The long-expected bill to Fast Track the TPP was introduced in the senate yesterday. Nicole breaks down the specifics about the bad deal and explains what we can do to stop it. Monday marks the 5th anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon explosion. Antonia Juhasz tells what's changed since then. And we go back to Sept 1995 for Nicole's interview with the late, great Jeff Healey.
It's Friday! Today, Nicole Sandler talks with journalist Maria Bustillos about her CA road trip covering inequality in California for Capital & Main. Her Flashback Friday musical segment takes us back to Sept 2009 and Air America Radio, as Nicole did her show from LA with special guests Jill Sobule and Don Was.
Hey kids, guess what time it is! It’s job creation time! Which means it’s time to bring back that sexy economic data source, the Bikini Graph! That sound you hear is the GOP demanding President Obama’s impeachment for allowing this to happen on his watch. Jobsghazi!!!! As always, red columns point to monthly job totals under the Bush administration, while blue columns point to job totals under the Obama administration. Me oh my, look at all that blue! Via Steve Benen at The Maddow Blog, here’s the latest on the new report from Bureau of Labor Statistics, including how the U.S. economy added 257,000 jobs [...]
Today, Nicole Sandler speaks with author/journalist William Greider about his column for The Nation that asks how the Democratic Party lost its soul, and more. Plus She's History's Amy Simon on our sexual abuse epidemic.
Nicole Sandler takes a listen back to some of the high (low) lights from yesterday's Senate Finance Committee hearing on the Trans Pacific Partnership and the push toward fast track. Huffington Post's Zach Carter and Crooks & Liars' Susie Madrak join in.
Hey kids, guess what time it is! It’s job creation time! Which means it’s time to bring back that sexy economic data source, the Bikini Graph! In this episode, we learn that the unemployment rate remains at 5.8%, the lowest it’s been in over six years. That sound you hear is the GOP demanding President Obama’s impeachment for allowing this to happen on his watch. Jobsghazi!!!! As always, red columns point to monthly job totals under the Bush administration, while blue columns point to job totals under the Obama administration: Via Steve Benen at The Maddow Blog, here’s more on the [...]
Nicole talks about the Democratic Party and her belief that it needs to make some big changes. Huffington Post's Ryan Grim explains Elizabeth Warren's new leadership position in the senate, and their ill-fated decision to hold a vote on the KXL pipeline. In hour two, it's Flashback Friday with Aimee Mann and Michael Penn
Yes, it's true. Fox is reporting upbeat economic news again, and it goes a little something like this: The number of Americans filing for first-time unemployment benefits fell last week to 287,000 from an upwardly revised 288,000. Wall Street expected claims to rise to 294,000 from an initially reported 287,000. I think we can all agree that this is getting out of hand. How dare Fox spotlight anything that could possibly put President Obama in a favorable light? Are they nuts?! Well if they are, so is the Star Tribune: "With the pace of firings exceptionally low, and surveys signaling [...]
The Los Angeles Times letter to the editor below illustrates the stark differences between Democrats and Republicans. My frustration, anxiety, and concern have grown recently as the number of polls showing the chances of a GOP Senate takeover have increased. If Dems and Independents don't get their asses to the polls, those predictions will become a reality. And that reality will spawn more realities, scary ones, that will make the mess this country is in now look like paradise. So before deciding to sit out the elections in November, please think again: Like what happened to abortion clinics in Texas? Then don't vote. [...]
Hey kids, guess what time it is! It’s job creation time! Which means it's time to bring back that sexy economic data source, the Bikini Graph! In this episode, we learn that the unemployment rate dropped to 5.9%, the lowest it's been since July 2008. That sound you hear is the GOP demanding President Obama's impeachment for allowing this to happen on his watch. Jobsghazi!!!! As always, red columns point to monthly job totals under the Bush administration, while blue columns point to job totals under the Obama administration: Via Steve Benen at The Maddow Blog, here's more on the new [...]