David Sirota
The Guardian
Denver, CO, United States
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The Democrats think centrism will re-elect Biden. That’s a dangerous assumption
The party has settled on a new playbook: shifting right and hoping demoralized voters are repulsed by Republicans → Read More
SVB Chief Pressed Lawmakers To Weaken Bank Risk Regs
Collapsed bank’s president told Congress “enhanced prudential standards” should be lifted “given the low risk profile of our activities.” → Read More
Rail Companies Blocked Safety Rules Before Ohio Derailment
The train derailment came after Norfolk Southern helped convince government officials to repeal brake rules and lobbyists watered down safety regulations. → Read More
State Officials Warned Buttigieg About Airline Mess
Before the holiday travel nightmare, attorneys general begged the Transportation Secretary and Congress to crack down. → Read More
Are Democrats messing up their midterm messaging? Our panel responds
Democrats have come under fire from critics like Bernie Sanders, who say the party isn’t focusing enough on the economy. Is that right? → Read More
Dems Barely Messaging On Economic Issues
Republicans are spending Democrats into the ground on economic issues and inflation. → Read More
We need to be told the true climate cost of Schumer and Manchin’s pipeline side deal
Democrats hailed the Inflation Reduction Act as a climate crisis victory – so why the secrecy over an oil and gas pipelines bill? → Read More
Biden Is Helping Fossil Fuel Donors Weaken His Clean Water Rule
In backing Joe Manchin’s “permitting reform,” the president could undermine his own EPA initiative. → Read More
Billions in ‘dark money’ is influencing US politics. We need disclosure laws
A donor secretly transferred $1.6bn to a Republican political group. Because of America’s lax laws, the donation was never disclosed in any public record or database → Read More
It’s time for Democrats to fear their own voters
Republican politicians fear their base, while Democratic politicians don’t. That’s why we are in this mess → Read More
Prepare for a McCarthy-era crackdowns on pro-choice protesters
Conservatives and corporate media pundits want to use a Red Scare statute to arrest people demonstrating against the looming anti-abortion victory → Read More
Biden isn’t serious about forgiving student debt. ‘Means-testing’ is a con
The Biden administration’s proposal is cynicism masquerading as populism — and it will enrage everyone and hurt the Democrats’ electoral chances → Read More
Amazon Gets Huge Contract Despite Biden’s Union Pledge
The president promised to halt federal contracts to union busters — but the deal was just re-awarded to Amazon while the company was crushing a union drive. → Read More
Americans believe nothing is getting better. Biden feeds that disillusionment
As his poll numbers crater, Biden appears to be offering no course correction. He still hasn’t signed a stack of potentially wildly popular executive orders on matters ranging from debt cancellation to drug pricing → Read More
Six Things They’re Not Telling You About Inflation
In the Great Inflation Scare of 2021, the corporate media isn’t reporting the full story. → Read More
Democrats are pushing tax breaks for the rich. They’ll cry when voters punish them
No wonder a new survey shows that nearly two thirds of Americans see the party as ‘out of touch’ → Read More
If Americans can’t have basic things like childcare, our democracy is a sham
Corporate influence and corruption defines American politics. No wonder most think the country is headed in the wrong direction → Read More
The 2009 financial crisis taught us hard lessons. Have Democrats learned them?
The political meltdown of a decade ago crushed faith in hope and change, and led to Maga and mayhem → Read More
Merck wants Americans to pay $712 for a Covid drug that taxpayers helped develop
The drug in question only costs $17.74 to produce. Unfortunately, this type of behaviour is widespread in US pharma → Read More
Big Pharma has a powerful new shill, Kyrsten Sinema, fighting drug price reform
In the 2020 election cycle, pharmaceutical political action committees suddenly funneled more money to her than they did the whole six years she served in the US House → Read More