Any working class Americans voting Republican are voting against self-interest. John Nichols, a long-time contributor to The Nation and the periodical’s National Affairs correspondent, wrote a blistering Labor Day article on Donald Trump as the Republican Party, writing that their “platform is a litany of foolish dreams.” Nichols tears into Trump from the start, writing […]
Anti-union Governor Scott Walker (R-WI) likes to play fast and loose with facts. Last month he attracted the attention of educators when he told an Iowa audience that a woman by the name of Megan Sampson, a recipient of the 2010 Outstanding Teacher of the Year, “was laid off” to make room for a teacher […]
Celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys is not happy about Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker using their cover of Woody Guthrie’s “I’m Shipping Up to Boston,” as an intro for his Iowa Freedom Summit speech this past Saturday. The band tweeted: @ScottWalker @GovWalker please stop using our music in any way…we literally hate you !!! Love, Dropkick Murphys […]