By Thom Hartmann The days of the Tea Party controlling Congress may be numbered.  Congressional aides are suggesting that Speaker of the House John Boehner is planning to work around his Tea Party members and negotiate with Democrats on a deal to extend the payroll tax cut when Congress reconvenes…

By Jeff Crouere   With one caucus and one primary completed, there is a stampede of media analysts and Republican operatives rushing to proclaim Mitt Romney as the de-facto Republican nominee.  Despite the fact that only a fraction of the delegates have been chosen and voters in 48 states have…

By Ernest Istook Dead people almost got to vote in New Hampshire this week. Imposters with hidden cameras visited several polling places, gave the name of a dead person, and were handed a ballot to vote. It was a sting operation to prove how easy election fraud becomes when no…

MANCHESTER,N.H.— The Occupy movement was alive and well in Manchester on January 10, the quintessential epicenter of political discourse, with one rallying cry, “keep the money out of our politics”. Occupy Wall Street, a grass-roots campaign born out of a general discontent with the state of the American political and…

By Thom Hartmann More Americans think the nation is in the grips of class warfare than ever before.  According to a new Pew Research Center survey – two-thirds of the nation believes there are “strong” conflicts between the rich and the poor in America – that’s an increase of 19-points…

Manchester, N.H.–The question on everyone’s mind is whether President Obama will bring an end to the misery in Sudan. Months after proclaiming its independence, Sudan has encountered a harsh halt in economic and growth in infrastructure due to a humanitarian crisis and growing tensions amongst local communities. The first stages…

Manchester, N.H.— Jon Huntsman is staying alive in New Hampshire.  The former Utah Gov. made radio appearances at ‘Radio Row’ at the Radisson Hotel in Manchester this morning.  Donning an old leather jacket and blue jeans, the GOP presidential candidate was all smiles as he greeted the media personnel. Mr….

Manchester, N.H. – The scene opens with a patriotic portrayal of America: sunshine brightens the day with a cool breeze fostering hard work and capitalism.   An American flag blowing proudly in the wind, “Free markets, innovation, hard work . . . the building blocks of the American dream, but in…

From The Heritage Foundation, I’m Ernest Istook. To hear liberals describe it, we are all helpless consumers who need more big government to save us from wicked corporations. So who then will protect us from big government? President Obama is touting the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau—our Big Brother–as an…

By Thom Hartmann The New York Times is finally catching on to the fact that the American Dream is dead.  An article running in the paper today points out the disturbing fact that the United States is one of the least socially mobile nations in the developed world.  As in…