go to jail for the financial crisis? I have a new book that...
Well hello, people of Daily Kos. It’s been a long, long time. I spent many of my formative years in the political world here, but I haven’t written in this space in a while.You see, I’ve been busy.I’ve...
View Article16 Deaths Per Day - The Crisis Of Unsafe Workplaces
(Disclosure: I am a blogger fellow with Brave New Films, the creator of this video and the 16 Deaths Per Day campaign)Every day in America, 16 people die at work from employer negligence.
View ArticleRebutting The Eternal Lie About Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, and Safe Havens
Today on Hardball, Ike Skelton advanced a familiar argument in Washington, not just now but over several decades, about the presumed consequences of failure that are always brought out as an argument...
View ArticleWellPoint Sues Maine To Raise Premiums 18.5%
(I am a blogger fellow for Brave New Films on their Sick For Profit campaign. Follow us on Facebook.)A wild story out of Maine.Anthem Health Plans of Maine, a subsidiary of WellPoint, is suing the...
View ArticleDid Alan Grayson Change The Health Care Debate?
(I am a blogger fellow for Brave New Films on their Sick For Profit campaign. Follow us on Facebook.)Many of us already knew that Alan Grayson was a fearless champion against the rich and powerful....
View ArticleEverything That's Wrong With The Baucus Bill In Two Minutes
(I am a blogger fellow with Brave New Films on their Sick for Profit campaign. Follow us on Facebook)In the debate in the Senate Finance Committee today, Max Baucus said repeatedly that he couldn't...
View ArticleWeep For America As You Read This Interview With Kent Conrad
Sherrod Brown sez that, contra Rahm Emanuel, no Democrat will vote with Republicans on a filibuster to kill the health care bill, even if it includes a public option.Brown should go have a talk with...
View ArticleConyers, Leahy Introduce Bill To End Anti-Trust Exemption For Health Insurers
(I am a blogger fellow with Brave New Films on their Sick For Profit campaign. Visit us on Facebook and watch our latest video on CIGNA.)John Conyers and some allies on the House Judiciary Committee...
View ArticleColbert Goes There - Only Media Figure In America To Openly Discuss Corporate...
The Colbert Report last night featured one of the most subversive and brutally honest half-hours of television in recent memory. It's a sad commentary that it takes a comedy program to provide more...
View ArticleThe One Statistic That Could Change The Entire Health Care Debate
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation released a simple document that could transform the entire health care debate in the United States. Absolutely no other set of statistics so cleanly identify the...
View ArticleCIGNA Denies Cancer Patient Care, CEO Makes $120 Million - These Things Are...
(I am a blogger fellow with Brave New Films on their Sick For Profit campaign. Visit us on Facebook.)Today Brave New Films released their second installment in the Sick For Profit series, taking a...
View ArticleBaucus Plan Would Gut State-Level Insurance Industry Regulation
Max Baucus’ plan had the name of Liz Fowler, a former WellPoint VP who now works for the Finance Committee, in the metadata. When you have WellPoint personnel instrumental in writing the laws, you get...
View ArticleThe Democratic Party Has A Jobs Problem
The jobs report for August showed another 216,000 losses. That's far less than previous months, in fact the smallest in a year, but still not very good. The unemployment rate jumped up to 9.7%, and...
View ArticleWanted: Left-Wing Demagogues
That after months of tea parties and protests against Big Gubmint takeovers and socialism, the Republican Party would come out as the defenders of Medicare has got to be one of the most hilarious...
View ArticleOn "Politicizing" Death
I'm hearing a lot of whining on the right about the wall-to-wall coverage of Ted Kennedy's death and his politics, and how it's being "politicized". They're particularly concerned that Democrats might...
View ArticleRedacted Portions Of CIA IG Report Leak Out - Multiple Deaths, KSM Almost...
ABC has some news on what was inside those blocks of redacted text in the CIA Inspector General report:The CIA and the Obama Administration continue to keep secret some of the most shocking allegations...
View ArticleFanfare For The Left Of The Left (Or, Stop Punching The Hippie In The Face)
I just listened to a good bit of Barack Obama's OFA session, and I think I can now pinpoint what has been irking me lately. He got up there and tried to rebut all the misinformation about what the...
View ArticleLiberal Revolt On Public Option Only Thing Saving Health Care Reform
Anonymous wankers in the White House expressed surprise in the WaPo this morning about the intensity of feeling about the public option in the health care debate.President Obama's advisers acknowledged...
View ArticleAn ex-comic's thoughts on dealing with teabaggers
For all the conservatives trying to make some equivalence between Code Pink rallies and lobbyist-supported teabagger groups on their side, please let me know the instances of left-wing protesters...
View ArticleThe Real Problem With Obama's Poll Numbers
My big takeaway today is supposed to be that Barack Obama is fading in selling his health care plan, as eroding poll numbers, both on health care and his job approval rating, threaten legislation in...
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