Iran Hawks Take Wing Iran Hawks Take Wing
You've got to worry when bipartisan hawks flock together. And you've got to worry even more when those hawks are targeting Iran, and writing op-eds in the Wall Street Journal with...
Sep 23, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Goldman Sachs Socialism Goldman Sachs Socialism
Instead of handing Bernanke $700 billion with no strings attached, government should take over the banking and finance sector, clean it up and start funneling money into the real e...
Sep 23, 2008 / Feature / William Greider
Is Paulson’s Bailout Proposal Constitutional? No Is Paulson’s Bailout Proposal Constitutional? No
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson draft proposal for the bailout of struggling financial-services firms sought to make himself the most powerful unelected official in American hist...
Sep 23, 2008 / John Nichols
An Economic Coup? An Economic Coup?
A threatened elite seeks to consolidate control and tighten its grip on a nation's resources ... You could be forgiven for thinking I'm describing Bolivia, where conflict between...
Sep 23, 2008 / Laura Flanders
Socialism for Bankers, Savage Capitalism for Everyone Else? Socialism for Bankers, Savage Capitalism for Everyone Else?
The bailout jeopardizes the entire progressive agenda, undermines democracy, doesn't compensate us for our money and doesn't solve the problem. Otherwise, it's great!
Sep 23, 2008 / Feature / James S. Henry
Give Main Street a Fair Shake Give Main Street a Fair Shake
The Administration has put a corporate-led bailout on the table with the threat that Congress pass it as is or face aworldwide economic catastrophe. We've seen this kind of shoc...
Sep 22, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
GOP: Lose Your Home, Lose Your Vote GOP: Lose Your Home, Lose Your Vote
A Michigan news site uncovers a GOP plan to deny people caught up in foreclosure proceedings the right to vote in November. Team Obama files suit to stop the practice.
Sep 22, 2008 / Feature / Peter Dreier
Bailout Satire Bailout Satire
Add your own toxic holdings to the big shitpile here. I almost missed this email because it was diverted to my spam folder. But apparently Paulson is sending this around: Dear A...
Sep 22, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Palin: Energy Expert or Billy Madison? Palin: Energy Expert or Billy Madison?
Palin makes a bizarre statement reminiscent of the Adam Sandler buffoon: 'They don't flag the molecules, where it's going and where it's not'
Sep 22, 2008 / Air America
Will Barney Cave? Will Barney Cave?
What I'm hearing right now is that there's a lot of frustration with Barney Frank. Pelosi is deferring to him on this and he's being very cagey. Dodd's plan is out and ready to go...
Sep 22, 2008 / Chris Hayes