Richard Eskow Posts

When the final taxonomy of these Trump Era swamp creatures is conducted, a special category will be reserved for Mnuchin.

“Mission accomplished,” says the President. What, exactly, was the mission? And what exactly was accomplished?

There’s fake news on your television, and there’s about to be more of it, unless something is done to stop an upcoming merger.

In a world where Republicans have already been bought and paid for, there is no room for Democrats who act in bad faith.

Defense Secretary James Mattis announced a dramatic shift in military policy last week, and it threatens to plunge the world into new forms of conflict.

Thanks to Republicans, we're living in the “Like, Really Smart” age.

When Democrats get confident, I get nervous.

Orin Hatch is apparently willing to ruin the futures of countless younger versions of himself.

When Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and Warren Buffett – own more wealth than half of our entire population – we need to do more to understand the super-concentration of resources.

They don’t call them “cuts,” of course. That would sound crass. Instead, in time-worn Republican fashion, they hide their selfishness behind a more refined word: “reform.”

More than half of all Americans, 53 percent, now want a single-payer system.

A recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that, in the words of NBC’s Carrie Dann, “a record number of Americans say that the government should do more — not less — in order to solve the nation’s problems.”

This is a major change from the 1990s, when most Amer

A recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that, in the words of NBC’s Carrie Dann, “a record number of Americans say that the government should do more — not less — in order to solve the nation’s problems.”

This is a major change from the 1990s, when most Amer

Instead of being grateful toward the country that has allowed them to accumulate such wealth, Trump and the GOP are willing to let people die for an additional tax cut.

The best way to spot a con artist is by paying attention to what you don’t see.

If you’re an older American — or expect to be someday — and you aren’t wealthy, you may have concluded that the Republican Party is at war with you.

t’s true: the Affordable Care Act is having problems. But Republicans who say those problems are caused by “big government” have it exactly backward.

This was undoubtedly the first presidential debate in history to include a mention of Rosie O’Donnell.

Yesterday’s dog whistle is today’s screaming siren.

The decline of unions has probably cost you, or someone close to you, thousands of dollars since last Labor Day.