Bernie Sanders

Green Watch
A Carbon Tax Will Make for an Even Darker Winter
Senate Democrats are considering a tax on carbon as part of their multi-trillion-dollar spending package. Two holdouts, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT), have announced their opposition…
by Hayden Ludwig on December 7, 2021

Commentary
Liberalism Drops Its Mask
Since the turn of the 20th century, progressivism and liberalism have been pushed for an increasingly massive state and burdensome government restrictions on personal conduct (outside the bedroom, at least)…
by Michael Watson on August 13, 2021

Labor Watch
I Do Not Want the NewsGuild Bargaining for Me, Ever
Under “sectoral bargaining”—proposed by some “labor conservatives”—labor unions and industry associations would negotiate a contract for an entire industry covering union members and non-members alike. For writers like me, that…
by Michael Watson on May 24, 2021

Green Watch
National Climate Emergency Act: America Declares War on Itself
Democrats have introduced a bill intended to give President Joseph Biden sweeping powers to halt global warming, using wartime measures to declare war on nature itself. The National Climate Emergency…
by Hayden Ludwig on March 2, 2021

Organization Trends
Democratic Infighting over Biden’s Nomination of Neera Tanden
One of President Joe Biden's particularly contentious nomination is Neera Tanden as director of the Office of Management and Budget. Among other things, this nomination conveys Biden’s full ideological alignment…
by Shane Devine on January 21, 2021

2016 Conventions
Let the Great Democrat Fart-In rip!
PHILADELPHIA -- Rules for Radicals author Saul Alinsky would be proud of today's Democratic Party. Bernie Sanders supporters angry at how their candidate was railroaded by the Hillary Clinton disciples…
by Matthew Vadum on July 25, 2016

2016 Conventions
Yes, the DNC did conspire against Bernie
It turns out Bernie Sanders supporters were not paranoid. The Hillary Clinton machine, which dominates the Democratic National Committee, never had any intention of allowing a fair primary…
by Matthew Vadum on July 23, 2016

Blog
Senate Kills Federal Reserve Audit
After Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Nebraska) used a procedural trick in the U.S. Senate to torpedo a longshot legislative bid that would have had the Government Accountability Office (GAO) audit the Federal Reserve Board, Sen. Jim…
by Matthew Vadum on July 10, 2009