The enthusiastic crowd reportedly cheered when Tom Brokaw told them what he thought about news coverage of Donald Trump’s campaign. Legendary newscaster Tom Brokaw was at the National Book Festival in Washington, D.C., back in September 2015, promoting his new book, “A Lucky Life Interrupted.” At one point Brokaw, whose journalism career spanned over fifty […]
A self-described democratic socialist, many commentators and pundits have noted the consistency of his views throughout his political career. Sanders has focused on economic issues such as income and wealth inequality, expanding Social Security benefits, implementing universal healthcare, making public colleges and universities tuition-free by taxing financial transactions, raising the minimum wage, and reducing the burden […]
Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz launched a ridiculous attack on science and academia after being cornered by climate change activists while in campaigning in New Hampshire over the weekend. The Dallas Morning News reports that “Cruz worked the cavernous dining room” at a Seabrook restaurant, Brown’s Lobster Pound, for more than an hour as “part […]
Reports are circulating that the mainstream Republican Party establishment is set to unleash a massive blitz of commercials designed to take out Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump. CNN’s Maeve Reston noted on Sunday that most GOP strategists see risks in having the attacks being launched by other candidates or their affiliated super PACs. So, she […]
More good news this week for Bernie Sanders, who is already beating Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire. He is rapidly gaining ground on her in Iowa as well. Salon reports that: “For the first time in the 2016 cycle, a new poll of likely Iowa caucus goers shows Bernie Sanders within single digits of Democratic […]