Working Life

Yesterday, I spoke before a group of Democrats in Reno, Nevada on behalf of Bernie and, at one point, someone asked me about why the biggest labor unions are not choosing to endorse Bernie. My first point was simple: it’s a crass and ugly if understandable choice—the union leaders, many of whom I know, understand […]

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It’s where the entire labor movement should be: Bernie Sanders has landed his biggest labor endorsement to date: the American Postal Workers Union, or APWU. The group represents 200,000 U.S. Postal Service employees and retirees from across all 50 states. The APWU executive board announced its choice early this morning. And “Politics as usual has […]

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In the roll-call of truly horrendous Village transcribers of press releases (formerly known as “journalists”) a standout has been Jackie Calmes. And, today, she keeps her reputation intact with a truly awful piece about the Trans Pacific Partnership. To begin, Calmes has a long and storied career at just gobbling up government nonsense and spitting […]

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In the wake of last night’s victory for Tea Party Republican Matt Bevin in the race for governor in Kentucky, this just came across my desk. Bi-Partisanship lives! From the Republican National Committee: “The entire Republican Party wants to extend its heartfelt praise and admiration for the leadership of Debbie Wasserman Schultz in her role […]

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Not breaking news per se, and the traditional media always gets the 411 late but, hey, at least it’s there: Bernie is dominating small donor support, which is better for politics and the country. The NYT stumbles on it (LOL): The success of the Boston area outfit, a nonprofit organization called ActBlue, can be seen […]

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Thirteen years ago today, Paul Wellstone died in a plane crash while he was campaigning for re-election. Each year, on this day, I write something about Paul as a small way to remember an astonishingly great Senator–besides Bernie Sanders, he’s the only politician in the last 30-40 years I’d walk over hot coals to help. […]

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I’ve been making this prediction for the past month, and the recent huge fundraising surge for Bernie in the 24 hours post debate and the recent election fundraising reports only buttress this guess: by the time of the New Hampshire primary, Bernie will out raise the status quo candidate and likely have more cash-on-hand, if […]

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This is great. The contrast: the elite of the party trying to control its powers and shut down discussion about issues versus a political revolution trying to energize the party and be open. The elite shuns people. The political revolution says: come sit with us. This is great. The contrast: the elite of the party […]

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Having gone 2-0 in the wild card games (including picking the ‘Stros over my team…which was a no-brainer given what a mediocre team the Yankees were if you looked below the surface), I should just be happy and call it a day…but, no, I have to embarrass myself so: Houston versus Royals: The ‘Stros are […]

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Highlighted in Bernie Sanders’ specific issues is this: Demanding that the wealthy and large corporations pay their fair share in taxes. As president, Sen. Sanders will stop corporations from shifting their profits and jobs overseas to avoid paying U.S. income taxes. He will create a progressive estate tax on the top 0.3 percent of Americans […]

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