Robert Reich | Reality Check
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog
Reich writes: "The other night I phoned a former Republican member of Congress with whom I'd worked in the 1990s on various pieces of legislation. I consider him a friend. I wanted his take on the Republican candidates because I felt I needed a reality check."
READ MORE
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog
Reich writes: "The other night I phoned a former Republican member of Congress with whom I'd worked in the 1990s on various pieces of legislation. I consider him a friend. I wanted his take on the Republican candidates because I felt I needed a reality check."
READ MORE
he other night I phoned a former Republican member of Congress with whom I’d worked in the 1990s on various pieces of legislation. I consider him a friend. I wanted his take on the Republican candidates because I felt I needed a reality check. Was I becoming excessively crotchety and partisan, or are these people really as weird as they seem? We got right into it:
Me: “So what do really you think of these candidates?”
Him: “You want my unvarnished opinion?”
Me: "Please. That’s why I called.”
Him: “They’re all nuts.”
Me: “Seriously. What do you really think of them?”
Him: “I just told you. They’re bonkers. Bizarre. They’re like a Star Wars bar room.”
Me: “How did it happen? How did your party manage to come up with this collection?”
Him: “We didn’t. They came up with themselves. There’s no party any more. It’s chaos. Anybody can just decide they want to be the Republican nominee, and make a run for it. Carson? Trump? They’re in the lead and they’re both out of their f*cking minds.”
Me: “That’s not reassuring.”
Him: “It’s a disaster. I’m telling you, if either of them is elected, this country is going to hell. The rest of them aren’t much better. I mean, Carly Fiorina? Really? Rubio? Please. Ted Cruz? Oh my god. And the people we thought had it sewn up, who are halfway sane – Bush and Christie – they’re sounding almost as batty as the rest.”
Me: “Who’s to blame for this mess?”
Him: “Roger Ailes, David and Charles Koch, Rupert Murdoch, Rush Limbaugh. I could go on. They’ve poisoned the American mind and destroyed the Republican Party.
Me: "Nice talking with you.”
Him: “Sleep well.”
Ben Carson Thinks You're the Crazy One
Ana Marie Cox, The Daily Beast
Cox writes: "Those who warn against passing judgment on Carson just because he has a non-traditional belief need to remember that this particular belief contains its own judgments on people - and they're not particularly favorable."
READ MORE
Ana Marie Cox, The Daily Beast
Cox writes: "Those who warn against passing judgment on Carson just because he has a non-traditional belief need to remember that this particular belief contains its own judgments on people - and they're not particularly favorable."
READ MORE
Prosecutor Smears Tamir Rice's Mother
Lauren C. Williams, ThinkProgress
Williams writes: "Ohio prosecutor Timothy McGinty accused the family of 12-year-old police shooting victim Tamir Rice of being 'economically motivated' in their pursuit to bring the officer responsible to trial."
READ MORE
Lauren C. Williams, ThinkProgress
Williams writes: "Ohio prosecutor Timothy McGinty accused the family of 12-year-old police shooting victim Tamir Rice of being 'economically motivated' in their pursuit to bring the officer responsible to trial."
READ MORE
Raul Castro to Step Down in 2018
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Cuban President Raul Castro confirmed during a diplomatic meeting in Mexico on Friday he would be stepping down from office in 2018."
READ MORE
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Cuban President Raul Castro confirmed during a diplomatic meeting in Mexico on Friday he would be stepping down from office in 2018."
READ MORE
Black Missouri Football Players Say They'll Strike Until University President Resigns
ESPN
Excerpt: "Racial tension has been brewing at Missouri's campus in Columbia since September, when Payton Head, the Missouri Students Association president and an African-American, said he was racially abused while walking. Students protested when it took nearly a week for the university chancellor to address the incident."
READ MORE
ESPN
Excerpt: "Racial tension has been brewing at Missouri's campus in Columbia since September, when Payton Head, the Missouri Students Association president and an African-American, said he was racially abused while walking. Students protested when it took nearly a week for the university chancellor to address the incident."
READ MORE
Myanmar/Burma Holding Landmark Election
Hanna Hindstrom, Al Jazeera America
Hindstrom writes: "Pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has spent the past two months greeting adoring crowds throughout the country. Thousands of supporters wearing red shirts and brandishing the flags of her opposition National League for Democracy party have spilled onto the streets in the hopes of catching a glimpse of her. On Sunday, Suu Kyi's popularity will be put to the test."
READ MORE
Hanna Hindstrom, Al Jazeera America
Hindstrom writes: "Pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has spent the past two months greeting adoring crowds throughout the country. Thousands of supporters wearing red shirts and brandishing the flags of her opposition National League for Democracy party have spilled onto the streets in the hopes of catching a glimpse of her. On Sunday, Suu Kyi's popularity will be put to the test."
READ MORE
The Oil Industry Has Been Put on Notice
Tom Randall, Bloomberg
Randall writes: "There were two huge developments today, both for the oil industry and the earth's climate. New York's top lawyer issued a subpoena to Exxon, seeking information on whether the world's biggest oil explorer deceived the public for almost 40 years about climate change. Hours later, President Obama announced that the U.S. would reject the Keystone pipeline."
READ MORE
Tom Randall, Bloomberg
Randall writes: "There were two huge developments today, both for the oil industry and the earth's climate. New York's top lawyer issued a subpoena to Exxon, seeking information on whether the world's biggest oil explorer deceived the public for almost 40 years about climate change. Hours later, President Obama announced that the U.S. would reject the Keystone pipeline."
READ MORE
No comments:
Post a Comment