Stacking the Deck: The Phony ‘Fix the Debt’ Campaign Stacking the Deck: The Phony ‘Fix the Debt’ Campaign
Pete Peterson’s $60 million push to sell corporate America’s ruthless austerity agenda.
Feb 20, 2013 / Feature / The Editors
The Austerity Agenda: An Electoral Loser The Austerity Agenda: An Electoral Loser
Candidates who ran on slashing Medicare and Social Security lost big in November. But that doesn’t stop Pete Peterson from pushing the fantasy that voters’ biggest conc...
Feb 20, 2013 / Feature / John Nichols
Pete Peterson’s Puppet Populists Pete Peterson’s Puppet Populists
The “Fix the Debt” campaign is pure astroturf: corporate cash machinery masquerading as a grassroots uprising.
Feb 20, 2013 / Feature / Mary Bottari
Fix the Debt’s Fuzzy Math Fix the Debt’s Fuzzy Math
Dire warnings about the deficit don’t add up mathematically. But then, Fix the Debt is not really about the economy, it’s about gutting Medicare, Social Security and ot...
Feb 20, 2013 / Feature / Dean Baker
Happy Birthday, Mr. Fortieth President! Happy Birthday, Mr. Fortieth President!
In a belated birthday wish, a reminder of how morally obtuse Ronald Reagan could be.
Feb 19, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
Sequestration Is Austerity, but Not Enough for Simpson and Bowles Sequestration Is Austerity, but Not Enough for Simpson and Bowles
The front men for the austerity agenda are back with plans to cut Social Security and redistribute wealth upward.
Feb 19, 2013 / John Nichols
Rubio Is Not Ready for Prime Time Rubio Is Not Ready for Prime Time
In a reposted interview withABC News, Katrina vanden Heuvel talks about Marco Rubio’s water lunge and more.
Feb 15, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Nothing New Under the Wingnut Sun: A Coming Preschool Backlash? Nothing New Under the Wingnut Sun: A Coming Preschool Backlash?
In his State of the Union, Obama naively proposed universal preschool as a conservative idea. Conservatives will not agree.
Feb 14, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
What Fox News Lost in the 2012 Election What Fox News Lost in the 2012 Election
Conservative lawmakers aren't the only facing a demographic crisis: The GOP's favorite network has also suffered a significant loss of trust among its core conservative aud...
Feb 7, 2013 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
Why Are Conservatives Trying to Destroy the Voting Rights Act? Why Are Conservatives Trying to Destroy the Voting Rights Act?
A five-decade bipartisan consensus on this key piece of civil rights legislation has collapsed—right when we need its protections more than ever before.
Feb 6, 2013 / Feature / Ari Berman