Truthout
Elections
|
Election Countdown 2012: The White House Is Encouraging Congressional Democrats to Go on the Offensive After Health Care Ruling, and More
The White House is encouraging congressional Democrats to go on the offensive after the Supreme Court upheld the presidentu2019s signature healthcare legislation.
|
A Win for Obama – and Roberts
E.J. Dionne Jr: Still, it is disturbing that the court ... appears to have weakened the law's provisions that sought to use Medicaid.
|
The Bigger Picture: The Physical and Moral Health of the Nation
The political impact of Thursday's stunning Supreme Court decision on health care reform is clear — good for President Obama and the Democrats, bad for Mitt Romney and the …
|
Fox’s Brazen Star: Karl Rove Rebukes Obama on Executive Privilege Claim
For someone whose qualifications as a constitutional authority are nil, Rove's comments on Thursday displayed an impressive degree of contempt for his listeners that is not seen every day, …
Who Bankrolled the Fight Against the Health Care Law?
The lead plaintiff in the U.S. Supreme Court challenge to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the National Federation for Independent Business (NFIB), is a highly partisan front …
|
Inquiry Looks Into a Shield for Donors in Elections
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman of New York has begun investigating contributions to tax-exempt groups that are heavily involved in political campaigns, focusing on a case involving the U.S. …
The Five Craziest Policies in Texas Republicans’ 2012 Platform
The Republican Party of Texas released its 2012 platform this month, outlining its policies on taxation, education, and a host of other issues related to the economy.
|
Election Countdown 2012: Insurers Will Hand Out $1.1 Billion in Rebates to Consumers, and More
The past: u201cMitt Romneyu2019s financial company, Bain Capital, invested in a series of firms that specialized in relocating jobs done by American workers to new facilities in low-wage countries …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Corporate Oligarchy Trumps the Public Option, and More
Thom Hartmann talks the supreme court's recent decision (or lack thereof), European austerity, Fast and Furious documents scandal, and more.
|
The President’s Never-Ending Campaign for Cash
Aversion to the whole of idea of super PACs from many Democrats and the left diminished a willingness to give large sums to the Obama re-election effort. But that …