RI DAILY

Manhattan's little, quieter island and beyond

Reporting Roosevelt Island since sunrise.

RI DAILY

Manhattan's little, quieter island and beyond

Reporting Roosevelt Island since sunrise.

Republicans

Mike Johnson’s Revolving Door

Or, who are they kidding? Man of the people? The new House Speaker just appointed Big Pharma’s top lobbyist as his policy director.  By Jim Hightower | November 8, 2023 Hear it? What’s that sound? “Whoop-whoop-whoop.” It’s Washington’s revolving door, allowing corporate…

EVEN GOLDWATER WOULD BE TOO LEFT FOR TODAY’S REPUBLICANS

The GOP is harnessing the fanatical horsepower of neo-confederates and Q-anon extremists to entrench corporate elites. By Jim Hightower | July 13, 2022 Perhaps you remember Senator Barry Goldwater, the GOP’s fringy, far-right-wing 1964 presidential nominee who famously said, “Extremism in the…