August 27, 2017

Dean Baker: Supporters of Trade Deals Have to Lie to Make their Case

Dean Baker takes George Will and the Washington Post to task over trade deals like NAFTA and the TPP. I know it is becoming popular to support trade deals now because Trump is against them but they really have been bad for American workers especially those in manufacturing.

http://cepr.net/blogs/beat-the-press/supporters-of-trade-deals-like-george-will-and-the-washington-post-think-they-have-to-lie-to-make-their-case

August 26, 2017

What Joe Manchin Can Teach the Democrats

The Atlantic has an interesting article on Joe Manchin discussing whether his brand of centrism can help the Democratic Party win in red states and rural areas. I am biased in that I like Manchin and think we could use more politicians like him but I wanted to post this article for discussion.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/08/west-virginia-senate-joe-manchin-trump/537690/

August 10, 2017

Is Ivanka Trump really a secret liberal?

People sometimes tell me that Ivanka Trump is actually somewhat of a liberal but of course supports her father out of loyalty. According to the "Ivanka is a secret liberal" theory Ivanka is a break on Trump and might be a positive influence on an otherwise bad administration.

Is there any truth to this? I don't know all that much about Ivanka but a lot of people tell me this. I even had a Democratic friend tell me that Ivanka being around makes him less nervous about Trump because supposedly she is a positive influence on him and he listens to her.