This segment aired July 16, 2014Fear mongering among anti-immigration groups and many Republicans have hit a new low with recent claims of unaccompanied minors carrying deadly diseases. Continue reading @RonanFarrow: #GOP #BorderCrisis Hysteria
Daily Archives: July 16, 2014
(Updated) Koch High: How The Koch Brothers Are Buying Their Way Into Public School
I originally curated this post in 2014. Continue reading (Updated) Koch High: How The Koch Brothers Are Buying Their Way Into Public School
A Clinton approach for angrier times | POLITICO
By BEN WHITE and MAGGIE HABERMAN | 7/15/14
Hillary Clinton has a unique asset if she runs for president — Bill Clinton, who presided over a booming economy and an era of sunny Democratic centrism.
But she also faces a singular challenge: convincing voters who are skeptical of some Wall Street-friendly policies during his tenure that she can connect with their concerns at a time when the wealth gap is massive between the very rich and everyone else.
After a decade and a half of being tethered to her husband’s record, Hillary Clinton established her own political identity as senator and as secretary of state. But a string of questions from interviewers during her book tour about her husband’s tenure as president underscores the ongoing issue she will face reconciling their past with her future. Continue reading A Clinton approach for angrier times | POLITICO