Stand Against Gov Rauner’s Plan to Undermine the Middle Class

Stand Against Gov Rauner’s Plan to Undermine the Middle Class

Please attend Tuesday’s Naperville City Council meeting to stand against the Governor’s so-called “Turnaround Plan.” The agenda for Tuesday night’s...

Congressman Bill Foster: The Nature of our Government

…in my in-box just now from Congressman Foster: Steve- Our country faces a fundamental debate over the nature of government....

GOP Hates Obama More Than a Nuclear Iran

Today’s GOP is so full of bile for President Obama that they put sticking a finger in his eye ahead...

Are Republicans Really Going After Social Security Again?

With the GOP in control of both houses of Congress, they have a lot more freedom to put their pet projects...

State of the Union Notes

I haven’t had much time for reading up on it this week, but here are just a few things I came...

Big Things Obama Did In 2014 Despite Republican Stonewalling

…from our friends at TPM (the full text is at the link): Big Things Obama Did In 2014 Despite Republican...

Torture: Another Monstrous, Insane Thing You Have to Accept to be a Republican

Last week’s release of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on CIA torture brought out yet another unsavory attribute of today’s GOP....

Obstructionism Triumphed, but Obama, Dems Still Fighting for Regular People

…from the DCCC: After Tuesday’s tough election, there’s a lot of talk about what happened, why, and what it means...

EJ Dionne: Hope Over Cynicism

EJ Dionne had a nice piece in yesterday’s paper encouraging hope over cynicism.  Here are a few key sections (emphasis added): The...

Two Parties, but Only One if You Have a Mind and a Conscience

As Election Day grows ever closer, I hear rumblings that there are a few folks out there who are discontented and leaning...